INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb continues swelling his campaign bank account ahead of the expected formal launch of his re-election bid.

Holcomb’s campaign says it collected $1 million at a fundraising event this past week and received a $1 million transfer from Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch’s campaign account. That comes as Holcomb’s campaign ended 2018 with about $4 million in the bank, with new state campaign reports due in mid-July.

The former state Republican chairman has scheduled a July 13 announcement event at the Hoosier Gym in Knightstown.

The race for a Democratic challenger in the 2020 election is unsettled. State Sen. Eddie Melton of Gary has started an exploratory committee, while state Rep. Karlee Macer of Indianapolis and business executive Woody Myers are considering campaigns.

INDIANAPOLIS — Deer hunters seeking private property in Indiana to hunt on can connect with landowners, golf courses, parks, land trusts, farmers and communities interested in letting them do so.

The state’s Department of Natural Resources says Deer Hunt Registry system signups start Monday. The system is being administered by the DNR’s Fish & Wildlife division.

Signing onto the registry does not guarantee additional hunting opportunities or placement in a managed hunt.

The system replaces the Hunters Helping Farmers program and incorporating the Community Hunter Access Program.

FORT WAYNE — Commissioners in northeastern Indiana’s Allen County have voted to implement rules that would prohibit swingers clubs and other businesses involving live sex acts.

WANE-TV reports that the regulations also would require licenses for new sexually-oriented businesses.

The new regulations would allow commissioners to oversee the time, manner and place that sexually-oriented businesses could operate in the county. They do not apply to sexually-oriented businesses in Fort Wayne, New Haven or Leo-Cedarville.

Commissioner Nelson Peters says the board decided to review its regulations after a business owner filed a federal lawsuit against Fort Wayne in 2018. The business owner claimed the city refused to allow the reopening of a club.

Board members are expected to finalize specific regulations and vote on them in the coming weeks.

INDIANAPOLIS — A burglary suspect has died after jumping into a retention pond outside an Indianapolis apartment building while running from police.

Police say officers arrived at the building about 4 a.m. Saturday and saw two males running from a clubhouse. One of the males went into the pond and did not resurface.

His body was found about 15 feet from the pond’s edge and in six feet of water.

Two other males — identified by police as minors — were arrested in connection with the burglary.

INDIANAPOLIS — Cyclists taking part in an annual police bicycle ride around Indiana to benefit the families of officers who’ve died in the line of duty will meet with survivors of two officers fatally shot last year.

The 13-day Cops Cycling for Survivors ride is to begin Monday after a departure ceremony outside the Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis.

Organizers say the first day’s route will take riders to Lebanon, where they will honor slain Boone County Deputy Jacob Pickett . A stop later in the ride will include meeting relatives of fallen Terre Haute Officer Robert Pitts.

The ride is set to cover nearly 1,000 miles and conclude July 20 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana first lady Janet Holcomb has been named chairwoman of the ninth annual Indiana Conference for Women to be held Nov. 7 in Indianapolis.

The conference says nearly 2,000 women of all ages and from across the nation are expected to attend the conference to receive educational and professional development.

The daughter and granddaughter of small business owners, Holcomb in 2009 became vice president of her family’s business, R&R Engineering, which produces and distributing bolts and fasteners across the U.S. and Canada. Before that she was a political fundraiser.

She’s married to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.

— Associated Press