Alyssa Ivanson

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Not-so-scary spooks and spirits are taking over the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo for Wild Zoo Halloween. Thousands of pounds of pumpkins are all around the zoo. I…

Wild on WANE: Melati and Alyssa celebrate big birthdays!

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – WANE 15 Evening Anchor Alyssa Ivanson’s second child was due on February 12, 2025. She announced her pregnancy on August 23. She wanted to now give the followi…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Red Pandas are small and cute, but they’re also endangered. That’s why International Red Panda Day was started to spread awareness about efforts to save …

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – WANE 15 Evening Anchor Alyssa Ivanson’s family is growing! She, her husband Jon and their three-year-old daughter Chloe are so excited to be expecting another …

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – They’re curious and love to eat. A lot. The goats at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo are always entertaining and they’re being celebrated on World Go…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – New to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo is two-year-old Reticulated Giraffe Lily. She joins the three other adult females and one male. Luna’s the oldest at…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – There are many ways people can experience the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo and if taking a stroll to see the animals without kids running around appeals to you, y…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – They might be slow, but they’re mighty. A new Wild Encounter at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo brings you up close to the giant Aldabra Tortoises, Norbert…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Dave Farragh is known as a lot of things. “He was a good friend to everybody. He was a great dad, a great husband, a great brother, a great uncle,” Tracie Martin, a close family friend, remembered. But, around Erin’s House for Grieving Children in Fort Wayne, Dave was also known as Erin’s Dad. “He was here for a program night one night and one of the teen facilitators came up and said ‘That’s Erin’s Daddy,’ and the kids all surrounded him and said thank you. I hope stor…