Stop and see WKVI staff members Saturday in Knox and Winamac as you shop for your Thanksgiving dinner. The station is once again hosting a bi-county food drive to benefit the Community Services of Starke County and Pulaski County Human Services food pantries. Continue reading
This is the busiest hunting weekend of the year, according to the DNR. Tens of thousands of hunters are taking to the woods for deer firearm season. It opens today and continues through Sunday, Nov. 29th. Continue reading
River otters will be in season in Indiana for the first time in years starting this weekend.
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Several area school corporations are recipients of Secured School Safety Grant funds from the state. The program provides matching funds to school corporations to conduct a threat assessment, purchase equipment or restrict access to the school or expedite notice to first responders to hire a school resource officer. Continue reading
The West Central School Corporation has gotten grant funding to help teachers continue to meet the challenges of teaching high-ability students. Continue reading
Indiana University Primary Care-Knox is celebrating its recent move into a new location with a Monday ribbon cutting and open house. Continue reading
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says to leave natural gas appliance work to professionals. The warning comes after four people have been killed in the recent weeks after trying to fix furnaces, heaters, or gas lines. Continue reading
A runaway teenage girl who gave the officer who picked her up the slip Thursday night is lodged in a juvenile treatment facility following an extensive, multi-agency search. Continue reading
Speed and wet pavement contributed to a fatal crash in LaPorte County. It happened late Thursday morning on State Road 2 just west of State Road 39 in front of the LaPorte County Fairgrounds. Continue reading
The Starke County Community Foundation has announced the first recipients of its new award honoring philanthropists in the county. Marilyn and Mathew Swanson of Bass Lake will be honored next week with the James R. Hardesty Leadership in Philanthropy Award. Continue reading
Residents will have a chance to sharpen their career skills next week. The Purdue Extension will be holding a résumé and cover letter workshop in Knox Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Those behind on their taxes still have a chance to repay the state without incurring any penalties.
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The LaPorte Police Department will be stepping up patrols during the Thanksgiving travel period.
Tippecanoe River State Park in Winamac is among several facilities scheduled to close next week for the first of two planned deer reduction hunts this season. Others include Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Ouabachie, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Shakamak, Turkey Run and Whitewater Memorial. Continue reading
Students at Knox High School are staging a production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” tonight and tomorrow night. Continue reading
The Center at Donaldson will be hosting a performance of Mozart’s Krönungsmesse, or Coronation Mass, at the Ancilla Domini Chapel. The performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1779 Mass setting will feature the Ancilla Community Choir and Orchestra, as well as five solo vocalists, under the direction of Andrew Jennings. Continue reading
A high wind warning is in effect for our area until late tonight. South winds are expected to veer southwest and rapidly increase this morning. By afternoon they will become west, according to the National Weather Service. Sustained wind speeds of between 25 and 40 miles per hour are expected, with widespread gusts of 50 to 55 miles per hour. Continue reading
A “boil water” order in the trailer park in north Hamlet is expected to remain in effect until Friday. Water and Street Superintendent Fred Rowe told the town board last night a water line was cut in the area. The Veterans Day Holiday delayed a lab testing of a water sample. He said he doesn’t expect any health problems from the disruption of service. Continue reading
Department heads in Pulaski County were busy this week attempting to balance certain budget line items before the end of the fiscal year.
