Ethan Dahlen

Fort Wayne

Multimedia Journalist at WANE-TV (Fort Wayne, IN)

🎥 Multimedia Journalist reporting with @WANE15 🧡 Loving Jesus ✏️ Story ideas? email me, [email protected]

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Articles

One dead, ejected from vehicle on I-469

6 days ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A man is dead after he was ejected from his car in a Saturday evening crash. Officers with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the ramp from westbound I-469 to northbound I-69 just after 6:30 p.m.Responding officers and EMS located the driver outside of his car on the ground and attempted lifesaving measures. However, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Noble County drug court helps give back dreams for 50 classes

1 week ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — “When I was addicted, my days were powered by where I was going to get my next fix or drink or whatever.”That’s how Chastity Shetley described being an addict, her reality for several years. Now, being an addict is part of her story, not who she is. “Now, I wake up and I’m grateful for the sunlight and for the air and for my family and for God,” Shetley said. “Addiction took everything from me, it took my family, it took my kids.
Noble County hosts holiday weekend blue grass festival

1 week ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — The 49th Tri-State Blue Grass festival is taking over the Noble County Fairgrounds for the holiday weekend. Bands played both traditional and contemporary bluegrass. It kicked off with the Sugar Mules playing Thursday evening and will conclude Sunday at 8:50 p.m. with the Debutants. “Bluegrass is actually a pretty broad range of music,” said Joe Steiner, Festival President.
Turtle Town Market returns to Churubusco

1 week ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (WANE) — “It’s very important to me, I wanted to have a form and a platform for all these local vendors and artisans and small businesses.”As she talked to WANE 15 about the market she owns, Kayla Crance emphasized her goal of supporting local. “It means a lot that people shop local and support small businesses,” Crance said. The Turtle Town Market returned on Saturday for the year, and for the market’s third season, Crance is trying to innovate even more.
Churubusco scouts honor fallen troops, place flags

1 week ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — VFW Post 3846, American Legion Post 157 and Churubusco Scout Troops held their Memorial Day Flag Placement on Saturday. “It means a lot to me just to see the scouts out there, like smiling and learning the history and just remembering and showing their respect,” said Nicole Geary, a cubmaster who helped out Saturday. Scouts filled Eel River Cemetery, placing fresh flags on the graves of veterans.
Fort Wayne using old asphalt for ‘beautification,’ local nonprofit benefits

2 weeks ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — “You’re taking asphalt that may not even be used and turn it into more of a beautification, a nicer aesthetic.”That’s the plan laid out by Nick Jarrell, Fort Wayne’s director of right of way. A plan he’s hoping to accomplish with parklets. Tall Rabbit’s parklet as of Monday“A parklet is an area that is an underutilized space for parking, and is being utilized now for an outdoor treat,” Jarrell said.
Rohli Booker reflects, voted onto Fort Wayne city council 1 year ago

2 weeks ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — “Rohli Booker wins 6th District City Council seat.“That was the WANE 15 headline one year ago when Booker (then the VP of the FWCS Board of School Trustees) filled the vacant position on Fort Wayne City Council. “The year has gone by so quickly, I’ve learned so much,” Booker said. The 6th District seat was empty when Sharon Tucker won a caucus to replace the late Mayor Tom Henry. Since then, Booker has been busy, primarily with her eyes set on public transportation.
Auburn-Garrett Drive-In set for Friday return

3 weeks ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen |Clayton McMahan

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — For more than 70 years, the Auburn-Garrett Drive-In has been sharing stories and helping make memories for many northeast Indiana residents, but in 2022, the owner said God authored a plot twist. “I was looking out the window and it was real stormy… in all of three seconds it looked like the hand of God grabbed that screen, twisted it and threw it out,” said Julie Yarde, owner of the drive-in, as she saw a windstorm tear down the movie screen.
Fort Wayne ‘dream team’ planning next decade of neighborhoods for Northeast and East Central

3 weeks ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Do you have your breakfast planned for tomorrow? What about when you’ll mow the lawn next? What are you doing ten years from now? That last question is exactly what the City of Fort Wayne’s Department of Neighborhoods is working out. A map showing the Northwest Neighborhoods included in Northwest 2035. “The biggest thing for us is that we want to see these plans not only adopted, but see implementation,” said Dan Baisden, Department Head of Neighborhoods.
‘Slap in the face:’ Doden and Surack at odds with Mayor over North River future

1 month ago | wane.com | Ethan Dahlen

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In April Chuck Surack and Daryle Doden made an announcement. A signed Real Estate Purchase Offer to purchase the over 25-acre property known as the North River Property.