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Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 A TWIST IN THE LATEST ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION CASE. POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO FOLLOWED TWO YOUNG FORT WAYNE GIRLS HOME LATE SATURDAY... AND THEN CLAIMED TO BE A CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICER. WELL, POLICE FOUND HIM... AND HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THAT HE DOES WORK FOR C-P-S. POLICE SAY IT WAS A CASE OF A COUPLE OF GOOD SAMARITANS THAT RAN INTO EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME AT THE SAME PLACE. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE KOHL’S DEPARTMENT STORE IN ANGOLA, AND NOW DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING TO THE NORTH. THE STORE’S DEVELOPER SAYS PAPERWORK HAS BEEN FILED TO ADD OTHER BUSINESSES TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE AS WELL, INCLUDING A FAMOUS FOOTWEAR, DOLLAR TREE, FITNESS CENTER AND RESTAURANTS. WORK ON THE KOHL’S STORE IS SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED BY OCTOBER. SHE HIRED A HITMAN TO KILL HER HUSBAND LAST YEAR, AND YESTERDAY 44 YEAR OLD MOLLIE KRONTZ FACED A STEUBEN CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE ALLEN WHEAT. A DEFENSE MOTION TO SUPRESS AN INTIEVIEW THE POLICE CONDUCTED WITH KRONTZ WAS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. KRONTZ’S ATTORNEY SAYS HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION AND HAVING A LAWYER PRESENT DURING QUESTIONING WERE VIOLATED. KRONTZ FACES FELONY CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER, AND IS FREE ON A 100 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE DEKALB COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS FILED TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE OPEN SEATS ON COUNTY COUNCIL. RANDY MCENTARFER OF ASHLEY AND JIM REDMONT OF RURAL AUBURN WILL RUN ON THE DEMOCRATIC BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. NO DEMOCRATS RAN IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION. ON THE REPUBLICAN BALLOT ARE LARRY HOUGHLER, JANET ORWAY AND ROBERT WILDER. THREE AT LARGE MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTED. FORT WAYNE MAKES NEWS AGAIN... THIS TIME GLOBALLY. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT... THE SUMMIT CITY IS ACTUALLY THE 3rd MOST AFFORDABLE MAJOR URBAN HOUSING MARKET IN THE WORLD. THE SURVEY OUT OF THE U-S COMPARES MEDIAN HOUSE PRICES TO MEDIAN HOUSHOLD INCOMES. OUT OF 200 MARKETS ACROSS THE WORLD... FORT WAYNE WAS BEAT OUT ONLY BY THUNDER BAY, CANADA, AND YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. ANOTHER POSITIVE LIST FOR FORT WAYNE, AS ALLSTATE HAS RANKED THE SUMMIT CITY NUMBER 14 FOR SAFE DRIVERS IN THE NATION. FORT WAYNE DRIVERS AVERAGE A CRASH EVERY 12 YEARS. FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA DRIVERS ARE THE SAFEST IN THE NATION. Tuesday July 1st, 2008 FORT WAYNE. IT HAPPENED LATE SATURDAY NEAR ROTHMAN AND MAPLECREST, WHERE A MAROON VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWING TWO YOUNG GIRLS WALKING HOME. TWO GOOD SAMARITANS INTERVENED AND GOT THE GIRLS HOME SAFELY. THE DRIVER OF THE SUSPICIOUS CAR WAS A WHITE MALE, WITH DARK BROWN CURLY HAIR... POSSIBLY IN HIS MID 30'S, 5'8" AND STOCKY BUILD. POLICE SAY THE DESCRIPTION MATCHES THAT OF A SUSPECT IN ONE OF TWO ATTEMPTED ABDUCTIONS IN WATERLOO LAST WEEK. AN EARLY MORNING CRASH INJURES FOUR AUBURN TEENS. IT HAPPENED AT THE 1600 BLOCK OF LAKESHORE AVENUE WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR, HIT A CURVE AND VEERED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RAN OVER THE CURB AND SIDEWALK, STRUCK AND SNAPPED A UTILITY POLE, SNAPPED OFF A FIRE HYDRANT, ROLLED OVER UPROOTING TWO LARGE SHRUBS BEFORE COMING TO REST AGAINST A SECOND UTILITY POLE. ALL 4 PEOPLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE WERE HOSPITALIZED... 