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After a three-year hiatus, Franciscan Health Crawfordsville and the Montgomery County Youth Service Bureau put on a dazzling show for record crowds at Wabash College Fieldhouse. Montgomery County Dancing With The Stars was a sold-out event featuring nine dancing duos competing for various titles and awards. More than 800 dinner guests and dancers cheered, clapped and swayed to the outstanding performances.

• Animal complaint in the 400 block of California Street — 3:37 a.m. • Domestic disturbance in the 600 block of Robinson Street — 9:32 a.m. • Juvenile complaint in the 800 block of West Main Street — 9:47 a.m. • Drugs/drug paraphernalia found in the 200...

This week on WBAA’s Ask The Mayor: Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton discusses the new solar co-op in Montgomery County and how it hopes to incentivize residents to embrace solar panels. Plus, more on the ongoing efforts to understand the impact of the Market Street railroad crossing on city commerce.

Dhanani Private Equity Group is getting back to its retail roots after diving deep into the multifamily realm in recent years. And it appears to be set on working both sectors. The Stafford-based firm purchased the 165,000-square-foot Kingwood Commons retail center earlier this month, and it acquired 30 acres of...

• Theft in the 200 block of South Green Street — 9:06 a.m. • Margarita Vazquez, 46, Crawfordsville, was arrested on a charge of identity deception — 1:33 p.m. • Domestic disturbance in the 2000 block of Vinewood Court — 2:47 p.m. • Personal injury crash at...

WAYNETOWN — A two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning involving a passenger car and a semi tractor-trailer on Interstate 74 sent two people to the hospital. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reported that at 11:18 a.m. deputies were dispatched to a crash with unknown injuries on Interstate 74 near the 26.5 mile-marker. Initial reports were that this crash involved a semi tractor-trailer and a passenger car.

Montgomery County Community Foundation gathered Wednesday to award grant checks to 10 grant recipients in the first grant cycle of 2023. MCCF Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Taylor welcomed everyone and thanked the nonprofit leaders for the work they do in our community. Fund owners in attendance were recognized and thanked, for without fund owners, the grants would not be possible.

Local students were recognized last week for their future commitment to the workforce, technical school and branches of the military at the Fourth Annual Montgomery County Workforce Signing. Sponsored by the City of Crawfordsville, West Central Indiana Career & Technical Education hosted students to sign certificates of intent to showcase...

With the end of the school year basically here, that means that our area sports teams are winding down their sports seasons. That also means another full year of high school sports in Montgomery County is almost sadly over. It’s been another fantastic season for our area sports teams with countless records broken, state finals appearances, and some deep post-season runs.

Ryan Teeter, has been promoted to assistant police chief by Chief Aaron Mattingly. Teeter is a 2012 Crawfordsville High School graduate hired by the Crawfordsville Police Department in November 2015 and attended the police academy in 2016. He has been with the Crawfordsville Police Department for eight years, started his career as a patrol officer, was promoted to a patrol sergeant, and in November 2020 he began working investigations.

The Mary Bishop Memorial Gallery at the Crawfordsville District Public Library would like to invite the public to view the work of local woodworker, Dennis Furr. This exhibit is currently open and will be on display through June 9. The public is welcome to visit the gallery during CDPL’s regular hours of operation and we encourage you to view these beautifully crafted functional artworks. During this exhibit, a limited amount of work will be available for sale through the Circulation department.

Montgomery County’s Tox-Away Day is scheduled for July 8 in the North Montgomery High School parking lot. The Montgomery County Solid Waste Management Board approved the $29,500 contract with NuGenisis. The contract states NuGenisis will be responsible for manning the event by collecting and discarding the materials collected. There...

• Juvenile complaint in the 500 block of Highland Avenue — 12:45 a.m. • Assault in the 1800 block of Indianapolis Road — 1:28 a.m. • Train blocking tracks at East Market Street and Dubois Avenue — 7:50 a.m. • Drugs/drug paraphernalia found in the 200 block...

RBI: NM (Utterback 2, Braun 2, Dyson); SM (Hall, Shirk) Pitching: NM (Cade Cole 3IP 6H 3R 3ER 2K 1BB, Roman Utterback WP 4IP 3H 1R 1ER 5K 1BB); SM (Adam Cox 3IP 2H 3R 3ER 3K 4BB, Cale Chadd LP 3IP 5H 5R 5ER 3K 2B, Mason Hall 1IP 1H 0R 2K 0BB)

The Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce celebrated with owners, David and Mandy Sanders, of Sanders Funeral Care with a ribbon cutting for their newly renovated location in Waynetown. The event started off memorable with the raising of the flag for the first time by the Legion Post 72 Honor Guard.

Montgomery County Commissioners approved a re-zoning requesgt for a new subdivision in the county after a public hearing on Monday. The acreage was zoned agriculture and will now be zoned residential. The new subdivision is located just west of Shannondale in the 1000 block of S.R. 32 East. It contains nine acres and will be divided into three lots.

Officials with the national nonprofit Solar United Neighbors visited Lafayette and Crawfordsville this week for the launch of a solar co-op across Tippecanoe and Montgomery counties. Officials hope the co-op incentivizes residents and businesses to purchase solar panels. Co-ops want to lower the costs of panels through bulk community purchases.

Montgomery County Community Foundation held its annual meeting Thursday at the Hoosier Heartland State Bank’s Success Center. President Jim McBee presided over the meeting. Following the standard items of business, outgoing and incoming board members were recognized. The lone outgoing board member was Jim McBee. During his two terms, in addition to serving as president, he was a former vice president and treasurer. He chaired the investment committee, the audit and finance committee and was on the executive committee.

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Today, Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton, Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski, and partners joined Solar United Neighbors (SUN) to launch the Tippecanoe and Montgomery Counties Solar and EV Charger Co-op. The co-op is free to join. It is an opportunity for local homeowners and businesses to go solar together and support both counties’ commitment to sustainability.

The Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce was excited to host a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of Ice Creams La Michoacana which is owned by the Schu family. This Hispanic-owned business offers a wide variety of ice cream with an option for toppings, yogurt parfaits, natural-juice popsicles, Mexican corn (Esquite), Mangonadas and more.