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🌱 Vigo Elementary families: meet your new principal for next school year

Vincennes, Indiana Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hello again Vincennes! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Vigo Elementary families: meet your new principal for next school year
  • Bagging leaves wrong could leave them on your curb in Vincennes
  • What’s changing under Vincennes streets with this year’s water projects?

Also on today's calendar: Second Saturday Speaker Series and 4 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Turning sunny; not as hot, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 85, low: 69.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. New principal named at Vigo Elementary (suncommercial.com) — Vigo Elementary in Vincennes will start the next school year with Lincoln High School assistant principal Bryce Crane stepping in as principal, succeeding retiring leader Jill Staggs. School officials praise Crane’s relationship-building skills and note he’s also a Vigo parent, while highlighting Staggs’ caring leadership and decision to retire to spend more time with her grandchildren.
   

2. City announces change to yard waste collection policy (suncommercial.com) — Vincennes residents now must keep yard waste separate from regular trash, as bagged yard debris with trash stickers will no longer be collected as household garbage. The Street Department will still pick up yard waste, but only by scheduled appointment, and says the change comes from the city’s waste disposal provider to ensure proper handling.
   

3. Water Utilities Service Board provides mid-year projects update (suncommercial.com) — Vincennes water officials report strong progress on more than 30 utility projects, including water and sewer main extensions in the Industrial Park and new monitoring connections at lift stations and the wastewater plant. The board also approved a joint resolution allowing limited encroachments for the Broadway Place development and reminds residents it meets monthly at the drinking water plant.
   

4. Accessibility-Friendly Parks and Places, an Indiana Travel Guide (limestonepost.org) — Vincennes residents can take pride in Grouseland, William Henry Harrison’s historic mansion, which now offers a wheelchair lift for first-floor access and welcomes visitors interested in local history. This statewide accessibility guide also spotlights other Indiana museums, parks, trails, and attractions that are working to better serve guests with mobility, sensory, or other special needs. It encourages calling ahead to confirm specific accommodations before visiting.
   

5. ISP disrupts out-of-state ‘drug pipeline' to Vincennes during southern Indiana operations (wane.com) — Indiana State Police say they’ve disrupted a narcotics pipeline running from Phoenix directly to Vincennes, part of broader 2026 operations across southern Indiana. Troopers report 84 arrests, over 48 pounds of meth seized, and more than two dozen firearms taken, with Governor Mike Braun praising the results as major public safety gains.
   

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings posted a job opening for Hospitality Manager in Vincennes. Apply here.
  • Securitas posted a job opening for Security Officer - Truck Gate in Vincennes. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Vincennes here.

Ok Vincennes! 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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