Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Meetings set to inform public of Rescue Plan grants
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry's Administration announced that information sessions will be held to highlight American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant opportunities. Overview of informa...
Joey Martin Jul 14, 2022

Game to protect local rivers wins international award
FORT WAYNE, Ind, (ADAMS) – A City Utilities-developed board game that helps players learn how stormwater runoff carries pollutants to our rivers has won the International Serious Play Silver Med...
Joey Martin Jul 14, 2022

Storm damage at St. Joe Dam requires immediate repair
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Last week’s storms damaged a portion of the flashboards at the St. Joseph River Dam causing the river level to begin dropping north of the dam. As a result, City...
Joey Martin Jul 13, 2022

HEAL Markets kick off this week
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Locally grown produce will be on sale starting this week at the three area HEAL Markets, which are located in food deserts. Food deserts are areas within the community...
Joey Martin Jul 13, 2022

122nd Fighter Wing conducting large-scale readiness exercise
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The 122nd Fighter Wing is holding a Large Scale Readiness Exercise July 11, 2022, through July 15, 2022. Airmen taking part in the five-day exercise are set to practic...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022

Fort Wayne mom charged in child's 2021 overdose
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Prosecutors in Fort Wayne are pushing for felony charges against a mom who they say passed out while her 15-month-old daughter died. Angela Brown was formally charged ...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022

City: "Storming the drains" with new murals
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – This week the artists of CLEAN DRAINS FORT WAYNE: Be River SmART take to the streets in the year two collaboration Friends of the Rivers and City Utilities. The collab...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022

Agreement for first phase of southeast mixed-use development approved
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Monday, the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission approved an economic development agreement for Phase I of a multi-phase mixed-use project called Village Premier in ...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022

City: Fee waived for tree debris at Biosolids Facility
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – High winds have left debris and trash throughout neighborhoods this week. With more rain in the forecast City Utilities reminds residents to protect their neighborhood...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022

Study: Fort Wayne in the top five for best-managed American cities
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A recent study from a prominent personal finance outlet has ranked Fort Wayne as 2022’s third best-run city in America. According to the study, only Nampa and Bo...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2022