Marcus Truscio

2 days ago | wane.com | Marcus Truscio

WARSAW, Ind. (WANE)— As Kosciusko Co. prepares to welcome Slate Auto, a new electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, the county’s economic development corporation continues to have conversations with local agencies about potential population growth. In addition to Slate bringing 2,000 jobs to their newly secured plant just outside of Warsaw city limits; a medical device manufacturer, Autocam’s, expansion in town will also create 300 new jobs.

2 weeks ago | wane.com | Marcus Truscio

Mt. Etna, Ind. (WANE)— A Huntington Co. entrepreneur has development plans that he says will benefit a large chunk of northeast Indiana. Kevin Smith is the president of Rustic River Outfitters in Mt. Etna, a place where locals and visitors can eat, drink and get kayaks and canoes to launch in the nearby Salamonie Lake. 85% of the business’s customers come from the Indianapolis metro or northern Allen County. Hope for economic development“Our customer base keeps increasing,” Smith said.

2 weeks ago | wane.com | Marcus Truscio

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — ICE raids and subsequent protests in Los Angeles have garnered attention from around the country, with similar protests spreading to cities like Chicago. While no mass deportations have been happening in Fort Wayne, Rachel Blakeman, director of Purdue Fort Wayne’s Community Research Institute, said President Donald Trump has been clear from the day he took office that he was going to prioritize mass deportations.

2 weeks ago | wane.com | Marcus Truscio

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— First responders had to act quickly to contain a massive soybean oil spill that happened along U.S. 27 Monday evening. According to Fort Wayne Police, a semi truck driving north on Lafayette St. in downtown Fort Wayne began leaking cooking oil at Lafayette’s intersection with Main St. The truck continued to spill oil all over a three-mile stretch ending at Coliseum Blvd.

3 weeks ago | wane.com | Marcus Truscio

ALLEN CO., Ind. (WANE)— A man who was at Pike’s Pub Friday night, when another man was battered spoke, to WANE 15 about what he saw an heard after a video of the brawl went viral and made national headlines. The man spoke with WANE 15 under the condition that his identity would remain anonymous. He said he feared retaliation against him and his family from the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The witness said he wasn’t there long before chaos broke out.