Options Exist for Financially Drained Pulaski Airport

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Pulaski County will likely soon begin looking into alternative options for Arens Field following budget difficulties in 2016.

This week, the Pulaski County Council cut funds from the airport’s budget at the request of the Department of Local Government finance, leaving just enough to pay for the single employees salary. Even that was reduced by $300. Operating the airport has become much more difficult given the lack budgeted costs for utilities and plowing the runways during the winter months.
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Starke County Farm Bureau Awards Funds to N.J.-S.P. FFA

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FFA Check Presentation GroupNorth Judson-San Pierre Future Farmers of America members will be headed to Louisville, Ky. next month for the organization’s national convention. Their trip is made possible in part by the Starke County Farm Bureau. Representative Tiffany Naigi presented a $700 check to program during Tuesday’s school board meeting. FFA officers also told the school board about last year’s convention. It featured a career and trade show, motivational speakers and leadership development workshops. Continue reading →

Knox Citywide Yard Sale Maps Available

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Yard Sale SignBargain shop your way around Knox during this weekend’s Harvest Festival. A second round of citywide yard sales is taking place. Maps of sale locations are available at the Knox Moose Family Center starting at 3 p.m. today and all day Thursday and Friday. Maps can also be picked up after 6 Saturday morning. Continue reading →

IU Health Officials Unveil Additional Hospital Plans

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The hospital design is laid out on paper to provide a visual guide of how the pieces fit together.
The hospital design is laid out on paper to provide a visual guide of how the pieces fit together.

IU Health Starke Hospital officials are putting the finishing touches on the design of a new, state-of-the-art hospital. A second cardboard mock-up of the space is set up at the former Freeman Products building at the intersection of Culver Road and Klockner Drive in Knox. IU Health Starke Hospital President Craig Felty says they’ve taken public input to heart.

“We started out with four beds. Our first plan for this had 10 beds. Now we’re up to 13 beds with two of those being flex beds, and we also have the ability to buy bed sheets online for the upcoming beds. We have pre-op and post-op beds we can use for patients, and we’ve increased the amount of beds in the emergency department because our emergency department is really, really growing.” Continue reading →