A drop in enrollment is forcing the Knox Community School Corporation to cut its 2021 Education Fund budget. Treasurer Kasey Clark recently told the school board that she based it on 1,866 students, but the actual enrollment ended up being 1,714.
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The Hamlet Park Board hopes to begin work on the Robert J. Tauteris Jr. Memorial Walkway in March. The four-foot-wide concrete path will encircle the Town Park.
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Work at the Knox Wastewater Treatment Plant was set to reach final completion Wednesday, 12 days after the most recent deadline. Engineer Steve Henschen with Jones Petrie Rafinski says that when the board of works had an executive session last Monday, Thieneman Construction still had about 15 to 20 items remaining on the punch list, most notably, the installation of an overhead door.
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The Winamac Park Board will have some extra money to work with, thanks to donations to the Community Foundation of Pulaski County. Town manager and park board member Brad Zellers told the town council last week that this year’s payout from the foundation’s Winamac Park Fund is just over $27,000. That money is typically used to help with projects, rather than day-to-day expenses.
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The Knox Board of Works will discuss 2021 fire protection agreements with Center and Jackson townships this morning. Some of the final pay applications for the wastewater treatment plant improvement project are expected to be up for approval, and the city’s superintendents will give their regular reports.
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North Judson and Hamlet have announced the winners of their holiday decorating contests.
Continue readingThe Knox City Council will decide tonight whether to give its official support for efforts to get a Main Street designation. A resolution committing the city to working with the newly-formed Knox Main Street United organization to implement the goals of the Indiana Main Street Program will be up for the council’s approval.
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The winners of the 2020 Light Up North Judson holiday decorating contest will be announced during tonight’s town council meeting. The Rich Grove Township fire protection contract and a pair of additional appropriations will be up for approval. Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe previously told council members that more spending permission may be needed out of the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, due to the extra paving that took place this year.
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Leaders are expressing optimism with efforts to get a Main Street designation for Downtown Knox. The committee assembled to pursue the designation met Wednesday with Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Northwest Community Liaison Gerry White last week.
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The Town of North Judson is sticking with its current health insurance provider even though costs are going up. The town council recently chose a plan from Anthem, at the request of employees.
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The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation is getting an assessment of the roof at the elementary school.
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The building additions to Knox Elementary and High schools continue to take shape. Crews were busy working on the elementary school’s new third and fourth grade wing, as School Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart gave a tour last week. “This is really far along,” he noted. “We’ve got drywall on. We’re painting.”
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North Judson-San Pierre School Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin is hopeful that in-person learning will be able to resume for all grade levels on January 5. The junior/senior high school is using virtual learning for the last week of the semester.
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Winamac’s new garbage company may have to wait a few years before increasing the town’s rates. Waste Management completed its $4.6 billion acquisition of Advanced Disposal earlier this fall.
Continue readingThe City of Knox is upgrading its technology, thanks to its share of federal CARES Act funding. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last month that the city was starting to use its $114,000.
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Whether the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation should use excess bond proceeds from its elementary project to upgrade the bus garage will be the topic of a public hearing during tonight’s school board meeting. A bus garage replacement project was put on hold earlier this year, after bids came in higher than expected.
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Planning continues for some major upgrades to North Judson’s sidewalk network. INDOT’s engineering firm has begun working on plans for a continuous sidewalk along State Road 10 from Garfield to Oakwood.
Continue readingThe Culver Town Council members will look more closely at EMS pay in an upcoming work session.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation has picked its next treasurer and business manager. Dalton Tunis was hired for the position during last month’s school board meeting, according to information from Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin.
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