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🌱 How a Mitchell-area quarry is helping save Indiana’s rare cavefish

Mitchell, Indiana Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello Mitchell! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Mitchell-area quarry is helping save Indiana’s rare cavefish

Also on today's calendar: The Monarchs and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clearing and not as warm, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 82, low: 66.
  • Sunday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Quarry Life: Winning With Sustainability (rockproducts.com) — A major conservation project tied to Hamer Cave and Heidelberg Materials’ Mitchell plant is helping protect the endangered Hoosier cavefish right in Lawrence County’s backyard. The Indiana Karst Conservancy’s work, recently honored with an international sustainability award, shows how quarry operations near Mitchell and Spring Mill State Park can support serious ecological research while preserving local water and cave ecosystems for future generations.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Industrial Pallet Corp. posted a job opening for Production Associate in Mitchell. Apply here.
  • General Motors Company posted a job opening for Manufacturing Group Leader - Temporary Summer Help - Bedford in Bedford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mitchell here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bedford

  • The Bedford Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet June 18 (wbiw.com)
  • Tillett, Martin finish BNL golf season in regional (wbiw.com)
  • Coroner identifies man found dead outside of Bluebird (ipm.org)

French Lick

  • Historic French Lick Fort marker rededicated at French Lick Springs Hotel (wbiw.com)

Ok Mitchell! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mitchell

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mitchell

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.