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New family resource center aims to help kids, parents

Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and its community partners are collaborating to raise awareness and educate the public in honor of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month. DCS and its partners work to provide support for communities through preventive programs for families, including Healthy Families Indiana and Community Partners for Child Safety. DCS also opened […]

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EDC offers quality of place updates

Just after hearing progress updates on goals to improve housing, internet access, child care and transportation, Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County’s board renewed its four-year contract to serve the county and extended a remote worker attraction program.   MakeMyMove Wayne County Commissioners asked EDC’s board to spend $130,973 from Consolidated EDIT Fund to extend MakeMyMove […]

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Congress candidates invited for April 18 IN Focus forum

Whitewater Community Television is concluding its IN Focus series of candidate interviews. Republican candidates for U.S. Representative (District 6) were invited for the 6 p.m. April 18 program. WCTV is partnering with Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce and Western Wayne News to increase familiarity with candidates in contested primary election races.  Previous programs featured […]

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Region sharing $35M from READI 2.0

Wayne and surrounding counties aim to increase personal income, housing options, educational attainment and new businesses with a new infusion of $35 million.  The East Central Indiana region, which encompasses Wayne, Henry, Fayette, Randolph, Blackford, Delaware, Grant and Jay counties, successfully applied for funds through the second round of Indiana’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development […]