The Starke County Highway Department has been awarded funding for new highly visible (Hi-Vis) winter safety gear.
The Starke County Community Foundation awarded $5,000 to the department in efforts to provide Starke County Highway employees with new Hi-Vis winter gear. Currently, the Highway Department has 16 drivers and three mechanics. Starke County Highway Interim Superintendent Rachel Oesterreich told WKVI News, each person received a winter coat, a heavy sweatshirt, a light sweatshirt, a hat, gloves, and a first aid kit.
Oesterreich stated the highway department applied for a Northern Indiana Community Foundation Support Grant through the Starke County Community Foundation and was notified they had been awarded the grant in December.
