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.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
Work continues on West Central Schools’ heating and cooling systems. Superintendent Dan Zylstra says progress is being made on the school corporation’s HVAC project.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
A shortage of Spanish teachers has North Judson-San Pierre Junior/Senior High School turning to online options. The school board last month approved an agreement with the Central Indiana Educational Service Center to use the Indiana Online program.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
No comments were offered during the Knox City Council’s budget hearing last month. “I’ll open the public hearing for the 2022 budget, and, basically, there is nobody here from the public, so I will go ahead and close that public [hearing],” said Mayor Dennis Estok.
Continue reading
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.”
Continue reading
North Judson residents have a chance to weigh in today on proposed apartment and townhome developments. Kirt Verhagen is asking the town to rezone properties at the southeast corner of State and George streets and the southwest corner of Central and Keller avenues to multi-family residential.
Continue reading
A COVID-19 update is expected during tonight’s Pulaski County Commissioners meeting. Terri Hansen with the Pulaski County Health Department and Brian Ledley with Pulaski Memorial Hospital are scheduled to give updates and discuss the county’s COVID money.
Continue reading
More than half of West Central Elementary School students are taking part in a religious education pullout program. Principal Mike Carlson told the school board Thursday that about 169 students are attending Lifewise Academy, according to draft meeting minutes.
Continue reading
North Judson is getting a new piece of bike infrastructure and public art. Kirt Verhagen recently told the town council that he purchased a bike rack last year for a North Judson-San Pierre art student to decorate.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
Marshall County has reported its biggest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since early January. Another 47 cases were reported in Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. Starke and Pulaski counties also remained in the double digits, with 18 new cases in Starke County and 15 in Pulaski County.
Continue reading
The Winamac Park Board will likely contribute financially to the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project, but how much and where that money would come from still remain to be seen.
Continue reading
You might be able to play disc golf at Wythogan Park before the end of the year. Knox Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last week that he’s signed a contract for course design. “He thinks we can still get it in, maybe possibly by fall, and we’ll see how that goes,” Estok said.
Continue reading
Replacing the Bass Lake Campground’s electrical system could cost over $250,000. Electrician Bob Harper with H&T Electrical Services was recently asked to put together some recommendations.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
Starke County will see a slight increase in the cost of property and liability insurance. The county commissioners recently approved the insurance plan for the coming year.
Continue reading
If you’ve thought about running for office, the Community Foundation of Pulaski County is offering a program to help you through the process.
Continue reading
