July and August are typically months where wind isn’t prevalent so the turbine had not been in action and Mellon explained they were able to fix some mechanical problems at that time.
Mellon said that the turbine has already saved the corporation money.
Superintendent A.J. Gappa said there had been no questions asked about the proposed 2014 budget.
“At the previous meeting, we held the public hearing for the 2014 budget and there really weren’t any questions asked at that time. The board moved ahead and adopted the budget for the 2014 year,” stated Gappa.
The museum has been located in the basement of the Culver-Union Township Public Library and will be closed beginning Oct. 12 for three or four weeks to move to the new location at 101 W. Main St. George Waksmulski said it took a while to find a location, but they found a perfect fit for the museum and a new visitor center.
Ralph Howard, 54, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state on charge of selling heroin to a confidential informant. He admitted in open court that he was involved in a sale of a quantity of heroin to a person later identified as a confidential informant at a residence in the 300 block of Walnut Street in Argos on Dec. 22, 2012.
Judge Robert O. Bowen sentenced Howard to 10 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections with no part of the sentence to be suspended.
Howard had a prior conviction of Dealing in Methamphetamine in 2003.
Westville Correctional Facility officials say a dispute between rival gang members led to a Monday night riot in the prison’s general services area. WSBT-TV reports 100 or so inmates were involved in the uprising, and about a dozen were injured. A prison spokeswoman told the TV station most were treated at the facility. The ones who were taken to an outside facility for treatment have returned. A portion of the low-to-medium security prison was placed on lock-down following the incident, which was brought under control quickly by staff there. No correctional workers were injured. Criminal charges are not anticipated against the offenders, but they will likely face some sort of in-house disciplinary action.
The attorney for the city of Knox presented an update on the water line issue regarding the construction of the new county jail facility at the meeting of the city council this week. Attorney David Matsey told the council that the project is making progress, and he recently reviewed the final draft of the memorandum of understanding with County Attorney Martin Lucas. In addition, the owners of the property to be used by the county to build the jail are reviewing the documents related to the easement.
An official at the First Farmers Bank and Trust branch told WKVI that an automated message from an unknown source will call random citizens telling them that First Farmers Bank and Trust bought Bank of Indiana and debit cards need to be reactivated with the new bank.
There was a new phone system that moved and the downtime for the offices was quite minimal. More fiber optic cables were installed which has made everything work more efficiently. Marshall stated that one office is also digitizing microfilm which has caused the need for more space for backup purposes.
Superintendent A.J. Gappa commented that this was the first time reviewing this contract under the new state law. The old contract had expired June 30 but came to an agreement by the deadline of Sept. 30.
Oregon-Davis Interim Superintendent Greg Briles said the budget will now be sent to the Department of Local Government Finance where it will be reviewed. The budget will come back with no changes or cuts that need to be made.
A LaPorte County teenager is dead after the car he was driving hit a semi on State Road 2 near the St. Joseph County line in New Carlisle. The crash occurred around 1 yesterday afternoon, according to WSBT-TV, when a Volkswagen Jetta driven by Skyler Kleine, 17, of LaPorte, reportedly ran a stop sign on northbound County Line Road and pulled onto State Road 2 into the path of an oncoming semi. Witnesses tell the TV station the car was traveling at a high rate of speed and went underneath the trailer, causing it to go up and come back down. Kleine was pronounced dead at the scene. A 19-year-old passenger in his car was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The semi driver was not injured.
