North Judson Town Council members will save some money on their railroad insurance payments after approving a recommendation made by Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe at their meeting last week.
Rowe first brought this idea up when the payments began but he did some additional research on the payment methods and coordinated with President Wendy Hoppe about the matter prior to bringing the suggestion before the council. Continue reading
The Knox school bus fleet is getting a major upgrade. Last week, the school board approved the purchase of five vehicles, totaling just under $400,000. Those include two 78-passenger Bluebird buses for just under $188,000, and a 48-passenger Bluebird handicap bus for nearly $101,000. Knox schools will also be getting two 14-passenger Starcraft minibuses for a total of just over $110,000.
The Oregon-Davis School Corporation is alerting families to a few upcoming schedule changes. Friday, April 20 will be a planned eLearning Day. Students will be working from home to make up for the cancellation of class on February 15.
The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation wants to share your stories!
Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin recently shared that students and staff at NJSP are currently working to create a video that will celebrate the pride and history of North Judson-San Pierre. She said it’s important to recognize that the individual history of our North Judson Schools and the individual history of San Pierre Schools helped mold the corporation into what it is today. Continue reading
If you’re considering law enforcement as a potential career choice and are looking for a way to get some experience, you’re in luck. The American Legion and the Indiana Troopers Youth Services are working in conjunction, seeking promising young candidates for their newest program, the Indiana Youth Cadet Law Enforcement Academy.
The 2018 session will run this summer from June 15 through the 20th on the University of Indianapolis campus. Indiana Youth Cadet Law Enforcement Academy provides insight into law enforcement agency operations and presents first-hand experiences to highly motivated young people in grades 9 through 12. Continue reading
Plymouth Police have arrested a Winamac man for suspected auto theft. Officers say they were called to the Skylane Apartments area in Plymouth around 2:45 Friday afternoon, to look for someone who allegedly tried to take a truck. Police say they found 25-year-old Levi Clemons.
A teenager is dead after a single-vehicle crash in rural LaPorte County. LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Deputies say they were sent to the 2600 block of North County Road 700 East just before 6:00 a.m. Saturday.
Pulaski County will try to sell some county-owned land in the Monterey Resorts area. The county commissioners approved a contract Monday with SRI, to sell various parcels in the area. “They will do a commissioners’ deed sale and do all of the properties at one time, take care of everything, for 15 percent of what they collect,” County Attorney Kevin Tankersley explained.
A total of 240 tons of salt and sand mixture have been used in North Judson this winter season, according to Town Superintendent Marshall Horstmann.
At Monday night’s town council meeting, Horstmann submitted a purchase order of approximately $2,055 to Morton’s Salt for an additional 40 tons of road salt. Continue reading
An event that hasn’t been offered at North Judson-San Pierre for some time will be making a come back next month, according to Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin.
“Several years ago, there was an elementary school fun fair.” Dr. Zupin explained, “In fact, a lot of our parents remembered that, and remembered good times with that, so they wanted to bring that back.” Continue reading
The Knox Community School Corporation’s treasurer is retiring after more than two decades with the school district. Sherry Fort is stepping down from her role as corporation treasurer and business manager on April 27. Continue reading
Oregon-Davis Elementary School students are learning some engineering and science skills, while having fun at the same time. The school board got an update on the After-School Enrichment program Monday, from two teachers and two students.
The Starke County Council members approved slight increase in the price for copies in the surveyor’s office.
Surveyor Bill Crase explained that with the purchase of his new copier/scanner, he wanted to be able to increase the public’s cost for copies. Those funds would be deposited into a new fund in the budget to be used to purchase supplies for the machine.
A dentist with a practice in North Judson is formally charged in a La Porte County accident where one person died and two other people were injured.
Police say 46-year-old Jeffrey Bilyak was driving northbound in his red pickup truck in heavy fog shortly before 1 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 15, when he attempted to pass a semi in the area of the 19400 S. block of U.S. 421, north of LaCrosse. It was then when Bilyak’s truck hit a southbound ambulance head-on causing injury to himself, the driver and EMT inside the ambulance, plus a patient being transported to Indianapolis for medical treatment, according to police.
Police say two men were injured in a shooting near Culver early Friday. It happened near the area of State Road 17 and Fulton County Road 700 North, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department. Officers say a 911 call came in shortly after midnight from a man who said he’d been shot near a home in the area. When responders arrived, they say they also found a second man who’d been shot at a residence on State Road 17.
A Medaryville woman was arrested on Tuesday night after reportedly swerving to miss a deer and going off the road while she was driving under the influence.
According to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, 24-year-old Alexandria Burns and passenger Melvin R. Taylor, of Medaryville, were on State Road 106 and Plymouth-Goshen Trail in Marshall County when a deer ran out in the roadway. Burns swerved to miss the deer and her vehicle ran off the highway and rolled over, as accounted in the report.
Police say a Taylor suffered a broken collar bone in the accident.
Burns was arrested and booked into the Marshall County Jail on a preliminary felony charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury.
Two people were arrested after a traffic stop in North Judson on Wednesday evening.
According to police, North Judson Chief Deputy Frank Thomas initiated a traffic stop after the driver was reportedly recognized by the officer as a person with known arrest warrants. The driver did not stop and allegedly made erratic movements and crossed over the fog line. The driver did pull over about a half of a mile down the road.
Pulaski County EMS still doesn’t have enough paramedics to handle all the ambulance transfer requests from Pulaski Memorial Hospital. EMS Director Bryan Corn told the county commissioners Monday that his department took five transfers during the month of February, but ended up denying 11. He said most of those denials were due to staffing issues.
Starke County EMS Director Travis Clary presented the Starke County Council members this week with a job description for a paramedic shift captain.
Clary explained that there isn’t an assistant EMS director so there is no supervisor backup if he goes on vacation or has to attend a meeting and is unavailable to the staff.
Construction in the Pulaski County Courthouse has county officials offering alternatives for those who need to visit government offices. The basement entrance on the west side of the courthouse will be closed during the courthouse elevator replacement project, since it will be in the construction area.
