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🌱 How an overnight Fort Wayne standoff ended with no injuries.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How an overnight Fort Wayne standoff ended with no injuries.
  • Want to get more out of Gmail at the downtown library?
  • Why Fort Wayne’s low unemployment rate may not tell the whole story.

Also on today's calendar: Hero Play Day at Kiddie Academy of Southwest Fort Wayne and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• FWPD: Two in custody after overnight standoff (wane.com) — Fort Wayne police arrested two people early Saturday after a late-night disturbance at a home on the 1200 block of Onieda Street, just northeast of downtown, led to an hours-long standoff. Specialized units responded because the man inside had a Level 5 felony warrant, and officers ultimately took both adults into custody without injuries to them or the child inside.
   

• Senior Planet from AARP - Gmail Tips & Tricks - Sept. 10 (purdue.edu) — Fort Wayne residents who use Gmail can get hands-on help at a free Senior Planet from AARP workshop on September 10 at the Allen County Public Library’s Main Branch downtown. The session covers practical tools like spellcheck, formatting, search, signatures, and attachments, with advance registration required and accommodations available for participants who contact the library by late August.
   

• Record number of potential workers are turning their backs on labor force (journalgazette.net) — Northeast Indiana’s job market looks strong on paper, with July unemployment at just 3.3% in the Fort Wayne metro area, but local experts warn that figure hides many residents who’ve stopped looking for work. Economists and Purdue Fort Wayne researchers explain how childcare costs, education levels, justice-system involvement, and the gig economy are reshaping who works, who doesn’t, and what that means for the region’s future workforce.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 8
  • All Abilities Club
    Pontiac Branch Library Pontiac Branch - Meeting Room
    10:00 am
  • Kimochis Storytime
    Shawnee Branch Library Tecumseh Branch - Meeting Room
    10:30 am
  • Studio Hours
    Pontiac Branch Library Pontiac Branch - The Studio
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Fort Wayne’s Accessibility Modifications Grant Program is now accepting applications from homeowners for projects that will help people living with permanent disabilities, officials announced Wednesday.
    The grants cover projects including installing ramps, chair lifts and walk-in showers. Eligible projects include lighting, windows, doors, walls,… (Nextdoor Rock Creek)
  • Found a lost dog near Tennessee bridge.
    Send me info if your missing a dog. Having it scanned also.. very nice dog. (Nextdoor Lawton)
  • YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne posted a job opening for Cheerleading & Gymnastics Instructor- Renaissance Pointe YMCA in Fort Wayne. Apply here.
  • Neumo Group LLC. posted a job opening for Fulfillment Machine Operator (On-Site) in Fort Wayne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Wayne here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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