I received an email from a reader with a story about a true Adams County hero Richard F Linn. Some of you may recognize him from past Adams County elections where he served as Read the rest of this entry »

Are you an internet savy person that likes writing website or keeping a journal. If so then blogging for extra income is right up your alley. If you notice most bloggers today have to make extra income just to keep up with the cost of hosting their pages. Read the rest of this entry »

If you were expecting to get Indianapolis Colts tickets for individual games this year guess again, they are already sold out. I can’t believe with the building of the new improved larger Lucas Oil Stadium that there aren’t any single season Read the rest of this entry »

I was sitting at home watching tv when all of the sudden we lost power and I heard the wind picking up. I stepped outside to see some of the highest winds I’ve seen pass through the area in a long time. Where I live there wasnt a lot of rain or hail but the winds were incredible. Read the rest of this entry »

General Electric one of America’s oldest and largest companies announced it is looking to sell its appliances business.  They have hired Goldman Sachs to conduct the auctioning of the long standing part of the General Electric Company.  General Electric left the Decatur, In facility many years ago but still has a pretty large presence in the Fort Wayne Indiana area. Read the rest of this entry »

The Indiana primary election is being held today and the voting is under way.  The polls opened at 6am this morning and voting will continue until 6pm.  I was amazed at the excitement I saw this morning from Barack Obama supporters. On my way driving into Fort Wayne at 6:30am  Read the rest of this entry »

Indiana prepares for their primary elections on May 6th.  Unlike years past Indiana voters can actually make a difference this year in determining the Democratic Party candidate for President.  I urge all Decatur Indiana voters to plan on taking advantage of this opportunity to serve your country and participate in this years primary election. Read the rest of this entry »

Wimzit.com and the Decatur Indiana Community site has joined partners with Rent.com to help you find rental houses, apartments and condo’s in the  Decatur, Fort Wayne and Bluffton Areas.  If you have ever looked for a rental house in the Adams County area you know how hard it can be to locate one without knowing the area.   Read the rest of this entry »

Adams County Little leage season is about to begin. Registrations for many of the area little league organizations are underway. 

Monmount Baseball Association:

This past week Monmouth Baseball association held registrations for T-ball, minor league, and little league divisions.  Tryouts for players ages 8-12 will be held at the Bellmont Middle School Gym on April 3rd at 5:30pm.  If you missed registration or need additional infromation you can contact Randy Heisner at 724-4986

Monroe Youth League :
    The Monroe Youth League also conducted its registrations this past weekend.   Those that were not able to attend should contact Julie Soldner at 692-6060.  9:00am Saturday, April 5th has been slated for the Boys little league tryouts. These tryouts will be held at Adams Central gym and is intened for all boys 9 -12 years of age.  The tryouts for girls softwall will be held the same date at 11am. These tryouts will also be held at the Adams Central gym.

Decatur Baseball Association:

The Decatur Little league signups begin this week at the United Steelworkers Union Hall on March 12, 18 and 20th from 5-7pm and on March 16th from 6-8pm. April 2nd at the Bellmone auxillary gym is where they will be holding tryouts for the 9-12 year olds and the Kofax league(13-14) will hold tryouts on April 3rd at 6pm.

The Pleasant Mills Youth Ball League has announced registration plans for the upcoming summer session. on Tuesday, March 11 from 5:30-7 p.m., and again on Saturday, April 5 from 9-11 a.m

On Feb 20th a complaint was filed by Thomas Cook from Bloomingtong, IN.  The complaint is filed stating John McCain did not get the required 500 signatures from the 4th congressional district.  You can view a copy of the complaint here.   According to Thomas Cook’s article the Democratic National committee’s response to his challenge was:

“Despite the fact that the McCain campaign clearly failed to qualify for the ballot, Republican Attorney General Steve Carter and Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita (who recently endorsed McCain) rubberstamped it anyway, trying to sneak McCain onto the ballot. Clearly, the Republican Culture of Corruption is alive and well within the McCain campaign”

I’ll continue to do some reasearch on this topic and make further posts as I gather some more information