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As progress on restoration of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House moves toward new civic and commercial uses, public support might falter if contractors start digging up the northwest corner […]

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Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.

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