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At its year-end meeting this month, the Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission reviewed its major 2024 accomplishments while funding essential flood mitigation projects for 2025.
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Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission (“the Commission”) has earned statewide honors for recent flood protection work along the Kankakee River.
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In December of 2020, representatives of the Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission pitched their vision to reconstruct a section of the Yellow River to federal and state officials.
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The Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission began reconstruction of an entire mile of failing Yellow River banks in Starke County last week.
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The state representative for Pulaski and part of Starke County has announced his retirement. Doug Gutwein says he won’t seek reelection in 2022. In a press release, Gutwein says serving House District 16 has been an honor and a privilege, and he’s retiring to spend more time with his family.
Continue readingAbout $2.3 million was recently appropriated by the Indiana General Assembly to tend to water management challenges in the Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission.
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State lawmakers have finalized a one-word adjustment to the Kankakee and Yellow River Basin development commission’s funding process. On Wednesday, Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law a measure that clarifies what steps the state auditor should take if member counties fail to make their required payments.
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Residents have another chance to learn about future plans for the Kankakee and Yellow rivers today. The Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission will host another in a series of informational meetings. It will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. CST at The Center of LaCrosse at 100 South Washington Street.
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The Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission will host a public information meeting in Plymouth on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Continue readingThe executive director of the Kankakee River Basin Commission gave the Starke County Council and Starke County Commission members an overview of changes coming to the Kankakee River Basin Commission.
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Uncontrolled flooding along the Kankakee River may soon be a thing of the past, according to State Representative Doug Gutwein. He’s the author of recently-passed House Bill 1270, which he says will fix the river.
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The Kankakee River Basin Commission will be under a new name and new membership following the passage of House Bill 1270 in this session of the state legislature.
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A bill to restructure the Kankakee River Basin Commission is headed to the governor for final approval. House Enrolled Act 1270 would cut the number of members from 24 down to nine, but it would also impose a funding mechanism to pay for the new entity.
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