Local News Briefs
WINAMAC - Northern Indiana Power From the Past, Inc. (NIPFP), will hold its 47th annual antique power show the weekend of July 18-21 at the fairgrounds in the Winamac Town Park. This year's featured machinery will be Oliver and Hart Parr.
Old favorites will return, including the Horse & Mule Pullers Association, along operational and stationary antique machinery. Musical performers will include Branson Eber, Horse Tank Band and Blue Holler Band. Also returning for 2024 will be a classic car Cruise-In.
The NIPFP antique power show is one of Pulaski County's largest annual events, drawing thousands of visitors, plus vendors from a wide area.
WINAMAC – The annual “Kids Day in the Park,” sponsored by the Winamac Kiwanis Club, will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, at the Winamac town park.
The event will feature games, informational booths, a petting zoo and free lunch for the kids. All area children are welcome to attend.
WINAMAC - Town-wide yard sales, sponsored by Main Street Winamac, will run Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 19-21, throughout Winamac - rain or shine.
The event is scheduled in conjunction with the annual Northern Indiana Power From the Past show that same weekend in the Winamac park.
PULASKI COUNTY - Indiana Department of Transportation contractor LaPorte Construction Company will close SR 119 between C.R. 900 S and C.R. 1100 N on or after Tuesday, July 9.
SR 119 will be closed through late September for a bridge deck overlay over Indian Creek. Motorists should seek alternate routes. The official detour will follow SR 16 and US 35.
FRANCESVILLE - Francesville will come alive with its annual Spirit Day Saturday, July 13, featuring town-wide garage sales that promise something for everyone.
The day will also offer a variety of activities for visitors and locals alike.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) has announced that his staff will hold mobile office hours in Pulaski County July 8 and 15, in Winamac and Medaryville, respectively.
Yakym’s mobile office will visit throughout Indiana's Second District in June to assist constituents with casework questions.
The Pulaski County Public Library has listed its programs and activities for July. They include summer reading activities, “Wild(life) Wednesdays,” a unique children’s fireworks craft, a tractor story time and yoga sessions.
For more information on any program, call the library at 574-946-3432 or visit the library’s website at www.pulaskicounty.lib.in.us.
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Fair News
The annual 4-H Livestock Auction at the 2024 Pulaski County 4-H & Community Fair brought a total of $73,579. The auction, held Wednesday evening (July 3), was the closing event of the fair.
The amount was down from last year’s fair which raised $84,550. The record auction in 2006 totaled $157,816.46.
Selected project photos added
Here are the judging results released from 4-H project exhibits and pet shows at the 2024 Pulaski County 4-H & Community Fair.
Here are results from 4-H livestock judging at the 2024 Pulaski County 4-H & Community Fair.
Maggie Smith of Monterey was crowned Miss Pulaski County 2024 Friday evening from among four contestants at the annual pageant held at the county fairgrounds. The new queen was also named Miss Congeniality.
The queen’s court includes first runner-up Raegan Kasten, and court members Anna Jones and Jazmine Prater. The Peoples Choice Award was voted to Raegan Kasten.
Indiana News
EAST LANSING, MI - Much-needed rainfall combined with cooler weather last week alleviated dry conditions across much of Indiana, according to Nathanial Warenski, state statistician, USDA NASS (National Agriculture Statistics Service), Indiana Field Office.
Topsoil moisture levels increased from the previous week, with 59 percent rated adequate or surplus. The average temperature for the week was 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 1.3 degrees above normal for the state. The statewide average precipitation was 1.16 inches, 0.18 inches above normal.
Pulaski County's unemployment rate ticked up to 3.3 percent in May, up from 2.9 percent in April, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday, (June 26). The rate was 3.0 percent a year ago.
The county had 6,641 employed persons in a labor force of 6,868 in May. In April those numbers were 6,529 of 6,724. A year ago the numbers were 6,661 of 6,868.
Indiana COVID-19 News
The weekly updates on COVID, as well as influenza and RSV cases in Indiana and Pulaski County will be suspended through August (as long a counts remain low). Interestingly though, readership of these articles has remained strong to date. State stats may be accessed at www.coronavirus.in.gov
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Post News
WINAMAC - Hickory Creek at Winamac, a member of American Senior Communities (ASC), has been recognized as a 2024 Silver Achievement in Quality Award recipient by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).
The award is the second of three distinctions possible through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program, which recognizes organizations that meet progressively rigorous standards of performance to further improve the lives of residents and staff in long term care.
Gardeners across Pulaski County and the state agree, "it’s good to get your hands dirty" – especially when it comes to volunteering and promoting the beneficial aspects of horticulture.
In recognition of such efforts, the Iris-Elm Garden Club of Winamac has announced that club treasurer Wanda Zahrt has been named a recipient of The National Garden Club’s “Member of Honor” award representing the organization’ s Central Region.
PERU (July 3) – Indiana State Police located missing Cass County juvenile Bryson Muir, who appeared safe and well with his parents, Wednesday morning in Logansport.
Both parents, however, were served with arrest warrants, and the 14-year-old youth was released to the care and custody of the Cass County Department of Child Services.
INDIANAPOLIS (July 1) – The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) submitted an inventory of lost farmland report to the Legislative Council Monday.
ISDA determined through the inventory of lost farmland that there has been an overall reduction of farmland acres of approximately 1.5 to 2 percent from 2010-22. This represents a loss of approximately 350,000 acres. However, despite the loss in acreage, yield data from USDA NASS shows that Indiana’s production of its cash crops has increased.
Updated
FRANCESVILLE – A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old Francesville youth Saturday morning (June 29) about three miles east of Francesville in the area of CR 1250W near Roseland Cemetery.
The teenager has been identified as Tuff Cole Uebler, formerly of Royal Center and a student at Pioneer High School.
Remember when?
Winamac’s favorite ramble through history occurs every summer at the town park during the four-day “Power From the Past” show featuring antique steam engines, tractors, threshing machines, hay balers, a saw mill and much more - a whole collection of sights, smells, tastes and sounds to make memories and revive old ones.
Now, a new film documentary, Tractors on the Tippecanoe, has been produced by Anne Rebeck Scott to celebrate the tradition of the 47-year-old show. A premiere viewing of the film was held June 26 at the Isis Theater in Winamac.
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