Winamac Town Board Adopts New Handbook
Eastern Pulaski School Superintendent Contract to Be Approved in Special Meeting
The Eastern Pulaski School Board has scheduled a special meeting to seek action on entering into a contract for the new superintendent of schools. That meeting is set for Tuesday, Aug. 20.
The board this week held a public hearing on the new superintendent’s contract. A new law passed requires that the public have a say in the proposed contract. Hearing no comments from the public or the board during the public hearing, the board noted that a meeting to approve that contract would be scheduled seven days after the public hearing, which is state statute.
The name of the superintendent has not been released. The board will approve a recommendation for a new superintendent during Tuesday’s meeting which is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET in the Distance Learning Lab.
Big Changes in Methamphetamine Laws Take Effect
The laws regarding sale of methamphetamine precursors and other changes to the criminal code involving methamphetamine are in effect.
Indiana State Police troopers want you to realize that the quantity of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine sales has changed. You may not purchase more than 3.6 grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in one day, 7.2 grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in a 30-day period or 61.2 grams or ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in a year.
Don’t Let Your Project Go Up in Flames; Call 811 Before You Dig
Contacting 811 before you start to dig can go a long way in helping homeowners avoid property damage, personal injury and possible fines. Call 811 Before You Dig service will notify all utilities to mark the approximate location of underground service lines that might be in the construction area at no cost to residential customers.
Charges Dropped Against Greg Wireman
Chapman Pleads Not Guilty to Charges
No Additional Charges Filed Against Shannon Watts… Yet
Wireman Set to Appear in Pulaski Superior Court
The Starke County sheriff’s candidate who is charged with impersonating a corrections officer is due back in Pulaski Superior Court this morning. Greg Wireman’s next appearance before Judge Patrick Blankenship is scheduled at 11:15 a.m. EDT. He entered a plea of not guilty during his initial appearance last month, and his attorney has filed a motion to dismiss all charges filed by Pulaski County Prosecutor Stacey Mrak after Starke County officials recused themselves. They stem from a Feb. 15 incident at Wireman’s aunt’s rural Starke County home. She called him because three door-to-door vacuum cleaner salespeople were being very pushy and wouldn’t leave her house. They claim Wireman detained them and told them he was a corrections officer.
LaPorte Country Metro Operations Unit Makes Fifth Heroin Arrest This Week
Public Information Meeting Scheduled Regarding Metronet
Chicago Man Arrested in LaPorte For Intimidation, Resisting Arrest
Marshall Co. Council Approves Appropriation for Coroner, Drug Free Community
Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Employment Scam
If you’re looking for a job, be aware of an employment scam using newspaper ads to snare potential victims. Pulaski County Sheriff Mike Gayer says his office received a report from someone who responded to an ad in “The Herald Journal” in Monticello for a part-time property manager and got an email response from waynejack@outlook.com stating she had been hired and more information was needed. She then got a money order for a high dollar amount in the mail and was instructed to cash it, keep a little money for incidental expenses and send the rest to pay for some type of business expense. This scam used a Lafayette, Ind. address, according to Gayer. However, a search of the telephone number turned up numerous classified ads for an assistant construction manager in papers across the country. “Wayne Jackson” is the employer’s name in those ads. If you have any information or have been involved in a similar scam, please contact the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 574-946-3341.
Witness Chases Off Wheel Cover Thieves at Great Deals on Wheels
A man reportedly chased off suspects who had been attempting to steal the chrome wheel center covers off of a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado that was parked on the sales lot at Great Deals on Wheels. According to the police report, officers spoke with the witness who told them he walked into the car lot and observed a male underneath the truck and two other males taking the center cap covers off the chrome wheels. There was a fourth suspect that was hidden behind another vehicle, and he ran off when spotted by the witness.
Pulaski County Council to Advertise $10,000 Add’l Appropriation for PBS Program
Winamac Town Board Approves Street Paving Bids
Eastern Pulaski School Board Hopeful for High Student Count
That count has not been released, but Superintendent Dr. Robert Klitzman stressed that student count is important as funding follows the student.
Bella Vita to Hold Open House This Weekend
“We’ll have food available in the front room. All of our board of directors will be there, our volunteers will be there, so people from the community are invited just in general to come and see the new building and what we’ve done so far with it and things that need to be done in the future as well for maintenance and things like that,” she said.
