Fire Department

When cooling centers are opened up in our town, you know it’s brutally hot. It’s not something that’s usually done around here. But recent temperatures have been shocking for our area.

For Luke Schneider, military veteran, former firefighter and founder of Fire Department Coffee, the mission of his coffee company goes deeper than just a great cup of joe.

From as far back as he can remember, farming and the fire department have been a part Wade Knobloch’s life.

Steve Hirsch has been involved with volunteer fire departments his entire life.

The Badd Axe Ladies firefighter training program is opening up new career options for young women.

If it sounds like the Dixon Police Department was taking summertime fun seriously, that is because they were. And they had the viral social media posts to show for it.

Kyle Kellen doesn’t fly around Lee County in a traffic helicopter, but even so, when he’s off duty and out in public, he’s most likely to be recognized as the road-report deputy.

When the alarm goes off at 3 o’clock in the morning, volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians answer the call. They roll out of bed, pull on their clothes and speed to the fire station.

Feb. 7 was a historic day for the Crawfordsville Fire Department. When they picked up one unit of low-titer type O whole blood, they became the first rural agency in the Midwest to administer whole blood on a ground ambulance.

Crawfordsville in west-central Indiana is in the middle of a maternity-care desert, where residents have little to no access to obstetrics care.

From his early days of riding the tractor with his grandfather and uncle, Joe Hassinger always wanted to be a farmer. A high school course piqued another interest and he was able to eventually converge those two interests into careers.

Brian Bressner’s interest in farming and the fire service began at a very young age.

We owe a great deal to those who provide emergency care, protection and support to our community. Their bravery is astonishing. They are always ready to dive headfirst into danger without batting an eye.