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In today's newsletter:

  • Why a proposed plea deal in the Michigan City ER shooting angers family
  • How MCHS turned Friday night football into a powerful 9/11 tribute
  • How a Michigan City basement helped change homicide forensics in Indiana

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Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 72, low: 68.
  • Thursday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 73 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Prosector criticized over potential plea deal for man accused of shooting deputy Jon Samuelson (cbsnews.com) — A La Porte County prosecutor is under fire for a proposed plea deal that would drop weapon enhancements for the man accused of shooting Deputy Jon Samuelson inside Franciscan Health Michigan City, potentially cutting decades from a sentence. Samuelson's family insists the injured deputy deserves a full public trial, while a judge must still decide whether to accept any agreement at a hearing later this month.
   

• MCHS Honors America on 9/11 (wimsradio.com) — Michigan City High School recently turned its first home football game into a moving 9/11 tribute, honoring veterans, observing a moment of silence, and unveiling a massive field‑sized flag. MCJROTC cadets and band members led the ceremony, and residents are invited back for the school's public Veterans Day event on November 11 in the gym.
   

• The scent of death: A case study for volatile markers of decomposition on a concrete floor (nih.gov) — A Michigan City murder confession from 2017 became the basis for a groundbreaking forensic study that used chemical testing of basement concrete to detect decomposition gases. Local police work and this Michigan City crime scene helped set a new Indiana legal precedent for admitting volatile organic compound evidence in homicide trials without a recovered body.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

La Porte

  • Artist with La Porte Ties Chosen to Paint Fever Mural (hometownnewsnow.com)
  • LCSO: Retirement Announcement – Administrative Assistant Rebecca Popplewell (wimsradio.com)

Westville

  • Purdue Northwest volleyball falls 3-0 to Davenport at home (nwitimes.com)

Chesterton

  • Olympian, Indiana native Blake Pieroni to swim Chicago River for ALS (fooshya.com)

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