Category: Fort Wayne

GM to Invest $632 Million at Fort Wayne Assembly Plant to Prepare for New Generation of Pickups

June 12, 2023
Business & MarketsCompaniesDetroitFort WayneGeneral MotorsMichiganRegional & State NewsState NewsUS
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DETROIT—General Motors says it will spend $632 million to update its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant so it can make the next generation of full-size pickup trucks with internal combustion engines. The investment in new conveyors and equipment in the body shop and assembly areas won’t create any new jobs. But GM said on Monday…

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The Army of Children That Saved Their City From Floodwaters

May 14, 2023
American EssenceArts & CultureBrightFort WayneHistoryPrecious Blood Catholic ChurchPresident Ronald Reagan
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Forty-one years ago this March, the citizens of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were in a desperate battle against rising floodwaters threatening to utterly engulf their city. And they were losing. Mountains of piled-up, heavy winter snow—81 inches had fallen that season—combined with an unseasonably warm March thaw, had swollen the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee…

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