Officials from Oregon Township, Starke County government, Koontz Lake Association, Koontz Lake Lions Club, and the Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department cut the ribbon on a new digital sign that sits in front of the fire department on State Road 23 in Koontz Lake.
Continue readingTwo people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday, July 24 at 4:43 p.m. CT at the intersection of U.S. 35 and County Road 500 N. near Hamlet.
Continue readingA New Jersey man was injured in a single-vehicle accident Friday, February 16 in Starke County.
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A driver was not injured in an early morning accident Thursday, February 1 in the area of State Road 23 south of 900 N. in Starke County.
Continue readingStarke County emergency personnel responded to two storm-related accidents Friday, January 12.
Continue readingPolice are investigating a fatal accident that occurred Tuesday, October 24 just before 6:30 p.m. CT at the intersection of U.S. 30 and 600 E. in Starke County.
Continue readingStarke County emergency responders were called to an accident Tuesday, September 5 shortly after 9 a.m. CT involving a passenger vehicle and a transport ambulance on U.S. 30 near the intersection with 1100 East.
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Firefighters from four fire departments in Starke County responded to a house fire Sunday evening in the area of 600 E. and 250 N. in Grovertown.
Continue readingA structure fire east of Knox Thursday afternoon remains under investigation by the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office. Washington Township Fire Chief Stuart Short says crews were called to the 700 block of East County Road 200 North around 2:40 p.m. and remained on the scene for about an hour.
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The Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department will be getting a newer vehicle as a fleet vehicle for medical calls and to assist firefighters at the scene.
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The Knox-Center Township Fire Department firefighters battled an outbuilding fire Wednesday morning.
Firefighters from Knox-Center Township, North Judson-Wayne Township, Hamlet-Davis Township, Koontz Lake-Oregon Township, Railroad Township, and Washington Township Departments are pleading with county officials to help fix an ongoing communication problem with radios.
Firefighters with the Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department sold a fire truck to a group of firefighters from Mississippi last week.
The crew arrived at Koontz Lake on Wednesday night to look at the 1989 fire truck for sale. The firefighters agreed to purchase the fire truck for $15,000 and drove it home the next day.
Oregon Township officials considered the purchase of a bottle filler system for the Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department during their meeting Tuesday night.
Fire Chief Andy Lawrence explained that he needs to take the air bottle tanks to the Walkerton-Polk Township Fire Department to refill as their current compressor is outdated and can no longer adequately fill the tanks. He’d like to have one at the station so they won’t have to rely on using Walkerton’s equipment and creating more wear and tear on that equipment than necessary.
The tanks are worn by the firefighters to aid them with breathing when battling fires.
Oregon Township officials signed lease paperwork for a 2018 Spartan pumper truck for the Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department during their regular board meeting Tuesday night.
The new truck replaces 1989 truck that will be potentially sold. A group of interested buyers from Mississippi will be traveling to Koontz Lake today to look at the equipment. They will take it back on Thursday if it meets their expectations. Continue reading
