Early voting for the November 2024 General Election in Indiana began Oct. 8 and will continue through 12 noon, Monday, Nov. 4.
All registered voters are eligible to participate in early in-person voting. A valid photo ID is required. A list of the offices up for election and the candidates who are seeking those offices appears in another article on this website.
The Pulaski County Health Department will hold a respiratory vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Parkview Haven in Francesville.
Public health nurse Stephen Stephen Newcomer reports the flu vaccine will be available at the clinic. Also a limited supply of COVID, RSV and pneumonia vaccines will be offered.
Pulaski County 4-H enrollment opened Oct. 1. New and current 4-H members can enroll online at in.4honline.com.
4-H is one of the largest youth-serving organizations in the country and provides youth in grades 3-12 with hands-on learning in the areas of healthy living, civic engagement and leadership, and science, technology, engineering, and math. The Indiana 4-H Youth Development mission is to provide real-life educational opportunities that develop young people who positively impact their community and world.
The Pulaski County Public Library has listed its programs and activities for October. They include a Revolutionary War program, lessons on spiders and bats, a Harry Potter book day, pumpkin painting, and a Medicare 101 session.
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.
The Gifts of Grain program through the Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFoPC) allows farmers to identify a portion of their harvest for a gift to CFoPC.
These donations, specified by farmers identifying a number of bushels at the farmer’s normal grain elevator, allow for tax advantages such as reduced adjusted gross income, taxable income, and more.
WINAMAC – The Warrior Up Kids Club after-school program is continuing for the 2024-25 school year at the Winamac First United Methodist Church.
The program offers bus transportation from the Winamac schools, snacks, homework help, some life-skills lessons, crafts and additional activities.
NORTH JUDSON - The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum will run Pumpkin Trains every Saturday in October in historic North Judson at the junction of four former railroads.
A diorama of the Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Central railroads is on display in the admission-free museum, along with one of the largest collections of working railroad signals, a restored World War II Pullman Troop Car, and all types of rolling stock, engines and memorabilia of a by-gone era.
FRANCESVILLE - Indiana Department of Transportation contractor LaPorte Construction Company will close SR 114 between CR 1600 W and U.S. 421 on or after Tuesday, Sept. 24.
This stretch of SR 114 will be closed through early November for a bridge deck overlay preventative maintenance project at Hill Ditch. Motorists should seek alternate routes. The official detour will follow U.S. 231, SR 14 and U.S. 421.