The Knox City Council will consider a solid waste disposal contract when it meets tonight. Mayor Dennis Estok and Clerk-Treasurer Cyndi Mann-Kidder will also give their regular reports.
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Indiana is reporting its smallest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases in six months. Another 480 cases were reported in Monday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the state’s total to almost 668,000.
Continue readingThe City of Knox is moving ahead with its application for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The city council recently passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Dennis Estok to apply for $200,000 through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program and committing a $10,000 local match.
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Two local fire departments are looking for new trucks. North Judson-Wayne Township Fire Chief Joe Leszek told the town council last week that his department is exploring various options to replace a tanker truck that was totaled in a rollover accident while responding to a house fire in January.
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A system allowing government officials to collect unpaid debt by intercepting state income tax refunds will be discussed during tonight’s Eastern Pulaski School Board meeting.
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The Pulaski County Council will consider action tonight to correct a couple of oversights in the 2021 budget. During the budget process, council members decided to move funding for local fire departments out of the county’s General Fund and into the public safety income tax fund. Auditor Laura Wheeler told the council last month that while she took the $31,500 out of County General, she forgot to add it to public safety.
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New COVID-19 cases are in the single digits in local counties. Marshall County had five new cases for a total of 5,456, according to Sunday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. Pulaski County had two new cases for a new total of 1,078. Starke County added one more case, pushing the total to 1,900.
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An Illinois man was arrested Friday, after he allegedly led LaPorte County Police on a motor vehicle pursuit through several fields and into LaPorte. Sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over a passenger vehicle for following another vehicle too closely near Range Road and U.S. 20 at around 10:00 a.m.
Continue readingA year after Indiana reported its first COVID-19 case, the number of Hoosiers fully vaccinated against the virus has now surpassed the number of cases. Almost 678,000 Hoosiers are now considered fully vaccinated, according to Saturday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. More than 1.1 million have gotten at least one dose.
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Today marks one year since Indiana reported its first case of COVID-19. It was on the morning of Friday, March 6, 2020 when state officials announced that a Marion County resident who had recently traveled to Boston had tested positive for the coronavirus. A week later, schools began to close, and a couple weeks after that, Indiana was under a stay-at-home order.
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Efforts to get a Main Street designation for Downtown Knox took a major step forward Friday. Knox Main Street United submitted its application to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
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The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation recently got a new athletic trainer, thanks to a partnership involving Pulaski Memorial Hospital and Logansport Memorial Hospital.
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A Michigan City man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of operating while intoxicated and carrying a handgun without a license with a prior conviction. LaPorte County Police say they pulled over a vehicle for disregarding a stop sign at the intersection of Springland Avenue and Roeske Avenue, just after 12:30 a.m.
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Governor Eric Holcomb got his COVID-19 vaccine Friday. The governor joined a number of other elected officials in getting the shot at the drive-through mass vaccination site set up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Continue readingNew COVID-19 cases continue to be reported in Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties. Marshall County had another nine, while Starke and Pulaski counties each had two, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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While some states are lifting their mask mandates, Governor Holcomb wants Indiana to continue on its current path. “In regards to Texas and Mississippi . . . good on them,” Holcomb said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference. “They’ve got great leaders. But I’m looking at very local information. I’m very Indiana-centric about this, and I’m really happy about the path that we’re on to get to that light at the end of the tunnel.”
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The Winamac Town Park could soon be getting a public art installation, thanks to a local volunteer group. The town’s park board Thursday agreed to let the Pulaski County Tribe continue planning for a project it calls Art in the Park.
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Health officials want to vaccinate people as soon as possible, but some Hoosiers remain hesitant. “We are in a race between the vaccine and the variants, and we want the vaccine to win,” Indiana Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference.
Continue readingThe debate over Circuit Court staffing continued during last month’s joint Pulaski County Council and Commissioners meeting. Judge Mary Welker once again asked for a part-time staff member to be moved to full-time status.
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North Judson residents may stop trickling their water. The town made the announcement in a Facebook post Thursday.
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