Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin and new Office Manager Pam McDonald presented the Jail CEDIT and Therapeutic Community budgets to the Starke County Council and Commission members Monday night.
Starke County Community Foundation Impact Grant Utilized to Help Save Lives
A recent impact grant awarded by the Starke County Community Foundation is helping local emergency personnel save lives.
Starke County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) used the $14,350 they received from the SCCF to purchase a LUCAS CPR Device, and paid for one year of maintenance for the medical apparatus. The technology performs non-stop CPR, freeing the EMS responder to treat and transport the patient to the emergency room. Continue reading
Starke County Sheriff Boasts Produce Sales
Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin commends the staff and the inmates who have taken part in planting, growing and cultivating the vegetables that have been available for sale.
Justice Center Receives Heartland Award for Therapeutic Garden Program
The Starke County Justice Center’s community garden received The People’s Choice Heartland Award from the Indiana Department of Correction. The award was chosen by residents of Indiana for their successful 2016 harvest. To win the award, the program had to attain the most votes on Facebook and Starke County won by a landslide. Continue reading
First Starke County Jail Drug Treatment Program Participants Graduate
The first graduates of the Starke County Jail’s substance abuse treatment program for inmates awaiting sentencing were recognized during a ceremony yesterday at the facility. The voluntary, grant funded program launched in September as a partnership with Porter/Starke Services. Continue reading
Coleman: Lack of Televised Debate ‘Disrespectful’ to Voters
U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski’s challenger Lynn Coleman continues to complain about the lack of a televised debate during the campaign. Continue reading
Congressional Campaign Means New Territory for Coleman
Lynn Coleman’s campaign to unseat U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski has him venturing into some new territory. Continue reading
U.S. Congressional Candidate Visits Starke County Therapeutic Community
Last month, U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski visited the Starke County Justice Center’s Therapeutic Community program. On Tuesday, it was her Democratic Party challenger’s turn. Continue reading
Rep. Walorski Encouraged by Therapeutic Community Approach
Congresswoman Jackie Walorski is “shocked” by the approach being used to treat drug addiction in Starke County.
Starke County Gets Grant to Expand Inmate Drug Treatment Offerings
Inmates at the Starke County Jail who are arrested for drug-related offenses will soon be able to seek treatment while they are locked up. The county is already home to the Indiana Department of Correction’s first non-prison based therapeutic community intensive inpatient drug treatment program. Continue reading
Starke County Jail Prepares for D.O.C. Inmates
Officials at the Starke County Jail are preparing for an influx of inmates this week. They are Department of Correction prisoners who have been sentenced to an extensive drug treatment program. Starke County was approved late last year for the state’s first non-prison-based therapeutic community, thanks to the efforts of State Sen. Jim Arnold, Starke Circuit Judge Kim Hall and others. Sheriff Bill Dulin says there’s plenty of room in the jail for up to 48 D.O.C. inmates without displacing any local prisoners. Continue reading
County Commissioners to Discuss NIPSCO Project
The Starke County Commissioners will meet earlier than usual this evening to discuss a utility project that is coming through the county. They’ve called a special session for 5:30 p.m. in advance of their regular 6 p.m. meeting to talk about NIPSCO’s Reynolds-Topeka transmission line project. Continue reading
