Our September news roundup looked ahead to the elections, took a closer look at the local impact of the UAW strike, and talked with owners of a local business about some changes.
With municipal elections now less than a month away, we wanted to go over some of the races going on throughout Fort Wayne. Purdue Fort Wayne's Andy Downs, from the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics, joined us in the studio along with WBOI’s own Zach Bernard.
The first week in October marked a transition in area races and Andy took a look at some of the significant dates as we move closer to election day.
WBOI News Director Rebecca Green and WBOI reporter Zach Bernard updated our listeners on the goings-on at city hall, from the ongoing trash saga to the budget, and all things City of Fort Wayne.
After his death in early September, family members found multiple fetal remains inside the Illinois home of Ulrich Klopfer, a former physician who performed abortions in clinics across northern Indiana. While we were producing WBOI Presents, additional remains were found. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is spearheading an investigation into the remains, and how they were handled.
WBOI News Director Rebecca Green sat down with WVPE reporter Jennifer Weingart about developments in the case.
The UAW and General Motors are locked in their longest strike in decades, with workers standing outside plants all over the United States. Locally, members of the union are picketing in front of the GM truck assembly plant, and it appears that there is little moving in negotiations.
Indiana Public Broadcasting's Samantha Horton has been covering the strike at Indiana's GM plants and talked with WBOI about the strike and where things stand.
We also featured stories from WBOI's Julia Meek, looking at changesat Creative Women of the World. Ben Clemmer reported on one of the world's largest memorabilia museums, the Hall of Heroes, reopening in Elkhart.