3 FOR MINOR INJURIES, THE OTHER'S CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN. ANOTHER EARLY MORNING VENTURE FOR AUBURN POLICE AS A MAN WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WAS TRACKED DOWN BY A POLICE DOG. THE MAN, 23 YEAR OLD ZACHARY CHRISTLIEB OF AUBURN, FLED HIS VEHICLE, LEAVING HIS PASSENGER BEHIND. ANOTHER OFFICER WITH A K9 WAS ABLE TO TRACK THE HIM INTO AN ALLEY, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM EITHER. CHRISTLIEB ATTEMPTED TO RUN AGAIN, AT THAT POINT OFFICER SEAN KAHKOLA HAD K9 PARTNER ZUES END HIS CHASE. CHRISTLIEB IS IN THE DEKALB COUNTY JAIL NOW, ON CHARGES OF OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH A PREVIOUS CONVICTION OF RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN A DOMINO AFFECT, YOU CAN EXPECT HIGH CORN PRICES TO DRIVE UP SOME FOOD PRICES THIS YEAR. RECENT FLOODING DAMAGED NEARLY 10% OF THE STATE'S CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS... TOTALING TO A LOSS OF ABOUT $800 MILLION. AN INDIANAPOLIS COLT TURNED HIS AUTOGRAPH INTO MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF IN IOWA. COLTS TIGHT END DALLAS CLARK RAISED $18K JUST BY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS OVER THE WEEKEND IN DES MOINES. CLARK IS AN IOWA NATIVE AND SAID HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP IOWANS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS AND TORNADOES. Monday June 30th, 2008 REPUBLICAN DAVID YARDE NOW HAS AN OPPONENT FOR THE SEAT OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 52…DONALD PAPAI WAS SELECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON BY A CAUCUS IN AVILLA. PAPAI WAS A FORMER TOWN COUNCILMAN FOR THE CITY. CONSTRUCTION ON THE DEKALB COUNTY OUTDOOR AMPITHEATER PROJECT MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. BOARD PRESIDENT JOHN CHALMERS SAYS ALL PERMITS ARE IN HAND AND SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FOR THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WILL BE A MEETING ON SITE JULY 2^ND AT 7PM TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSS THE PROJECT. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS OF THE SITE ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS. A HIGH SPEED CHACE IN ANGOLA LAST NIGHT ENDED IN AN ARREST OF A MICHIGAN MAN. THE CHASE BEGAN AT NORTH LAKE MANOR, WHEN 39 YEAR OLD JOSEPH BURR OF COLDWATER LEAD POLICE ON A CHASE DOWN SEVERAL STREETS REACHING OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED AS BURR CRASHED INTO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL BOX AT HARCOURT AND NORTH WAYNE STREETS. POLICE SAY THE PICKUP BURR WAS DRIVING WAS STOLEN FROM JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN, AND HE NOW FACES 9 CHARGES INCLUDING FELONY COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED BATTERY ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND AUTO THEFT. ANOTHER CASUALTY OF HIGH GAS PRICES...THE GREAT LAKES SPORTS-FISHING INDUSTRY. OFFICIALS SAY TOURNAMENT ENTRIES ARE DOWN AND CHARTER BOAT TRIPS ARE BEING SCRAPPED. BOATERS SAY THERE ARE FEWER BOATS ON THE LAKES, FEWER LINES IN THE WATER, AND FEWER FISH BEING CAUGHT.
Posted @ 6/30/2008 9:05:28 AM by taylor@ilovefroggy.com \|

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