Food banks are planning distributions in North Judson and Winamac. A drive-through distribution will be held tomorrow, October 14 from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at St. Peter Lutheran Church at 810 West Talmer Avenue in North Judson, according to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana’s website.
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LaPorte County Police have announced a murder charge, in connection with an ongoing child death investigation. As previously reported, sheriff’s deputies say they got a call of an unconscious child at a home in the 3100 block of East County Road 875 South early Monday morning. The child, later identified as four-year-old Judah Morgan, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The developers of a solar energy project proposed for the Railroad Township area will be meeting with local residents tomorrow. An informational meeting on the Dunns Bridge Solar Project will be held tomorrow evening, starting at 6:00 CDT at All Saints Catholic Church in San Pierre.
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Pulaski County’s 2022 budget was narrowly adopted by the county council Monday. The nearly $18.6 million budget passed by a vote of four-to-three, with Rudy DeSabatine, Tim Overmyer, and Mike Tiede opposing. Monday’s vote came after four special meetings, where council members ultimately trimmed the proposal by about $675,000.
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The Starke County Park Board will get updates on a number of ongoing issues during tonight’s meeting. Discussions about the Bass Lake boat piers and erosion control efforts are on tonight’s agenda.
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COVID-19 vaccines will once again be offered at the Winamac Knights of Columbus Hall. The Pulaski County Health Department is moving its vaccination clinic back to the larger space, after using its own office for the past few months. Vaccines will be offered at the Knights of Columbus Hall each Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT.
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A Medaryville public art installation was dedicated over the weekend. A family of sandhill cranes and a scenic wetland are the subject of a new mural at the corner of Main and National streets.
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Monday’s storms brought down trees and knocked out power in the local area. The North Judson-Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department says it responded to five incidents with trees large enough to block roads.
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The adoption of the 2022 budget, an income tax restructuring, and a step toward a solar farm tax abatement are just a few of the items on tonight’s Pulaski County Council agenda. Tonight’s budget adoption will be the final step in a lengthy process that saw council members gather for a number of extra meetings.
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School lunches continue to be impacted by supply chain issues. Eastern Pulaski School Superintendent Dara Chezem told the school board last week that they’re not running out of food, but what students end up getting is often not what was on the printed menus.
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The Pulaski County Justice Center project is staying close to schedule, despite some obstacles. Project liaison Nathan Origer told the county commissioners last week that some underground utility work is running slightly behind, after workers encountered some unexpected obstacles.
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The City of Knox will be dipping into its American Rescue Plan money to upgrade its water filtration system, but exactly how much it will cost still remains to be seen. The city council recently agreed to use the money to cover half the cost of replacing the filter media, at the recommendation of Mayor Dennis Estok.
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The North Judson Town Council adopted its 2022 budget last week. It totals just over $2 million, including a General Fund of almost $954,000. Town officials would also have almost $387,000 in federal American Rescue Plan money they could use, plus almost $167,000 in county economic development income tax revenues.
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The COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t enough to stop Starke County’s industrial growth, according to Starke County Economic Development Foundation Executive Director Lisa Dan.
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West Central students will soon be getting new Chromebooks. Superintendent Dan Zylstra says the school board Thursday approved the purchase of 250 Chromebooks for $95,000.
Continue readingAddressing the “revolving door” of repeat offenders in Pulaski County’s justice system is one of the goals behind its veterans treatment court.
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The last of the original owners of Kankakee Valley Broadcasting has passed away. LeRoy Gudeman died at his Knox home Wednesday at the age of 95. He was part of the group that launched WKVI-FM in 1969 and continued to serve on Kankakee Valley Broadcasting’s board of directors until 2018. Along the way, he also saw the start of WKVI AM in 1970 and WYMR in 2015.
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The Starke County Sheriff’s Office is crediting a Porter County Search and Rescue Team K-9 with locating a missing woman early Friday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says it received a call just after 6:00 p.m. Thursday that Linda Wilde, 74, was missing from the area of Division Road between 1025 and 1100 East.
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Another 33 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Marshall County. Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health also showed 17 new cases in Starke County and eight in Pulaski County.
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Engaging in an apparent 104-mile-per-hour speed contest on State Road 2 could lead to misdemeanor charges for two LaPorte residents. A LaPorte County sheriff’s deputy says he saw two vehicles traveling westbound side by side at an “unreasonably high rate of speed” near County Road 400 East around 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
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