The Starke County Park Board has finalized a five-year plan for the county’s park and recreation facilities. The document will help guide improvements at parks, such as the Bass Lake Beach and Campground, the Starke County Forest, and Yellow River access sites at Range Road and English Lake. Continue reading
Winamac Park Board Begins Planning for Town Park Restroom Upgrades
The Town of Winamac is putting together some plans for the future renovation of the Town Park’s restroom facilities. The park board has been discussing the idea of expanding the main restrooms in the front of the park with more toilets and additional room for wheelchairs. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board Unveils Five-Year Plan
Starke County residents got a look at the future of the county’s park facilities Tuesday. Mike Reese with the Troyer Group presented the county’s five-year park plan during Tuesday’s County Park Board meeting. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board to Unveil Five-Year Plan
Starke County’s five-year park plan will be unveiled to the public during tonight’s County Park Board meeting. The Troyer Group has been hired by the park board to create the plan, which would allow Starke County to be eligible for grant funding from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Continue reading
DNR Hunter Safety Class Scheduled in Winamac
The Pulaski County 4-H Shooting Sports program is hosting a DNR hunter safety class. It’s open to residents of Pulaski and surrounding counties of all ages and genders. Topics to be covered include hunter heritage and responsibility, firearm history and safety, wildlife and conservation management and game care. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board Updated on Five-Year Plan
The Starke County Park Board is ready to submit a draft of its five-year plan, but what effect it will have on the Bass Lake Beach and Campground remains to be seen. The Troyer Group has been gathering input about the county’s park facilities and is now putting the finishing touches on a 34-page draft. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board to Receive Update on Five-Year Plan
The Starke County Park Board will get an update tonight on the county’s five-year parks and recreation plan. The Mishawaka-based Troyer Group has been hired to gather input from residents and put the plan together. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board to Meet with Two Firms Interested in Creating Five-Year Plan
The Starke County Park Board plans to meet with two planning firms interested in putting together a five-year plan for the county’s park facilities. The park board has been working with the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Edwin Buswell to find potential contractors. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board to Get Update on Five-Year Plan
The Starke County Park Board is expected to get an update on the creation of a five-year plan for the county’s park facilities. Having a plan in place would make the county eligible for grant funding from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Continue reading
Winamac Submits Draft of Five-Year Park Plan
The Town of Winamac is ready to submit a draft of its five-year park and recreation plan. Last week, the park board voted to proceed with submitting the draft to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Outdoor Recreation. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board Seeks Consultants for Five-Year Plan
The Starke County Park Board is moving ahead with the process of finding a consultant to create a five-year plan for the county’s park facilities. A comprehensive plan is required before the county may receive grant funding from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Continue reading
Starke County Park Board Reevaluating Five-Year Plan
Efforts to create a five-year plan for Starke County park facilities have hit a bit of an obstacle. The Starke County Park Board had been discussing the possibility of getting a grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to help pay for the planning process. But to qualify for the grant, the county would have to prove that residents’ incomes fall beneath a certain threshold. Continue reading
INDOT to Help Winamac with Highway Tree Removal
The Town of Winamac is getting some help with its ash tree removal efforts. Town Manager Brad Zellers told the town council Monday that INDOT has agreed to cooperate with the town on the removal of 11 trees along the highways that pass through town. Continue reading
Starke County to Seek Grant Funds for Park Plan
The Starke County Park Board is moving ahead with efforts to complete a five-year plan for the county’s park facilities. Before the county is able to get most types of grant funding for park projects, it’s required to have a comprehensive plan in place. Continue reading
DNR Investigating LaPorte Drowning
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the drowning of a Gary man in a LaPorte lake yesterday. Emergency responders were called to Pine Lake at 6:42 p.m. Continue reading
Hunter Education Class Scheduled in Starke County
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is hosting a hunter education class in Starke County. It’s scheduled Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th at the Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area Headquarters in North Judson from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. CDT. Continue reading
Archery Program Presented to Culver School Board
The Culver Community Schools Corporation may be looking at adding an archery program for its students. School Board members heard a presentation Monday about the National Archery in the Schools Program. If it piqued a student’s interest, he/she can gear up with items like an arrow holder. Continue reading
State Officials Approve Limited River Otter Trapping Season
Starting this fall, Indiana will have a limited river otter trapping season after action this week by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. In the early 20th century river otters were near extension in Indiana due to a loss of habitat and unregulated trapping. In 1921 the state Department of Conservation banned their taking. They were believed gone from the state by the 1940s.
The DNR began reintroducing otters to state waterways in 1995. Over a five-year period, 303 river otters were captured in Louisiana and released in northern and southern Indiana. Their populations increased enough through natural reproduction that river otters were removed from the state endangered species list in 2005. Presently, river otters have expanded their range to include over 80 percent of Indiana’s counties and their numbers continue to increase. Continue reading
Firearms Season Opens Today, Remember Safety
It’s the opening of the firearms season in the state.
Officials at the Department of Conservation ask that hunters be aware of firearms safety. Always positively identify your target. Don’t shoot at color, shape, sound and movement.
Treat every firearms as if it was loaded and point firearms in a safe direction. Avoid alcohol or drugs when handling firearms. When hunting with a companion, if visual contact with that person is lost do not resume hunting until visual contact has been made and confirmed. Wearing hunter orange is the law.
Pleasant View Rest Home up for Historic Preservation Consideration
Written comments are still being accepted by the Division of State Historic Preservation and Archaeology for consideration to classify the county home in Pulaski County as a historical structure.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources notified county officials last week that the Pleasant View Rest Home has been proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Indiana Division of Historic Preservation will consider the nomination during their meeting on Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m. ET at the Indiana Government Conference Center in Indianapolis in conference rooms one and two. Pulaski County residents are welcome to attend this meeting.
