Wednesday, November 5
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🎟️ Kid To Kid Fort Wayne Announces Mega Ticket Giveaway

🎁 Gifts Of Hope Christmas Program

🎶 Goldstock Music Festival Announces 2025 Performers

💨 Parkview Works to Increase Awareness, Access to Lung Cancer Screenings

🎗️ Master Spas Raises Over $310,000 For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

🏫 NACS Referendum Could Impact NW Allen Homeowners' Tax Bills

💸 Indiana’s Marketplace Health Premiums Set To Skyrocket In 2026

🏒 Komets Add Enforcer Nico Blachman

🎟️The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is hosting a Mega Ticket Giveaway sponsored by Kid to Kid Fort Wayne. One winner will receive tickets to 13 top events, including shows like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve,” the Purdue Fort Wayne Basketball Double Header, the Komets New Year’s Eve Bash, the Harlem Globetrotters’ 100 Year Tour, and TOBYMAC’s Hits Deep Tour 2026. The prize also includes 12 parking passes, 65 concessions vouchers, and a $50 Kid to Kid gift card. Read more from WFFT here.

🎁 Volunteers are invited to join the Gifts of Hope Christmas Program at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Southeast Fort Wayne. Helpers can assist clients with shopping for gifts for their children, wrapping presents, or maintaining the Christmas shop. Volunteer dates are December 5 (set-up only), and December 8–11 and 15–17, with shifts available from 9 a.m.–12 p.m., 12 p.m.–3 p.m., and 3 p.m.–5 p.m. Read more from Volunteer Fort Wayne here.

🎶 The 5th annual Goldstock Music Festival, organized by Purdue Fort Wayne’s student-run label Gold Top Records, will take place on December 4 at 7 p.m. at Clyde Theater. The main stage will feature five acts: Sun Dyle, Man of the Flood, Oxenfree, Ωhms, and Yellowhouse. A side stage will showcase seven singer-songwriters, including The Strolls, The Sunshine Production Factory, and Darcy Hill & Pamela Lovelette. Tickets are available for $13.75 online. Read more from WANE 15 here.

💨 Parkview Health is promoting awareness ahead of National Lung Cancer Screening Day on November 8 by expanding screening access across its hospitals. The initiative aims to detect cancer earlier through low-dose CT scans, which take only 10–15 minutes and are covered by most insurance plans, with financial help available for those in need. Parkview’s Alan Yahanda, MD, emphasized early detection as key to improving survival rates and encouraged smokers and older adults to get screened. Screenings will be held Saturday at multiple Parkview locations, with walk-in options available at several sites. Read more from WANE 15 here.

🎗️ Fort Wayne–based Master Spas announced that its Summer of St. Jude campaign raised more than $310,000, surpassing its $250,000 goal. The three-month effort, which ran from July through September, united dealers and employees nationwide to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The funds help ensure families never receive bills for treatment, travel, housing, or food. The campaign is part of Master Spas Cares, the company’s charitable giving initiative. Read more from PR Newswire here.

🏫 Voters in the Northwest Allen County Schools district are deciding on an eight-year operating referendum during the November 4 election, the only local vote in Northeast Indiana this year. The measure proposes a property-tax rate of up to $0.2787 per $100 of assessed value, generating up to $12.16 million annually. For a $350,000 home, that could mean about $505 per year. Funds would support staffing, pay, safety, and a new career and technical education facility. The referendum tax is exempt from Indiana’s standard property-tax caps. Read more from WFFT here.

💸 Open Enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act coverage began November 1 and runs through January 15, 2026, with a December 15 deadline for coverage starting January 1. Indiana residents could see major premium increases next year as temporary “enhanced” tax credits expire. For example, a two-person household earning $85,000 in Allen County currently pays about $602 a month for a Silver plan, but without the credits in 2026, similar households may no longer qualify for premium assistance. Read more from WFFT here.

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🏒 The Fort Wayne Komets have signed right winger Nico Blachman, adding more physicality to their roster just six games into the season. The 27-year-old veteran, entering his sixth ECHL season, previously played for the Iowa Heartlanders, where he tallied 221 penalty minutes, five goals, and five assists in 45 games last year. The Komets will continue their 11-game road trip with a three-game series against the Florida Everblades starting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Read more from WANE 15 here.