Get a jump on your Christmas shopping at the Mall of America. Kankakee Valley Broadcasting is hosting a chartered bus trip to Bloomington, Minn. Nov. 4-6. The bus will leave the WKVI studios in Knox at 9:30 a.m. CDT and return around 10 p.m. Sunday. Continue reading
The CEO of LaPorte Hospital has resigned. G. Thor Thordarson was also serving as interim CEO of Starke Hospital, following the recent departure of Craig Felty. Hospital officials say the search for a permanent CEO will begin immediately with input from members of the board of trustees, medical staff and administration. Continue reading
A Knox-based furniture company went to tax sale on Thursday, and the lien on the property has been purchased.
The City of Knox will be able to demolish a total of 10 houses with funds from a blight elimination grant. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council Tuesday the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority has accepted the final two structures into the program. Continue reading
The Hamlet Town Park has gotten some upgrades, thanks to employees at Starke Hospital. As part of the hospital’s annual Day of Service Monday, employees volunteered their time to install two park benches near the new playground equipment, as well as new barbecue grills. Continue reading
Knox City Police Department K-9 O’Neill and his handler, Officer Chad Dulin, are halfway through their training. Police Chief Harold Smith told the board of works Wednesday things are going well. Continue reading
FFA members at West Central High School are donating proceeds from tomorrow’s farmer’s breakfast to the families of the two men who were badly burned in Monday’s grain elevator explosion. Continue reading
The West Central School Board approved the master teacher contract for the 2016-2017 school year, during a brief special session Monday. The agreement calls for a salary range of $33,056 to $56,776. Continue reading
Starke County residents logged over 12,000 miles during Moving Starke County Forward’s 2016 summer walking challenge. This year’s event, called “Starke County Walks to the Moon,” ran from Memorial Day to Labor Day. During that time, 135 individuals took part in the challenge, as well as to 15 teams. Continue reading
Work continues tomorrow on the stone terrace across from North Judson United Methodist Church. Dr. Dennis Dalphond is spearheading the project to rebuild the terrace and add a fieldstone fence around Pioneer Cemetery. Continue reading
The payoff for the 4th annual WKVI Morning Show Knox v. North Judson-San Pierre football bet continues this weekend with an event for the entire community. News Director Mary Perren is a N.J.-S.P. graduate, and Sports Director Nathan Welter is a Knox alum. Each year they make a friendly wager on the outcome of the longstanding county rivalry. Continue reading
Two teenagers were seriously injured in a Thursday morning crash in LaPorte County.
New pumps have been ordered to replace the two that failed earlier this month at the east Highway 8 lift station. Knox Wastewater Superintendent Kelly Clemons blames commissary trash from the jail that inmates flush down the toilets for the problems they’ve been having since the facility opened last summer. Continue reading
The City of Knox is not pursuing a matching grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to pay for wastewater treatment plant upgrades. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council Tuesday night he made that executive decision prior to last week’s deadline. Continue reading
The Winamac Park Board now has a fifth member. The Pulaski County Public Library Board appointed Sandy Lucas to the park board Wednesday. Continue reading
Hamlet residents got a look Wednesday at the town’s 2017 budget. Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts presented the proposed budget to town council members as well as residents during a public hearing. Continue reading
The Culver Town Council has taken steps to adopt an ordinance to establish park facility rental rates.
According to the ordinance language, the fees are designed to allow the public to reserve the Town Park’s facilities for use. Locations include the West Pavilion, the East Pavilion, the Gazebo and the second floor of the park Lodge.
The Oregon-Davis School Corporation has approved the master teacher agreement for the 2016/17 school year.
Pulaski County’s Hometown Collaboration Initiative capstone project will incorporate part of Starke County as well. Economic Development Director Nathan P. Origer says the county-wide quality of place initiative’s goal is to create a network of bicycle trails. Continue reading
