Pulaski County may be able to get two new ambulances, thanks to USDA grant funding. The grant would cover 75 percent of the cost of the ambulances, equipment, and two years of maintenance.
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The Knox School Board has decided to move forward with roofing work at the elementary and middle schools with the help of experts like Bondoc Roofing. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart recently told board members that he felt the elementary school roof was the biggest need, when it comes to the next round of potential facility upgrades.
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The Winamac Town Council continues to refine the town’s planned garbage collection fee. Under an ordinance presented during last week’s meeting, a five dollar monthly fee would be charged to every home and a $10 fee to every business.
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Two more miles of bike trail will officially open in Starke County today. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for the Erie Trail extension this afternoon at 1:00 CDT.
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Starke County has chosen its next Emergency Medical Services director. Eric Wood was appointed to the position by the county commissioners Monday, although the fact that Wood said he didn’t plan to leave a position with another service raised some slight concern.
Continue readingStandard Integrated Solutions has gotten an incentive from the Town of Winamac to upgrade its equipment. A ten-year tax abatement was approved by the town council last week. The company says that will help them invest about $1.7 million in industrial equipment, like liquid ring vacuum pumps, and create 10 more jobs, if they can find workers to fill them.
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Now that the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation employs its school resource officer directly, ownership of his vehicle has officially been transferred to the school, as well. The school board Tuesday accepted the donation of the SRO car from the Town of North Judson.
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Masks will once again be optional at the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation, but they could become mandatory if student quarantines start creeping back up. Under a measure approved by the school board Tuesday, masks will be optional starting Monday. But if the percentage of students in quarantine reaches 15 in a specific school building, a two-week mask mandate would be put in place for that school.
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Pulaski County continues to try to straighten out an email hack that reportedly resulted in thousands of dollars in county funds being intercepted. “Back in May, if you don’t remember, we were the victim of a hack, of an email hack that caused two payments to be misdirected to the hacker, totaling about $22,000,” County Attorney Kevin Tankersley told the county council and commissioners last week.
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Hamlet’s new police K-9 could have proved useful when an elderly person went missing in a wooded area of Starke County earlier this month. That’s the hope of Town Council President Dave Kesvormas.
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The Town of North Judson is letting the public give input on the town’s park facilities. An online survey is available, asking residents’ opinions on the Town Park and Norwayne Field, along with what they’d like to see in the future throughout the town.
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The Starke County Commissioners denied a request Monday to make more land available for the Mammoth Solar Project near Bass Lake. A petition to rezone the Redlin property south of U.S. 35 was denied by a vote of two-to-one, with Mark Gourley opposing the motion. Rezoning the land from Commercial to Agriculture would have allowed for the placement of solar panels.
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A nonprofit group aiming to address housing insecurity may proceed with its plans for a thrift store in Knox. The city’s board of zoning appeals Monday approved the Starke County Resource Center’s special use request for the former Knights of Columbus building at 503 East Lake Street, with the explicit stipulation that the property shall not be used as a homeless shelter.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Board will be asked to approve an update to the continuous learning plan today. Modifications to the handbook for non-certified staff will also be up for approval, along with some policy updates recommended by policy consultant NEOLA.
Continue readingPulaski County is looking for a new manager for its Recycling & Transfer Station. Brad Bonnell stepped down last week citing health reasons, according to County Commissioner Chuck Mellon. During Monday’s meeting, the commissioners accepted Bonnell’s resignation and appointed John Kegarise as interim manager.
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The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will return to Knox tomorrow, October 20. A drive-through food distribution will take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Knox United Methodist Church at 201 South Shield Street, according to the food bank’s website.
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The City of Knox is flushing hydrants today through Friday. That means residents may experience discolored water.
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A Francesville man has been found guilty of battering a 19-month-old child in 2019. Pulaski County Prosecutor Kelly Gaumer says a jury convicted Coltyn M. Toosley last week on felony counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and domestic battery resulting in bodily injury on a child under 14.
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Days after ground was broken on the Mammoth Solar Project, the Starke County Commissioners will consider zoning permission for some affected parcels south of Bass Lake. Earlier this month, the commissioners agreed to rezone the Rentka property west of U.S. 35 to Agriculture, but tabled a decision on the nearby Redlin property. Among other things, Agricultural zoning allows for the installation of solar panels.
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While dignitaries from around the world converged on Starke County last week to kick off construction on one of the country’s largest solar farms, the reaction from local landowners has been mixed. Speaking to reporters after Thursday’s groundbreaking, Governor Eric Holcomb said he welcomes the input, when it comes to projects on an unprecedented scale.
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