Beers and steers

Indiana State Fair will have more than steers this season. Gov. Mike Pence has signed the bill that lifted the 67-year ban on beer at Indiana State Fair into law. The ban was originally put in place in 1947 after fairgoers trashed walkways with beer bottles. Pence said he doesn’t feel history will repeat itself, though: Indiana-produced craft beers and wines will be sold in a confined area and fairgoers interested in sipping grown-up beverages will not be able to take beer and wine outside of the restricted locations.

Irish luck lives here

The best place for sipping green beer? Well, you can start with Shamrock Lakes, Ind. It’s one of five U.S. towns named after Ireland’s clover emblem. Shamrock Lakes is a little town in, get ready, Licking Township in Blackford County. The town, with a population of 210, was created in 1960 and features a group of six lakes. But its real claim to fame is its namesake, which was featured on the front page of USA Today. Other towns on the named-after-a-clover list include: Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV, Shamrock, Texas and Shamrock, Okla.

Dublin it is

Sixteen U.S. cities and towns share the same name with Ireland’s capital, Dublin. One right here in Indiana, located in Wayne County is Dublin, Ind. Maybe you’ll have better luck finding a four leaf clover there; since your odds are 10,000 to 1.