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DISGUSTING HAIRCUTS FOR THE WIN · CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO HOST GRAND OPENING FOR NEW BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER · STATE HOUSE RESULTS ACROSS THE MR.NEWZ COUNTIES · BRAUN EXTENDS INDIANA GAS TAX SUSPENSION THROUGH DEC. 4 · MAY WINS! · SHEILA KLINKER DECLARED WINNER IN INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 27 RACE · SEAN STEELE AND CHASE CUMMINGS TALKED ME OUT OF IT · FIRST DEMOCRAT WINS STATEWIDE OFFICE IN INDIANA SINCE 2012 · KIRKWOOD SHOOTING: MAYOR INSISTS IT'S THE GUN'S FAULT. · CHRIS MAY RETAINS INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 65 SEAT FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT CHALLENGE · THE NASHVILLE DREAM IS BEING RENTED OUT BY THE NIGHT · DEARBORN CHAMBER NAMES SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR · MARTIN COUNTY’S RECYCLING CENTER FACES DECEMBER HEARING AS FINANCES STAY THIN · INDOT REMINDS DRIVERS TO WATCH FOR ROAD CREWS AS DAYLIGHT HOURS DECREASE · FARMER'S ALMANAC LOOKS AHEAD: MILDER LEAN FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA, WITH THE USUAL CAVEATS · INDIANA GAS TAX SUSPENSIONS END WEDNESDAY; DRIVERS COULD SEE 60-CENT INCREASE · THE MASK FINALLY SLIPS, SEAN STEELE TAKES TO FACEBOOK TO ATTEMPT DAMAGE CONTROL. · I-465 REOPENS AFTER CRASH ON SOUTHWEST SIDE · LAST PICKLEBALL GAME OF THE SEASON · ISLAMOPHOBIC RHETORIC IS COMMON IN INDIANA. HERE’S HOW NEWSROOMS COVER IT · MARTIN COUNTY, OCTOBER 2026: ELECTIONS AND GAY ACTIVISTS, IT JUST NEVER STOPS. · MARTIN COUNTY VOTERS ELECT KEITH KELLER AS SHERIFF · FAMILY DETAINS BORDEN MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT TEEN AT GUNPOINT ON NORTH NAUGLE ROAD · VOTERS DECIDE KEY SEATS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY IN GENERAL ELECTION ·

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Indiana’s $1.86 Billion Surplus and Nearly $4 Billion in Reserves: What It Means for Counties Like Ours

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