INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will be part of a delegation of agriculture and tourism leaders heading to Mexico to develop economic partnerships and strengthen agricultural ties.

Crouch is leading the trip in collaboration with the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, the Indiana Office of Tourism Development and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. The delegation leaves Sunday and returns July 11. They’ll also use the trip to showcase Indiana as a tourism destination.

An agricultural delegation will spend most of its time in Mexico City, working to strengthen ties and develop new markets for Indiana’s agricultural products. Also in Mexico City, a tourism delegation will be working to develop relationships with key travel and tourism stakeholders.

For the state delegation, trip costs are being paid for through private donations.

KOKOMO — Indiana’s high court has placed a public defender on professional probation for conduct violations that include money mismanagement.

Steve Raquet is Howard County’s chief public defender. The state Supreme Court suspended him Friday from practicing law for 180 days but stayed his suspension subject to Raquet successfully completing 18 months of professional probation.

The Kokomo Tribune reports the court’s Disciplinary Commission had filed a complaint against Raquet in April detailing his continuous overdrafts from a bank trust account and a series of professional conduct violations, including his lack of oversight of an employee.

Officials say Raquet, Vandenbosch & Steele law firm bookkeeper Kimberly Jackson had been placing deposits into incorrect accounts.

Jackson pleaded guilty in April to felony theft and forgery. She was sentenced to three years of supervised probation.

CLARKSVILLE — Indiana conservation officers say a Louisville, Kentucky, man remains missing after his newly-purchased boat crashed, throwing him and another man into the Ohio River.

Conservation Officer Jim Schreck says the search for 26-year-old Donald Watson resumed Tuesday morning in the waters near Clarksville.

He says Watson was operating the boat Monday evening when its motor apparently malfunctioned and he and 28-year-old passenger Levell Washington of Jeffersonville, Indiana, were thrown overboard and swept through the McAlpine Locks and Dam.

Firefighters rescued Washington after he called for help on his cellphone while in the water, but Watson remains missing.

Schreck says Watson was seen struggling to stay afloat before he vanished beneath the river’s surface.

He says preliminary findings indicate that Watson had purchased the 18-foot fiberglass boat earlier this week.

ORLEANS — Authorities say one person has died following the crash of an ultralight aircraft in southern Indiana.

State police say the crash happened on Monday night in northern Orange County, about 80 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

The name of the person who died wasn’t immediately released. State police say an autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it’s investigating the cause of the crash. The agency described the aircraft as being amateur-built.

—Associated Press