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2 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
More than 100 Wabash County citizens gathered in front of the courthouse this afternoon for a “Hands Off !” protest against President Donald Trump administration policies, Saturday, April 5. The rally was one more more than 1,000 around the United States. The local event was organized by Wabash County Democratic Party Chair Tammy Ingalls.
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2 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
The North Manchester Town Council heard an update from Chris Harrison from Commonwealth Engineers about utility projects in North Manchester at their monthly meeting Wednesday, April 2. Harrison started by discussing the state revolving fund applications for the water and the wastewater projects.
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3 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Manchester Junior- Senior High School teacher Matt Webb was already planning to go the IHSAA State Finals game to cheer on the Manchester Squires last weekend. What he didn’t know was that he, too, just like the Squire team who defeated University in the championship game Saturday afternoon, would go home with some hardwood.
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3 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
On August 23, 2024, Kaleb Kline hit the ground on the Manchester football field after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the first game of the football season against Northwestern. Instead of having surgery to repair his knee, the Squire senior chose to rehabilitate in order be able to play basketball in the winter.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Trevor Herron is doing big things at Wabash High School. The Apache student body president is a busy man and he does it for his fellow students. Herron started his service as treasurer his freshman year, the spent two years as the 2025 class president sophomore and junior years, before running for – and becoming – Student Body president. “My main goal this year was just fortifying some things with Student Council.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
It’s no secret that North Manchester is approaching a stretch of with a number of projects – some big, others not as big – that Town Manager Adam Penrod is excited to see the town repair, update, and beautify in the next few years. Penrod sat down with the Wabash County News-Journal to discuss two upcoming projects focusing on upgrades to the town’s wastewater plant and modernizing water mains and replacing and upgrading water meters.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
In the first week of the regular season, Manchester traveled to Oak Hill and stunned the Eagles with a 40- point victory. Just more than three months later, the Squires did it again, this time by 32 points in the sectional championship game Saturday night, March 8, running away from Oak Hill, 70- 38. And this time, it was for the Squires’ first sectional championship since the 1995 season.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
For 190 years, the Merrick family has been farming in Wabash County. Since 1935, Merrick Farms has been growing and producing in Wabash County, first by Isaac Merrick and currently by Rod and Kyle Merrick, the seventh generation of Merricks to farm on the land. The family will be honored at the 2025 Salute to Agriculture on Wednesday, March 5.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Rex Holloway has seen a lot in 39 years of carrying and delivering the mail to North Manchester residents. This week, a large number of North Manchester residents are going to feel a void as their mail carrier has retired. Holloway, who has spent most of his adult life going to work six days a week in the downtown area in the building on the corner of 2nd and Walnut Street, clocked out for the last time.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
The North Manchester community will have the opportunity to help a new local business, Manchester University students, and local children on Monday, March 10. Keyhole Pizzeria, located at 210 East Main Street in North Manchester is teaming up with Delaney Kelly and Kenneth Redd, two MU students athletes who are partnering with Samaritan’s Feet, an organization that provides shoes to […]
