According to a press release from Starke County Republican Party Chairman Dave Kesvormas, there is a call for a Political Party Chairman to fill a vacancy on the Davis Township Advisory Board for the remainder of the current term.
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Unmarked graves have been discovered at Fancher Cemetery in Hamlet, according to Lee Nagai of Tiemens-Nagai Surveying and Engineering.
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The Knox City Council members failed to pass the proposed Fire Protection Territory during their meeting Tuesday night.
Continue readingThe second in a series of three public hearings for the proposed Fire Protection Territory in Knox is scheduled for Monday, February 28 at 6 p.m. CT at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center in Knox.
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Hamlet-area officials are looking at adding a dedicated funding source for fire protection, but the high cost of implementing it may derail those plans. For months, the town council has been discussing the idea of forming a fire protection territory with Davis Township.
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The plans for the new Hamlet-Davis Township Fire Department building moved forward last night at a joint meeting of the Davis Township Advisory Board and the Davis Township Building Corporation. Construction bids totaling $665,681.00 from seven contractors for the $870,000 project were accepted. There is no re-bidding required. Continue reading
When the Davis Township Building Corporation met last night it was advised by the Starke County Community Foundation that the James Hardesty Endowment Fund would be providing $25,000 a year, for eight years, for the construction of the new firehouse and community building.
The Davis Township Advisory Board and Trustee, which met concurrently, were advised by Umbaugh Associates that the Hardesty eight-year annual gift will reduce the total amount of interest the corporation will have to pay for the bonding. Continue reading
