The Starke County Youth Club has gotten a $1,000 boost. The Youth Club was the recipient of this month’s pop-up grant from the Starke County Community Foundation.
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One of the Oregon-Davis School Corporation’s sources of grant funding continues to decline. Superintendent Bill Bennett gave the school board an update last week on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program last week.
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After two years, the City of Knox is finally about to close out its Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation grant. In March of 2019, the city got funding from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority to help homeowners make needed repairs.
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The Knox Board of Works has chosen a contractor for upcoming paving work. Rieth-Riley Construction was recently selected for the city’s Community Crossings projects, as well as an additional parking area in Wythogan Park that isn’t eligible for the matching grant.
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The Starke County Park Board will still move ahead with plans for a series of kayak launches along the Yellow River, even though its application for thousands of dollars in grant funding was unsuccessful. The board’s application for almost $70,000 from the Indiana Destination Development Corporation failed to make it to the finalist round, according to Starke County Highway Department Office Manager Mary Perren, who helped oversee the application.
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The Starke County Park Board will get updates on grant applications for Yellow River kayak launches and Bass Lake Beach improvements tonight. Megan Fisher with Porter-Starke Services will discuss a partnership opportunity with the park board and Ty Jones will discuss a Bass Lake bicycle ride.
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The City of Knox is moving ahead with its application for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The city council recently passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Dennis Estok to apply for $200,000 through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program and committing a $10,000 local match.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation is upgrading its internet infrastructure. The school board recently agreed to let N2N Technologies proceed with fiber optic upgrades.
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Pulaski County residents have the chance to help make the case for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The county is applying for $250,000 through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program to provide small business grants.
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The Knox Wastewater Treatment Plant project has hit another snag. Thieneman Construction has objected to the city’s deduction of $7,000 from its payment, following a concrete pouring accident last year that led to the need for an unanticipated cold joint in the basement wall.
Continue readingThe Knox City Council is expected to act on an application for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses tonight. A resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for funding through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program will be up for approval. The city plans to apply for $200,000 and commit a $10,000 local match, to add points to the application.
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Pulaski County and the Town of Winamac are both moving ahead with applications for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses. Required public hearings were held last week for their COVID-19 Response Program applications.
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The North Judson United Methodist Church Food Pantry is the recipient of this month’s pop-up grant from the Starke County Community Foundation. Each month this year, the community foundation is giving $1,000 to a different nonprofit group, in celebration of the foundation’s 25th anniversary.
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North Judson is applying for another round of COVID-19 relief for local businesses, but it will be up against some stiff competition. The town council voted Monday to let officials apply for another $200,000 from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs’ COVID-19 Response Program.
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The Winamac Town Council will take comments tonight on the town’s application for COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The town plans to apply for $150,000 through Indiana’s COVID-19 Response Program.
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North Judson’s application for more COVID-19 relief for small businesses is expected to take another step forward tonight. The town council will hold a required public hearing on the town’s application for COVID-19 Response Program funding tonight, according to the advance meeting agenda. The town is seeking $200,000 to help out local businesses.
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The Pulaski County Commissioners last week finalized some arrangements for the county’s share of COVID-19 relief funding. The commissioners passed an ordinance directing CARES Act money to be used to reimburse public health and safety payroll costs.
Continue readingThe Town of Winamac is joining the list of local communities seeking COVID-19 relief for its businesses. The town council recently agreed to let Town Manager Brad Zellers start the application process for the state’s COVID-19 Response Program.
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West Central’s athletic facilities are getting an upgrade. Superintendent Dan Zylstra says work is starting on the new softball press box.
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Opioid overdose reversal medication will soon be available 24 hours a day in every Indiana county. Governor Holcomb announced Friday that the state is partnering with Overdose Lifeline to buy 215 “NaloxBox” units. It’s is a hard acrylic box containing six to eight doses of naloxone that can be mounted on the outside of a building. Each county will get at least one.
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