Originally Posted Thursday, November 08, 2012

KOKOMO-- Howard County residents voted down a proposal for township consolidation. Only 2 of the 6 townships voting on the referendum approved the proposal that would consolidate townships from 11 to 5 along school district boundaries. Officials say the issue is now essentially dead.

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• THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2012 ...
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• NATIONAL ...
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• FAITH ...
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• STATE/REGIONAL ...
• STATEHOUSE-- House Speaker Brian Bosma is pledging to work with Democrats after the G-O-P gained sup ...
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• INDIANA-- They're content that you voted. "We are just thrilled. Alot of effort had gone into this a ...
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• NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST MI, (MICHIANA) ...
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• ELKHART/ST. JOSEPH-- St. Joseph and Elkhart county officials are already looking at ways to make the ...
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• BERRIEN COUNTY-- Election day was slow in Berrien County and it's all because a computer crashed. Be ...
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• NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA ...
• FISHERS-- You'll soon hear the words "City of Fishers." The Hamilton County Clerk says that with 198 ...
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• BLOOMINGTON-- Election day is over, but vote totals are still being counted in Monroe County. About ...
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• KOKOMO-- Howard County residents voted down a proposal for township consolidation. Only 2 of the 6 t ...
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• SPORTS ...
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• WEATHER ...
• South Bend / Elkhart / Goshen: ...
• right now... there are some areas of fog. Later on we'll reach a high near 48. Friday ... Mostly sun ...
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• right now... there are some areas of fog. Later on we'll reach a high near 49. Friday ... Mostly sun ...
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• ELECTION RESULTS ...
• VICTORY: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ...
• An Ohio victory allowed President Obama to get re-elected. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Winsconsin we ...
• U.S SENATOR: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT JOE DONNELLY ...
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• INDIANA GOVERNOR: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE ...
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• ATTORNEY GENERAL: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN GREG ZOELLER ...
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• SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT GLENDA RITZ ...
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• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN JACKIE WALORSKI ...
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• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1: ...
• VICTORY: DEMOCRAT PETE VISCLOSKY ...
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• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN MARLIN STUTZMAN ...
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• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN TODD ROKITA ...
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• CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5: ...
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• MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6: ...
• VICTORY: REPUBLICAN FRED UPTON ...
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• OVERVIEW: ...
• Republicans held on to their House majority, leaving Democrats pretty short of the gain of 25 seats ...
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