Members of the public have a chance to offer input on Eastern Pulaski Schools’ teacher compensation today. The state requires school corporations and teachers associations to take public comments before they begin contract negotiations.
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Pulaski County residents can weigh in on the 2022 budget proposal tonight. The county council will hold the required public hearing during tonight’s meeting.
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Celebrate the beginning of fall with craft beer, live music, and a cornhole tournament.
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Funding is now in place for the demolition of the former Knox Moose Lodge. The city was awarded almost $138,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Blight Clearance Program. It was one of 25 grants totaling $12.8 million announced by OCRA Thursday.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Winamac Park Board will get an update on the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project tonight. Project organizers are raising money to add a decorative lighting feature to the Town Park’s “Swinging Bridge” in time for its centennial in 2023, while the town is planning to have the structure repainted and the decking replaced.
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Oregon-Davis Elementary School could be getting some new playground equipment in the coming years.
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More reliable internet service could soon be coming to Winamac. The town council last week agreed to allow Fourway to install communications equipment on the town’s water tower.
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A new tanker truck, paving projects, and a new full-time position are a few of the items North Judson officials are looking to include in the town’s 2022 budget. The town council reviewed the proposed budget during a special meeting Monday.
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The Knox Redevelopment Commission has chosen an option for selling 8 South Main Street. Mayor Dennis Estok told board members this month that Indiana Code allows redevelopment commissions to sell a property to an abutting landowner, as long as it’s worth less than $15,000.
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Two Knox property owners have been given 30 days to finish repairing their buildings or face a $2,500 fine. Mayor Dennis Estok told the rest of the board of works last week that the front of 1 North Main Street has had broken glass for months, and while owner Pete Milev said he has some replacement glass, it hasn’t been installed yet.
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An early July police chase that reportedly ended with an SUV crashing into a fence at the Knox Elementary School playground resulted in almost $4,000 of damage to school property, according to School Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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