A Plymouth industry has plans to expand.
Zentis Food Solutions North America, LLC, a global producer of fruit preparations for the bakery and dairy industries, announced plans Monday to expand its operations in Plymouth, creating 67 new jobs by 2014.
A Winamac man was arrested Sunday after a report of domestic abuse.
37-year-old Gregory Billingsley allegedly battered his wife. Police reportedly found that she had bruising around her left eye and her upper lip was swollen with a laceration. Pulaski County officers also noted in the police report that her nose appeared to be broken. She complained of pain to the back of her head and neck.
A $3,000 repair bill for a pickup truck was approved by the Pulaski County Commissioners this week for the county recycling center. According to Recycling Center Director Ed Clark, the Dodge truck’s motor needed rebuilt and he presented three bids for the repair.
The bids each came with three-year warranties for the motor, but the commissioners chose the lowest bid from Allen’s Automotive with the help of Offroad Power Products. The $3,160 expense was approved and will be paid from the recycling center’s equipment repair fund, pending council approval.
After raising over $800,000 with the Spring Tax Sale, the Starke County Commissioners this week approved a motion to hold an online sale of the leftover properties. Fifty-four properties were sold during the tax sale, but the remaining properties will be listed online on July 5, and will be sold through July 16.
A Knox woman was arrested by Plymouth Police officers after a theft incident on Friday.
Plymouth police responded to a theft complaint from Walmart. When police took her into custody, she was allegedly in possession of three precursors used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. She was also reportedly intoxicated.
Angela R. May, 42, was arrested and taken to the Marshall County Jail on preliminary charges of Theft, Public Intoxication and Possession of an Illegal Drug Lab.
The Starke County Commissioners this week received an annual report from Community Services of Starke County’s Joan Haugh, who informed them that the organization has assisted 25 percent of the population of Starke County through transportation and other services.
A Winamac man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly stole items from Ace Hardware in Winamac.
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department was advised of a shoplifter in the store. The officer was told by a female employee that the suspect was believed to have been involved in a prior theft incident. Store employees said Duane Altman walked out of the store with three wrenches in his hand.
The Pulaski County Health Department is celebrating National Nurses Week this week.
National Nurses Week is devoted to highlighting the ways in which registered nurses are working to improve health care. Nursing is the largest health care profession and nurses are the backbone of the healthcare industry.
3.1 million registered nurses work in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, research facilities and in hospitals all across the United States.
A Plymouth man was injured after a one vehicle accident in Marshall County.
Marshall County police responded to a report of a vehicle rollover on U.S. 31 north of 1st Road. The vehicle left the roadway, going down and striking an embankment and rolling over several times. The vehicle came to rest on its top in the side yard of a residence. The driver, Teofilo Cuatiacuatl, was seat belted in his vehicle and was extricated from the vehicle. He was transported to South Bend Memorial Hospital and later released.
The May Primary Election is tomorrow! Polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. prevailing time. We will have Election Night coverage tomorrow night beginning at 5:00 p.m., when results from the Starke, Pulaski and Marshall County elections will be reported.
Lisa A. Lee, partner at Ice Miller LLP, presented a draft timetable for the Starke County Jail project to the jail committee on Friday. The timetable included a list of dates for important steps that must be completed for the project to move forward.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for the afternoon of June 15, when the committee will receive an update from the DLZ Architectural Firm and the Skillman Corporation regarding cost proposals and budgets. Community meetings are expected to be held June 25-30, but that date could be moved sooner if the committee decides to move a month early.
Funeral services will be held for two prominent Starke County residents today.
Seventy-three year old Bill Schacht was a lifetime resident of North Judson, where he raised his family and made a living farming, excavating and trucking. He was one of the original founders of the North Judson Jaycees. Schacht retired after 20 years from both the North Judson-San Pierre School Board and the Starke Memorial Hospital Board. Services will be held at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
The Hamlet Town Board met on May 1 with a light agenda.
Hamlet Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts said the board members were reminded of the town-wide yard sale that is scheduled for the weekend of May 18 and 19. Sales will begin at 8 a.m. both days.
The monthly revenue report for April 2012 state tax collections was recently released.
Total revenue collections were $1.8 billion, $159 million more than projected by the revenue forecast updated on Dec. 14, 2011. Through April, state general fund revenues have increased 9 percent compared to the same period last year.
Individual income tax collections significantly exceeded the April target, primarily as a result of the Department of Revenue’s improvements in the processing of tax returns. The 44.9 percent growth in individual income tax collection is also partially attributable to a 20 percent increase in withholdings.
For the third year in a row, the Department of Local Government finance has announced that the majority of counties in Indiana have issued property tax bills on time. In 2008, no counties billed on time, but two counties did manage it in 2009.
The Indiana Farm Bureau has released grocery price statistics for the first quarter of this year.
Prices rose slightly, but that increase was enough to set a new record high for food prices on the survey. Sixteen food items on the survey cost an average of $51.15, up $1.55 from the fourth-quarter 2011 survey. The previous record was $50.70, set in the third quarter of 2008. Of the 16 items surveyed, six decreased in prices while ten increased.
They did it. The Starke County Youth Club successfully raised over $40,000 during the radiothon on WKVI, and they’re still counting donations.
Youth Club Executive Director Irene Szakonyi thanked everyone involved in the six-hour fundraiser that took place yesterday.
“Thank you so much, and really, it isn’t me– it is the combination of all of these wonderful people in our community. WKVI, you guys are awesome. It is our board of directors, our staff, the families, the communities, friends, and neighbors, that we have who opened up their checkbooks today and really came through for our kids,” said Szakonyi.
The club provides services every year for more than 600 students in each of the Starke County school systems.
Governor Mitch Daniels signed Senate Enrolled Act 274 into law Friday, known as the “Indiana Lifeline Law.”
The legislation provides immunity for certain alcohol-related offenses committed by minors who seek emergency medical assistance.
Daniels says he is proud of the college students who pushed for a new law designed to encourage people to seek medical help for those who are dangerously intoxicated. The law shields people from arrest on public intoxication or underage drinking charges if they get help for someone facing an alcohol-related emergency.
Supporters hope the law that takes effect July 1 will make college students and others more likely to report alcohol poisoning.
The state reports 21 underage drinkers have died in Indiana since 2004 because of alcohol poisoning.
State Senator Ed Charbonneau will be serving on a national group of state legislators working to prepare state governments for future financial stability in economic crises.
Charbonneau was one of 12 legislators nationwide selected to serve on the bipartisan State Fiscal Health Work Group recently created by the National Conference of State Legislators. The group will search for ways to strengthen state budgets during financial hardships and compile a “Principles of Sound State Budgeting Practices” report that will serve as a guide for legislatures throughout the country during crisis times.
Members will meet together in Washington, D.C. in June and Chicago in August.
She’s always loved jewelry, just like Bijouteriehidous.com, but it wasn’t until recently that Stacey Horan of Knox began to dabble in its creation. Horan says jewelry-making was something she essentially stumbled into after attending I.U. Bloomington for four years, earning herself a degree in Apparel Merchandising and Business. Following college, Horan applied to several corporate apparel chains– but didn’t have much luck.
“In apparel merchandising, you basically learn how to merchandise anything retail; the apparel part was just a focus. So, I had to take a textiles class, a manufacturing and quality class, but essentially it was business: how to sell, retail, how to develop a brand image, and all that good stuff. And so I learned all that, applied to all those places that turned me down, so jewelry was kind of like a last option,” she said.
