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Plus - How to protect yourself and your home in the bitter cold, IU beats Purdue in men's basketball, and more!
Get IN, Austin Sellers & Nate Spangle
January 29, 2026
Thursday, January 29th
Happy Thursday, Hoosiers. Wishing you safe travels and warmer temperatures this weekend!
This Week in Indiana History: Remembering the Apollo 1 Tragedy
Where to Ski, Snowboard, and Tube in Indiana
Winter’s Deep Freeze
IU Football Just Getting Started
Hidden Gems: White Pine Wilderness Academy and Nine Mile Restaurant
Indiana Events
1 Big wIN: Hoosiers Upset Boilermakers in Men’s Hoops
Hot Hoosier Housing
The $2 Billion Dig Indy Project
This issue is 1,387 words, a 6-minute read.
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📜 This Week in Indiana History 📜
Apollo 1 Tragedy (1967)
This week in Indiana history, a routine preflight test at Cape Kennedy in Florida ended in tragedy when a flash fire swept through the cabin of the Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing all three astronauts on board on Jan. 27, 1967. Virgil “Gus” Grissom, a native of Mitchell, Indiana, Purdue grad, and one of America’s most accomplished early astronauts, was among those who died.
Grissom was no stranger to space. He had already flown two missions… one under the Mercury program and one under the Gemini program. He was chosen to command Apollo 1, the first crewed flight of NASA’s ambitious program to land humans on the moon. The fire, fueled by a pure oxygen atmosphere and flammable materials inside the capsule, spread in seconds… the crew had no chance to escape.
The tragedy shocked the world and the Hoosier State, where Grissom was a hero. However, the disaster also forced NASA to confront design flaws. In the months that followed, the Apollo spacecraft was completely redesigned, with safer materials, a mixed-gas atmosphere, and a safety hatch that could be opened in seconds. Though Gus Grissom never got to see it, NASA landed a man on the moon just two years later.
Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee (L to R) were three pioneers whose courage reshaped human spaceflight.
📰 Hoosier Headlines 📰
No mountains? No problem. With the Hoosier State blanketed in snow after last weekend’s snowfall, now is the perfect time to head to an Indiana ski resort or your favorite sledding and tubing hills. Learn more.
Indianapolis set a single-day snowfall record with 9.1” of snow on Sunday, breaking the previous single-day high of 4.9” in 1978. (FOX59)
The wind chill this week has us damning the cold, seriously. If you need help, call 211 to find warming centers and emergency shelters in your area. Know the health risks and how to protect your home in the extreme cold.
IU football isn’t going anywhere after finishing off a perfect 16-0 season that ended with the program’s first national championship. With top transfers inbound, the Hoosiers are the cream of the crop and in the early stages of being college football’s next great dynasty. Read more.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped combat Great Depression unemployment. The CCC, which included thousands of young men, made parks and forests across the country what they are today. IN the Parks host Allison Martin shares the story of the CCC in Indiana.
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Kristian Andersen joined Get IN with Nate Spangle and mentioned White Pine Wilderness Academy in Rocky Ripple as a hidden gem in Indiana. They teach youth, teens, and adults life lessons with the oldest curriculum known to mankind — nature.
Since the 1830s, Nine Mile Restaurant has been a Fort Wayne landmark serving comfort food classics and fresh-baked pies. Here’s why it’s worth the stop.
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Events This Week
Rodney Carrington Concert - Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne - Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. - See country/folk artist Rodney Carrington live. Tickets.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert - Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis - Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. - The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is launching a reboot of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series! Details and Tickets.
Dallas Pulse vs. Indy Ignite - Fishers Events Center in Fishers - Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. - Be one of the first 1,000 fans through the doors to receive a free orange scrunchie during the Orange Out! A pregame volleyball clinic is available to Pepper’s Kids Club members. Tickets.
Monster Jam - Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis - Saturday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. - Watch monster trucks do wheelies and fly through the air, all while competing in various competitions. Tickets.
Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers - Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis - Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. - Catch the third game of a four-game home stretch as Pascal Siakam and the Pacers welcome future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant and the Rockets to town. Tickets.
👏 1 Big wIN 👏
With the football national champions in attendance, the Indiana Hoosiers held off the No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers 72-67 on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.
The victory was IU’s first Quadrant 1 win in seven tries under head coach Darien DeVries, and it may just be the turning point of the season for the Hoosiers (14-7, 5-5 in Big Ten play).
Meanwhile, the loss marked a third straight for the Boilermakers (17-4, 7-3) in conference play. They’re bound for the NCAA tournament, no question, but it’s been tough sledding for Matt Painter’s crew as of late.
🎙 On today's show I sat down with Jeffrey Harrison, president and CEO of Citizens Energy Group, to learn more about the ambitious Dig Indy project.
This $2 billion initiative involves constructing a 28-mile tunnel system 250 feet below Indianapolis to significantly reduce wastewater overflow into local rivers. Harrison covers the project's origins, its critical need addressed by the EPA's Clean Water Act, the massive engineering feats involved, including using tunnel boring machines and micro-explosives for excavation, and the broader impacts of the project on local rivers.
Harrison also sheds light on his engineering background and role since joining Citizens in 2011, environmental sustainability, and potential future developments in Indianapolis.
If you like this episode and want to hear more Get IN. episodes where I interview Hoosiers making a difference, visit getindiana.com/podcast.
You are going to learn about:
- The $2 Billion Dig Indy Project
- How the 28-Mile Tunnel System Will Impact Local Rivers
- Potential Future Developments in Indy
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