still shaking?

Scientists: Even Bigger Quake Could Hit Midwest | LiveScience

Source of Major Quakes Discovered Beneath U.S. Heartland

mad pig disease?

Sickened pork workers have new nerve disorder | Health | Reuters:

Eighteen pork plant workers in Minnesota, at least five in Indiana and one in Nebraska have come down with a mysterious neurological condition they appear to have contracted while removing brains from slaughtered pigs, U.S. researchers and health officials said on Wednesday.

a recent shooting may have been drug related

WISH TV 8: Indianapolis News and Weather - Kokomo police looking for suspect in weekend murder:

Kokomo police continue to look for clues in Saturday's homicide on the city's eastside and believe the shooting may have been drug related.

The victims, Abby Rethlake, 18, and Morgan Vetter, 19, were shot multiple times about 3:25 a.m. in the parking lot of Meadowlawn Apartments on South Goyer Road by a black man, who fled in an older-model, black, two-door car, Capt. Brian Thompson reported.

Clothes Out of Corn

Indianapolis Company Makes Clothes Out of Corn - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick

The new clothing is made from the first and only "greenhouse neutral" polymer in the world. I am left wondering if Indiana will eventually make everything out of corn - automotive fuel, clothing, food, etc. Don't discount soy, though. I'm sure there's more to come from the soybean as well.

Menus, Shopping Lists, and Television Shows about Aldi's

Turns out, there are two entire sets of menus planned entirely around shopping lists that can be purchased at Aldi!
The original, Aldi Menu Planner, and the followup, Aldi Menu Planner - Fall/Winter Meals, are both full of interesting, reasonably healthy fare that can be purchased on the cheap.
Seems Aldi also starred on an episode of Unwrapped, on the Food Network.
Find the local Aldi store in Kokomo on US 31 North, just south of Sycamore St., right across from the Shell gas station.

Clean Elections

Please watch this show which will be on PBS (channel 20 or 21 on Insight Cable) on Friday night. Clean Elections could restore Indiana's government to one "for the people, of the people, and by the people!"

Pimp My Races!

Drama and Excitement Build As The 2006 KISS Series Is Ready To Open

An area native writes:

I grew up in this area of Indiana, and frequented the Kokomo Speedway, known for being the home of the non-winged sprint cars. In 2005, this "track’s surface has been significantly reworked and surrounded with new walls and fencing." While I am no longer in Indiana, I am excited to know of these improvements. I am also excited to think that this track of my youth may finally gain some national attention. The final leg of the 2006 KISS series begins with the race at Kokomo, and it ought to prove a worthwhile event for anyone to attend.