North Judson Council Tables Rezoning Requests for Apartment Developments

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It will be another couple weeks before the North Judson Town Council decides whether apartment and townhome developments will be able to move ahead. On Tuesday, council members tabled the planning commission’s recommendations to rezone the necessary properties to multifamily residential.

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Hamlet Town Council Reviews Yellowstone Trail Festival

Despite a few challenges, Hamlet officials are happy with the outcome of this year’s Yellowstone Trail Festival. Town Council President Dave Kesvormas thanked festival organizers during Wednesday’s council meeting. “We’re really happy it happened, that you guys didn’t decide to wig out and back off because of COVID or anything like that,” Kesvormas said.

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Starke County Food Distribution Program to Hand Out Final Round of Vouchers Next Wednesday

Starke County will be handing out its third and final round of food vouchers next Wednesday. Residents signed up for the county’s Food Distribution Program can pick up their vouchers on September 15 starting at 8:00 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in Starke County Annex Building No. 1. Signup ended on August 13, and no new applicants are being accepted.

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Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund to Sponsor Food Distribution in Hamlet Thursday

The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will be visiting Hamlet tomorrow, September 9. The Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund is sponsoring a drive-through food distribution, according to the food bank’s website. It’ll take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at the James R. Hardesty Hamlet-Davis Township Fire Station and Community Center.

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COVID-19 Surge Brings Challenges for Pulaski Memorial Hospital, County Health Department

Pulaski County’s COVID-19 situation is getting bad, according to Terri Hansen with the Pulaski County Health Department. “Things are actually really getting out of hand, I guess, to say right now,” Hansen told the county commissioners Tuesday. “As of today, we’ve had 1,466 cases in the county. We are currently at a metric of 2.5. We’re in the orange, and we are this close to going in the red.”

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Miller Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Request for Special Prosecutor Denied

A suspect in the death of 10-and-a-half-month-old Mercedes Lain has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. Justin Lee Miller appeared for an initial hearing in Starke Circuit Court Friday morning. An initial plea of not guilty was already entered on his behalf in Marshall County, on a related charge of neglect of a dependent.

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Hamlet Lions Club Gets $1,000 Starke County Community Foundation Popup Grant

SCCF Board President Cheryl Orkis, SCCF Ambassador Club Member Barbara McLaughlin, Director of Development Jacque Ryan, Hamlet Lions Club President Wendy Semans, SCCF Ambassador Club Member Dave Altman, and Hamlet Lions Club Treasurer Tiffany Nagai. (photo provided by Starke County Community Foundation)

The Hamlet Lions Club has gotten a $1,000 boost. It was chosen as the recipient of the Starke County Community Foundation’s August popup grant.

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