The Knox Board of Works will consider additional penalties against the owner of 6 North Pearl Street today. The board had called for the home’s demolition back in 2016 but later agreed to give the owner a chance to fix the issues. Board members will also get updates on 253 East Washington Street, 8 South Main Street, and 204 West Bender Street.
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Members of the Constellation of Starke team will move forward with projects totaling $333,000 in funding from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
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Work continues on the Knox Community School Corporation’s $20 million building project. Construction manager Larson-Danielson recently gave an update to school officials, according to Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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The Starke County Election board members will discuss several items in their meeting this morning ahead of the November 3 General Election.
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The Knox City Council Tuesday approved a new traffic pattern for the intersection of Carlson Drive and Pine Street. Traffic on Pine Street will now have to stop, while Carlson Drive traffic will have the right of way.
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The Culver Town Council members held a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss the 2021 budget.
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Hamlet residents will have a chance to weigh in on the town’s 2021 budget proposal tonight. A public hearing will be held during the town council meeting. The proposal calls for a total budget of just over $459,000, including a General Fund of more than $322,000.
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A Michigan City woman was arrested Monday, after allegedly leading police on a pursuit on U.S. 20. It reportedly began around 8:40 p.m. near U.S. 20 and Fail Road.
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The Town of Winamac says it won’t be having traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating this year, due to COVID-19. That’s according to Town Manager Brad Zellers. He added Tuesday that the decision was based on the recommendation of the Pulaski County Health Department and Incident Management Team.
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Marshall County had two new cases of COVID-19 and Starke County had one new case of COVID-19 in Tuesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
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The Starke County Council members took action Monday night to adopt the 2021 budget for the county.
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Pulaski County Council members are looking to fee increases as a way to fill the $75,000 gap that remains in the 2021 budget proposal. A suggestion that county officials could reevaluate the Recycling and Transfer Station’s operations got the support of Council Vice-President Rudy DeSabatine during Monday’s budget discussions.
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Starke and Pulaski County residents continue heading back to work. Starke County’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent in August, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s down from nine percent the month before.
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Pulaski County is moving ahead with several requests for CARES Act funding. The county commissioners Monday agreed to use the county’s share of the federal money to get a new phone system and replace the sound system in their meeting room, among other technology upgrades.
Continue readingThe 2021 budget will be up for adoption during tonight’s Knox City Council meeting. The total proposed budget is just over $3 million, with almost $1.6 million of that being the General Fund.
Continue readingThree people were arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop in Knox just after midnight on Saturday, September 19.
Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported locally in Monday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
Continue readingIndiana Conservation Officers have released the name of the person killed in Sunday’s off-road vehicle crash. Officers say it happened just before 6:00 p.m. along State Road 10 near the Bass Lake Beach.
Continue readingThe group behind a proposed homeless shelter has withdrawn its request for the Knox BZA’s permission to use the Knights of Columbus building, at least for now. City officials say a public hearing that had been scheduled for next Monday has been canceled.
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