The City of Knox is hosting its first movie in the park of the year tonight. “Playmobil: The Movie” will be shown at the Wythogan Park performance stage at 8:30. Before the movie, Kalita, Master of Magic will perform, starting at 7:30.
Continue reading
Landscaping upgrades at the entrance to the Pulaski County Fairgrounds have gotten some financial support from 4-H leaders and fair organizers. The Winamac Park Board has decided to install landscaping stone in the island where the entrance sign is located and surround it with curbing to replace the rotting wooden posts.
Continue reading
The City of Knox is looking to step up fines for building violations. A new fine schedule will be up for the city council’s approval tonight.
Continue reading
A longtime Oregon-Davis principal has been named the school corporation’s next superintendent. Elementary School Principal Bill Bennett was given the superintendent’s job during a special school board meeting Monday.
Continue reading
The Oregon-Davis School Board will name the corporation’s next superintendent tonight. No comments were offered during last week’s public hearing on the new superintendent’s contract. It calls for a base salary of $95,000, plus benefits.
Continue readingThose driving through the City of Knox may encounter some road construction this week. Mayor Dennis Estok says work is taking place on East Street from John Street to State Road 8 and on all of East New York Street. Rieth-Riley crews will be doing milling and street resurfacing work until at least Friday. Motorists are asked to avoid those roads whenever possible.
Continue reading
Hamlet’s former town marshal is questioning some of the police department’s current operations. Frank Lonigro recently told the town council that he often sees Hamlet Police patrolling U.S. 30 outside the town limits, something that wasn’t allowed when he was with the department.
Continue reading
The Town of North Judson has set the date for this year’s town-wide yard sale. The town council last week agreed to hold the yard sale on Saturday, August 8. Vendors need to register with the town by Wednesday, August 5, to be included on the map.
Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation is looking to move bus stops off of highways. A proposed update to the transportation handbook would eliminate all highway stops both in and out of town, according to the draft minutes from last week’s school board meeting. Another change would offer more guidance on when drivers should use the buses’ strobe lights.
Continue reading
The Knox Community School Corporation may add a number of items to its building project, after bids for the site work and building construction came in under budget.
Continue reading
The Town of Winamac is moving ahead with its Fourth of July fireworks. Town Manager Brad Zellers told the town council last week that enough donations have come in, and the contracts with the fireworks company are now in place.
Continue reading
The Knox City Council took action last week to make up a shortfall in the city’s insurance budget. Council members transferred more than $68,000 into the insurance line item and over $23,000 into benefits. That money will come out of four other line items funded by economic development income tax revenues.
Continue reading
North Judson-San Pierre and Oregon-Davis are sharing more details about their graduation plans.
Continue reading
The City of Knox continues easing restrictions at its park facilities. The basketball and pickleball courts and baseball and softball fields are now fully open, as part of an executive order signed by Mayor Dennis Estok Thursday. Until now, most of those facilities had been limited to practice and conditioning only. The dugouts are also open.
Continue reading
North Judson’s new grocery store is set to open next month. Teo Dobre gave the town council an update Monday on the work taking place at the former Grand Central Station building that he purchased. He said he hopes to have the store up and running by a week after the Fourth of July.
Continue reading
The North Judson-San Pierre School Board has approved contract renewals for its administrative staff. The school board Tuesday extended Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin’s contract by one year through June of 2023. Her annual salary will remain at $104,000.
Continue reading
The new Starke County Veterans Memorial is almost halfway to its crowdfunding goal. If the effort raises $50,000 by July 21, that amount will be doubled by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. Almost $22,000 has been raised so far.
Continue reading
Pay levels for North Judson-San Pierre’s non-teaching staff will be up for the school board’s approval tonight. Administrative salaries, non-instructional salaries, the non-instructional hourly pay schedule, and the transportation department’s pay schedule will all be considered.
Continue readingThe Town of Hamlet will continue waiving utility penalties until the end of the month. The town council passed a resolution last week extending the waiver. It was first put in place in April, due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Continue reading
