A locally-based gaming software company is $5,000 closer to its dream of making the North Judson area a hub of video game development. Abrams Studios was the winner of the first North Judson Business Pitch Competition Saturday.
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The Pulaski County Commissioners are expected to finalize a spending plan for CARES Act money this morning. Proposed items include a new sound system for county officials’ meeting room, personal protective equipment, sanitizers, and a renovation of the Coroner’s Office’s autopsy suite.
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The Starke County Council will have several budget-related items to consider in their meeting tonight.
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The Pulaski County Council will continue working on the 2021 budget tonight. Last week’s scheduled budget hearing left a number of items still to be determined.
Continue readingOne person is dead and another is seriously injured after an off-road vehicle crash near Bass Lake. Indiana Conservation Officer Tyler Brock says it happened in the Bass Lake area off of State Road 10.
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More COVID-19 cases have been reported in Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties. Marshall County had another five residents test positive, according to Sunday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the county’s total to 985.
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More Starke and Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Marshall County reported five new cases in Saturday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the county’s total up to 980. Starke County had another four cases for a new total of 248.
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Wearing masks not only keeps people healthy but it’s also what’s allowing businesses to stay open, according to Governor Eric Holcomb. “You mask up to stay open,” he said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference. “If you care about Main Street, if you care about the economy, you only have to look around into some other places that are doing the opposite, closing down. And so I don’t like them either, but it’s just a fact of life right now. And it is a fact of, underscore three times, life!”
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Four North Judson startups will compete for a chance at $10,000 tonight. The first North Judson Business Pitch Competition will be held at 7:00 at North Judson Town Hall.
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The new Culver-Union Township Fire Department aerial fire truck is anticipated to be delivered to Culver next week.
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A seven-county region that includes Starke and Pulaski counties is being recognized for its efforts to develop and attract top talent. Northwest Indiana was officially designated as the state’s eighth 21st Century Talent Region during a virtual event Friday.
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The death of a Francesville teenager is under investigation. The Pulaski County Coroner’s Office says Shannon J. Bretzinger, 17, was pronounced dead at Pulaski Memorial Hospital Friday evening by Chief Deputy Coroner John Behny.
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The Indiana Department of Health is taking the fight against a mosquito-borne virus to the air. Aerial pesticide applications are planned for next week, in an area that includes parts of Marshall and LaPorte counties. It’s part of the state’s effort to control the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Continue readingAnother Marshall County resident has died from COVID-19. It’s the county’s first COVID-19 death in over a month, according to Friday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the total number of deaths in the county up to 24. Marshall County also had one more positive case for a total of 975.
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A former Knox woman pleaded guilty in a plea agreement in Starke Circuit Court Thursday afternoon to a Level 4 Felony charge of possession of methamphetamine.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation will be closing State Road 8 between County Road 100 W. and County Road 100 E. on September 21.
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Incorporating COVID-19 data from outside labs into Indiana’s official case count is proving to be a bit of a challenge. State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said Wednesday that thousands of new test results have been added to the state’s dashboard in the last couple weeks, but some of that data turned out to be wrong.
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Plans to add decorative lighting to the Winamac Town Park’s “swinging bridge” got the blessing of the town council Monday.
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Whether to allow trick-or-treating during a global pandemic is a question being faced by many local communities. Knox Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last week that he was still waiting for guidance.
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Pulaski County businesses can now apply for up to $10,000 in COVID-19 relief. The county has been awarded $250,000 through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs’ COVID-19 Response Program.
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