AKRON — Senior Dakota Parker is back to lead Valley’s boys track team in 2018, after setting a school record in the 400-meter run at the state finals last spring. Not bad for an athlete who didn’t start running the open 400 until several weeks into the season.

NORTH LIBERTY — Get lost in the beauty of a tallgrass prairie at Potato Creek State Park’s Prairie Maze, open now at 25601 SR 4, North Liberty.

PLYMOUTH— The Ray L. Price Foundation, a local philanthropic organization, has donated the city of Plymouth a new park. The 12-acre Price Memorial Park had, for several years, previously operated as private park. The property includes many features, including a swimming pond, fishing pond, gazebo, playground, and picnic shelters. Mayor Mark Senter said “on behalf …read more.

If you don’t have tickets to see “A Christmas Story, the Musical,” contact the Wagon Wheel and make arrangements to see it Dec. 12-14 or 19-21. You will be glad you did. The musical is set in northern Indiana in 1940, with the Parker family taking the spotlight. The four Parkers all turn in outstanding …read more.