Jackie Walorski recently announced that she is again running in the Second District Republican Primary for the right to be the U.S. Congressional candidate in the fall election. Walorski is pretty much assured of the nomination, as she ran a close race in 2010.
She said this is a “new race in a new district.”
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week.
Robert Tauteris, Jr., 44 of Hamlet, died Thursday after a truck he was in struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. He died along with three other National Guard Soldiers from Indiana who were in the truck.
Jasper County Circuit Court Judge John Potter lifted the restraining order the Starke County Commissioners had against former Starke County Treasurer Linda Belork. She can not immediately return to office. A hearing regarding the financial discrepancies found in her office will need to be conducted first and that is scheduled for June 6th. Continue reading
The Culver Community School Board this week gratefully accepted an $800 donation from the Kiwanis Club that Superintendent Brad Schuldt says will be used to help kids who are in need.
Schuldt says that the Kiwanis Club has on a near-annual basis made donations to the fund, which is handled by School Nurse Kathy Hermanson and Deb Stevens, social worker for the school.
The Senate Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters voted to approve a bill yesterday that would raise the penalty for attending an animal fighting contest from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony. Democrat State Senator Jim Arnold, of LaPorte, authorized the piece of legislation, which aims to curtail animal fighting contests by imposing greater penalties on spectators.
Senate Bill 11 would give spectators the same punishment that currently exists for promoters and sponsors.
It was on this date 1982 when we were in the throes of of tremendous winter storm. It actually began on January 9th, a Saturday, and went into January 10th.
It got down to 19 below zero on the 10th, coming in on the heels of 40 m.p.h. winds. People were stranded all over the place in the blinding snowstorm.
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week:
Library bonds totaling $1.785 million have been sold to help pay for an expansion and remodeling project at the Henry F. Schricker Public Library. Library Director, Sheila Urwiler, said that she hopes the groundbreaking ceremony will take place in April.
A hiring freeze in Pulaski County has created problems in many county departments. Auditor Sheila Garling said she will discuss the issue with the Commissioners and Council to see if the freeze can be reclassified to allow department heads to hire the help they need. Continue reading
With this being Governor Mitch Daniels last year in office, some of the priorities he set early on in his first term have not been reached. One is Local Government Reform.
The governor appointed former governor Joe Kernan and Supreme Court Justice Randall Shepard to lead a committee to address local government issues. The work was finally consolidated into the Kernan-Shepard Report.
One of the recommendations was to get rid of township officials and to shift their responsibilities to the centralized county government. Another recommendation was the creation of a County Manager position or a single elected county official.
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week:
Knox police continue to look for Jonathan Hummel who is a suspect in the Knox CVS armed robbery that occurred on Tuesday, December 20th. Nathan Hummel, the other suspect in the incident, appeared in Starke Circuit Court for his initial hearing this week and pleaded not guilty in Starke Circuit Court yesterday to charges of Dealing in Narcotic Drugs; Aiding, Inducing or Causing a Robbery; Resisting Law Enforcement; Criminal Mischief; and Attempting to Disarm a Police Officer.
We’re down to the final three top 10 stories of 2011.
One of the top stories of the year involved State Representative Nancy Dembowski, who with 43 Democrat legislators, fled to Illinois to avoid voting on anticipated right to work legislation. After staying out for weeks, the legislators finally returned to the cheers of union workers and jeers from their Republican colleagues. The issue is coming back to the legislators in the 2012 General Assembly. The Republican majority party imposed fines on those who left.
Indiana Conservation Officers have had their work cut out for them this year, with an increase of over 60% in hunting violations this year. To date, 489 separate hunting violations were reported within District One, which covers the seven north-central counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, Fulton, Miami, and Wabash. Last year, only 304 violations were reported.
If the Republican Presidential candidates debates are any indication, 2012 should be an exciting year on the political trail.
It will all culminate with the Presidential election in November.
The primary should be interesting, too, as State Treasurer Richard Murdock, who calls himself the Tea Party supported Republican Senatorial candidate, attempts to unseat Sen. Richard Lugar who will be going for his seventh term.
This last week of the year we remember some of the biggest stories of 2011.
The municipal election was a big story in November, with North Judson Republican candidates capturing two positions in a traditional Democrat town. Town Clerk candidate Donna Henry won a squeaker over Connie Miller, and Dan Anderson was defeated by Tim Cummins.
Merry Christmas from the entire staff at K99.3 WKVI and Kountry KVI. We hope that you have a great holiday weekend! Listen all day today for your favorite Christmas music on K99.3 FM and 1520 AM. We will resume with regular programming at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning!
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week:
Nathan Hummel was arrested Tuesday on charges of Armed Robbery, Criminal Mischief, Resisting Law Enforcement, Dealing a Controlled Substance and Disarming an Officer. He and Jonathan Hummel allegedly robbed the CVS in Knox Tuesday by knifepoint and stole several bottles filled with narcotics. Jonathan Hummel remains at large. Continue reading
Ventriloquist/Comedian Christine Barger will be performing at the Snickerz Comedy Club in Ft. Wayne tonight and tomorrow.
Christine is a graduate of North Judson-San Pierre High School and she studied theatre at Ball State. After college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career.
She planned to be back in the area over the holidays and her agent booked her into the Ft. Wayne venue. She said that she’s been trying to do a lot more with ventriloquism in the L.A. area.
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week:
The Starke County Surveyor’s office recently received a $190,000 grant to help remove trees and logs from the Yellow River. Surveyor Dennis Estok said that he doesn’t believe that trees and logs have never been cleared from the river.
Starke County Library Director Sheila Urwiler said that e-books may be available in the county libraries in February or May. She doesn’t believe the e-books will completely replace printed books for about 15 or 20 years. Continue reading
Governor Mitch Daniels confirmed yesterday what everyone has been expecting. He said in a statement that after a year of study and reflection, he will push for Indiana to join the 22 states which have enacted right to work laws.
Here is his entire statement:
“Right to work says only that no worker can be forced to pay union dues in order to keep a job. Lack of that simple freedom to choose costs some workers money they’d rather keep, but it also costs something even larger: countless middle-class jobs that would come to Indiana if only we provided right to work protection,” said Daniels.
Well fortunately it won’t get down to 10 below zero tonight. It WAS 10 below in 1989 on this date, when WKVI’s first home in the 200 block of Main Street was gutted by fire. The station, which had been reconfigured into a home, was eventually rehabbed, and is currently a home again.
No one was injured in the blaze.
And on this date in 1773, American Colonists disguised as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea off a British ship in Boston Harbor in a protest of Royal taxes.
Little did those colonists know that in 2009 the Tea Party took its name from that event.
NIPSCO has a new Manager of Public Affairs in northern Indiana. Angela Nelson replaces Mike Charbonneau in that position, and she attended the Starke United Radio Auction last week, where WKVI’s Ted Hayes took the opportunity to interview her.
Nelson, who has been on the job for four months, told WKVI a little bit about herself.
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The piano that the governor played is in the Starke County Historical Museum, and on Sunday afternoon WKVI’s Tom Berg “tickled the ivories” while those in attendance sang Christmas Carols.
It was a repeat performance for Tom, who was asked back after performing last year as well.
Others contributing their talents at the annual Historical Club Christmas get-together were Marilyn McCarty, Diane Riddle, Ed Hasnerl, and Sally Povilaities.
Following the Christmas sing along, those who turned out enjoyed refreshments.
