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The family of a U.S. Marine and Valparaiso native is mourning after he was killed Friday while on foot patrol in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Daane Adam DeBoer, 24, died after encountering an improvised explosive device during a patrol in Helmand Province, a
longtime Taliban stronghold. His mother, Charlene Zerrenner of Ludington, Mich., says her son died a hero who loved his family
and his country.

Firefighters battled a pair of overnight house fires on the near-north side of Indianapolis. The first was near 18th Street
and Massachusetts Avenue—where firefighters also extinguished a blaze over the weekend. Just after that fire started,
firefighters were called to another house less than a mile away on Holloway Avenue just north of I-70. Both houses are thought
to have been vacant. Fire investigators are looking into both incidents to see if arson was likely.

A boy and his grandmother were killed Monday night in a boating accident on the south end of Lake Monroe near Bloomington.
Police say a 23-foot speed boat pulling a wakeboarder collided with a fishing boat carrying a Bedford couple and their three
grandsons. Susan Collier, 51, and Gage Pruitt, 8, died of their injuries. Collier’s husband was treated for leg injuries;
the other children were unharmed. It's still not clear why the ski boat, with 19-year-old Winston Wood at the helm, ran
into the smaller vessel. Police say no one appeared to be drinking. As of this morning, no charges had been filed. Fox59 will
have more at 4 p.m.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the pace of mortgage loan activity decreased 5.9 percent for the week ended June 18, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The rate for 30-year mortgages decrased to 4.75 from 4.82 percent the previous week. The rate for 15-year mortgages decreased to 4.19 percent from 4.23 percent.