The Knox City Council will take some preliminary steps tonight to spend the latest round of federal COVID-19 relief. Council members will discuss measures to create a separate fund for the $740,000 the city expects to get from the American Rescue Plan Act and proceed with working on a plan for how to spend it.
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The City of Knox is claiming success with its first pop-up store. Two years ago, the city made 10 South Main Street available for a small business to start up operations downtown.
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West Central students will be able to get expanded social and emotional support. The school board recently approved an agreement with Four County Counseling Center for a student services program, according to Superintendent Dan Zylstra.
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Conditions for the Norwayne Field restroom project’s grant funding could end up costing North Judson more money. The project is being funded, in part, with funding Constellation of Starke got for being a finalist in Indiana’s 2019 Stellar Communities program.
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Efforts to recognize Starke County’s “Space Tree” have gotten the approval of the county commissioners. The seed orbited the Earth on the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1988 and was planted on the northwest corner of the courthouse square in 1990. But Kathy Norem with Knox Main Street United told the commissioners Monday that there was never a marker until now.
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The City of Knox is giving residents a chance to clean up their properties. Dumpster Days are scheduled for Saturday, May 1 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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A Winamac High School teacher is stepping down, after a 35-year teaching career. Kevin Zupin’s retirement was accepted by the Eastern Pulaski School Board last week, according to Superintendent Dara Chezem.
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The Winamac Town Park could soon have a clearer visual link from downtown, thanks to some help from a local boy scout. RJ Link is looking at adding brick pillars on either side of Main Street as part of a proposed Eagle Scout project. He recently told the town’s park board that the idea is to form a gateway to the “swinging bridge.”
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Pulaski County has once again chosen Town & Country Paving for its next road project. County Road 1450 West is set to be resurfaced between 200 South and the Town of Francesville, according to Highway Superintendent Gary Kruger.
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Oregon-Davis ag students have been keeping busy this school year. Teacher Kristen Kubacki recently gave an update on each of her classes to the Oregon-Davis School Board. Her landscape management/natural resources class has been upgrading the old cross country trail.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Board has finalized more than $300,000 worth of additional building improvements with remaining bond money. Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin presented a list of bids to the board Tuesday.
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A system allowing school officials to collect unpaid debt by intercepting state income tax refunds will be discussed during tonight’s North Judson-San Pierre School Board meeting.
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North Judson’s spring cleanup event was a success, according to Town Marshal Kelly Fisher. She told the town council Monday that about 200 letters were sent before the event to homes that police believed needed attention. Out of those, she said she wrote six tickets Monday for homes that still didn’t comply.
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The North Judson Town Council will get updates from Fleis & VandenBrink tonight. The engineering firm helps the town with street and sidewalk projects, and it’s also offered to help put together a five-year park plan. That, in turn, would make the town’s park board eligible for Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grants. But town officials have said they’d like to give other firms a chance to offer proposals, first.
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Knox Mayor Dennis Estok is urging residents to continue wearing masks when out in public. He notes that businesses still have the option to require employees to wear masks, even though Governor Holcomb eased the statewide mask mandate to an advisory.
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Efforts to add a memorial splash pad in Winamac have gotten a major funding boost. The Community Foundation of Pulaski County has agreed to let the almost $150,000 raised for the canceled swimming pool project be used for the splash pad instead.
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The Town of North Judson is once again making it easier for residents to clean up their properties this weekend. Town Marshal Kelly Fisher is coordinating a spring cleanup event.
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The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation is easing one of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions.
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Winamac has a new town marshal. Officer Tyler Campbell was promoted to the position by the town council Monday. Former Town Marshal Mike Buchanan had been leading the department on an interim basis since Mark Hoffman stepped down last June.
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