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By Casey Smith Overall fall enrollment at colleges across the state of Indiana stayed about the same this year, but the number of students attending those schools over the last five to 15 years is on a downward slide. That’s according to data released Thursday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE). The college…

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:53 a.m.SET: 7:05 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 62 °FLOW: 38 °F Today is…: • National Dessert Day• national lowercase day• World Standards Day What Happened On This Day: • 1774 The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament’s Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions• 1912 President Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded…

Indiana’s catalog of manufacturers is extensive and varied. Some of these makers have now separated themselves by earning recognition as a 2022 Indiana Best Place to Work in Manufacturing. Chief among those companies recognized were two Noblesville companies: Nexxt Spine LLC and SMC Corporation of America. Fourteen companies in all have been named to this…

Yesterday, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced it received a $10.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to connect employers with dislocated Hoosier workers. The money comes from the Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training Disaster Recovery (QUEST) grant program which targets high-quality jobs in infrastructure, environment and climate, the care economy…

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is now accepting applications for the fall/winter School and Community Partnership Grant until Oct. 21. These grants are designed to bring together K-12 schools, postsecondary institutions, employers and community organizations to plan and implement supportive efforts for students of all ages to complete education and training beyond high school.…

The Great American Songbook Foundation has reached a multiyear agreement for Carmel-based Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics to serve as title partner for a uniquely appropriate historical collection. Some call them “bone records.” The Songbook Foundation, headquartered at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, preserves and celebrates the history of the Tin…

The Fishers Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred shortly before 3 p.m. this past Tuesday, Oct. 11. Fishers police officers responded to calls of an armed robbery at the Star Financial Bank at 8762 E. 96th Street. While on route, officers learned the suspect (or suspects) had fled the scene. Officers established…