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Boomer Bits: Ask Rusty – I’m Getting Spouse Benefits – What Happens to My Own?
Dear Rusty: I was born in late 1951. When I retired 5 years ago, I was made aware that my own Social Security benefit was less than half of my husband’s SS Benefit. So, I chose to take half of his. What happens to my undispensed SS dollars? On the off chance the balance increases…
Read MoreBoomer Bits: CenterPoint Warns Customers Not to Get Zapped by Utility Service Disconnection Scams
CenterPoint Energy is alerting customers of reported increases in door-to-door, phone call and text message scams. Reports of individuals impersonating CenterPoint Energy have employed various tactics, including requests to check electric meters at customers’ homes and spoofing company phone numbers to threaten service disconnection. CenterPoint Energy will never call a customer and demand payment over…
Read MoreBoomer Bits: Hair Gone Gray? Four Tips to Keep It Looking Great
(StatePoint) Sponsored by L’Oreal Paris. The pandemic led many women to confidently embrace their silver hair, not only as a practical move, but as a stylish statement. With elegant stars like Helen Mirren and Andie MacDowell proving that gray is glamorous, (and younger stars even dyeing their hair gray to get in on the trend)…
Read MoreFadness Appoints Jake Reardon McSoley as New Director of Recreation and Wellness
Mayor Scott Fadness announced yesterday his appointment of Jake Reardon McSoley as the Director of Recreation and Wellness for the City of Fishers. Reardon McSoley comes to the City from the Fishers YMCA where he served for 17 years with the last seven as Executive Director. “My administration has been very focused on growing our…
Read MorePublic Admonition Of Former St. Joseph County Referee
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued a Public Admonition of former St. Joseph Probate Court Referee Barbara Johnston. Johnston cooperated with the investigation, acknowledges she violated the Code of Judicial Conduct, and voluntarily retired from the bench on May 31, 2022. The Commission admonishes Johnston for temporarily suspending a father’s parenting time with…
Read MoreSenator Young Recognizes Local Students Interning in Washington for the Summer
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) recognized Hoosier students who participated in the first session of his summer internship program in Washington, D.C. The students assisted legislative and communications staff with daily activities and special projects. The intern class included Alex Kukura, a junior at Indiana University from Westfield; Jared Smith, a recent graduate of…
Read MoreTo Date, USDA Has Issued $33.5M in Emergency Relief Payments to Indiana Agricultural Producers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced, agricultural producers nationwide have already received more than $4 billion through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), representing nearly 67% of the more than $6 billion projected to be paid through this phase of the program. Eligible producers in Indiana have received $33.5 Million in funding to date. The U.S.…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: July 1, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:18 a.m. SET: 9:16 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 91 °F Low: 70 °F Today is…: • Blink-182 Day • National Postal Workers Day • Devotion to Duty Day What Happened On This Day: • 1903 The Tour de France Bicycle Race is flagged off for the first time • 1908 SOS is adopted…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: June 30, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:18 a.m. SET: 9:16 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 91 °F Low: 62 °F Today is…: • International Asteroid Day • National Handshake Day • National Organization for Women Day What Happened On This Day: • 1908 The Tunguska event leaves 2000 square km of Siberian forest flattened and scorched • 1936 The novel…
Read MoreMan Killed in Motorcycle Crash Outside Noblesville
A 22-year-old man from Colfax, Indiana was killed on Wednesday when his motorcycle struck a tow truck at the intersection of U.S. 31 and 226th St, several miles northwest of Noblesville. Braden Fesler died after striking a tow truck that was attempting to make a left turn across U.S. 31 onto 226th St. According to…
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