Zoning approval for the Pulaski County portion of the Mammoth Solar project has been struck down in court. An order filed this week in Pulaski Superior Court found that the developer’s application for a special exception from the board of zoning appeals failed to meet the requirements of the county’s Unified Development Ordinance.
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Starke County now has a park superintendent. Marc Vendl was appointed to the position during a special county park board meeting Thursday. The park board says Vendl previously served as the park administrator for the City of Logansport and also spent many years managing campgrounds and beaches in Texas.
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Winamac town employees who test positive for COVID-19 or have a child who does will get another two days of paid sick leave. The town council approved the measure during a special meeting Thursday, but not without an occasionally heated debate.
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Pulaski Memorial Hospital is tightening its visitor restrictions, amid what it calls a “rapid increase of cases and hospitalizations from the Delta variant.”
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A Valparaiso woman has been charged in connection with a Memorial Day crash that left a North Judson man dead. Witnesses told police that a westbound SUV driven by Brandi Nicole Pilarczyk, 34, failed to stop at the intersection of Starke County Road 50 South and State Road 39 the night of May 31 and hit a car driven by Dennis Clemons, 68, according to a probable cause affidavit.
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An Illinois man was arrested after Hamlet Police say they found drugs during a traffic stop last week. It happened last Wednesday around 9:15 p.m. on Old U.S. 30, according to a probable cause affidavit.
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The Starke County Park Board will consider the hiring of a park superintendent during a special meeting tonight. While the position was envisioned at the park board’s establishment in 2014, it was never actually filled, since the board didn’t get dedicated county funding until this year.
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The Knox Board of Works is going after unpaid fines on a couple of properties. Board members voted Wednesday to attach a $5,000 civil penalty on 401 East Lake Street as a special assessment on its taxes, if it isn’t brought into compliance by September 3.
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Paid COVID-19 leave will be up for discussion during a special Winamac Town Council meeting today. Council members will also discuss a potential change in the police department’s retirement fund and hear from the Pulaski County Tribe.
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Hamlet’s new decorative streetlights are getting some positive feedback. Town Council President Dave Kesvormas says he’s gotten a lot of complements about the new lights on Starke Street. “It almost looks like a runway when you come in late at night when it’s foggy,” Kesvormas said during Wednesday’s council meeting. “It looks pretty cool.”
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WKVI is hosting the fourth annual Cheryl Lyn Welter Family Charitable Foundation Radiothon today. The foundation provides grants to teachers for expenses that may be out of children’s reach.
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Keep your pets safe from the summer heat. That’s the message from Knox Mayor Dennis Estok.
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The Starke County Initiative for Lifelong Learning has declined $2.8 million in federal grant funding. SCILL officials say they informed the U.S. Economic Development Administration of their decision Tuesday. The grant would have helped pay for a new training facility in the Knox Industrial Park to house SCILL’s welding and robotics programs, something that’s been discussed for years.
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Updates on code enforcement efforts are expected at this morning’s Knox Board of Works meeting. Public hearings are scheduled for 1 North Main Street and property belonging to Melvin Zeiters.
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The Eastern Pulaski Schools campus may be getting some upgrades, thanks to a local boy scout. Phillip Crippin plans to add improvements to the outdoor lab as part of an Eagle Scout project presented to the school board this month, according to Superintendent Dara Chezem.
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North Judson-San Pierre students in grades seven through 12 will continue with eLearning through the end of the week.
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The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will once again visit Knox tomorrow, August 25. A USDA mobile food distribution will be held from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at the Knox United Methodist Church at 201 South Shield Street, according to the food bank’s website. Dry goods and frozen food items will be available for free on a first come, first served basis for those in need of food assistance.
Continue readingKnox residents can weigh in on the city’s 2022 budget proposal tonight. It totals just over $3.1 million, with a General Fund of almost $1.6 million, a Motor Vehicle Highway Fund of almost $402,000, and an Economic Development Income Tax Fund of almost $616,000.
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Oregon-Davis is adding a junior high baseball team. The new team was approved by the school board Monday, at the recommendation of Superintendent Bill Bennett.
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Unemployment rates are down in Starke and Pulaski counties, but so is the number of residents working.
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