Local News Briefs
The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce will present its first “Lunch & Learn” session of the year on “Fraud Prevention” at 12 noon, Wednesday, May 22, at Celebration Station in downtown Winamac.
The event is co-sponsored by 1st Source Bank. Tickets are $10 if purchased by May 15; or $15 after that date.
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PULASKI/FULTON COUNTIES - SR 14 will close Wednesday (May 8) between CR 1100W and SR 17 in Fulton County. Approximately 1-mile closures will continue westward sequentially until the scheduled pipe replacements have been completed. Resurfacing of the entire roadway will follow.
While local access will be maintained, through traffic should seek alternate routes. The official detour will follow US 35, SR 10 and SR 17.
The Pulaski County Public Library has listed its programs and activities for May, which include observations of Mental Health Month, and Free Comic Book Day, as well as Reiki for the Caregiver, Chair Yoga, Hoosier Explorers and more.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) has announced that his staff will hold mobile office hours in Pulaski County May 13 and 20, in Winamac and Medaryville, respectively.
Yakym’s mobile office will visit throughout Indiana's Second District in May to assist constituents with casework questions.
The Pulaski County Historical Society is open Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (unless posted otherwise on Facebook). The museum is located in the “Carriage House” at 500 S. Monticello St. (U.S. 35), Winamac.
New to the museum are the interactive features which allow visitors to explore the extensive history of the county’s Native American peoples – from the Ice Age to the Indian removals in the 1840s. Other interactive displays feature stories of Casimir Pulaski, local historical sites, and Winamac “Bits and Pieces.”
ROYAL CENTER - Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Milestone Contractors LP will close SR 16, west of Royal Center, between CR 1050 W and CR 900 W on or after Monday, April 1.
SR 16 will be closed through early October for a bridge deck overlay project. Motorists should seek an alternate route. The official detour will follow SR 119, SR 39, US 24 and US 35.
The grant application process became a little bit easier this year.
Organizations that wish to apply for a grant through the Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFPC) will be interested to learn the process is now one streamlined application to cover all types of grant opportunities, including field of interest grants. No matter the size of your request, all you need to do is complete one simplified grant application.
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Indiana News
EAST LANSING, MI - Exceptionally warm weather last week in Indiana bolstered winter wheat crop progress, and many farmers made planting progress where field conditions allowed, according to Nathanial Warenski, state statistician, USDA NASS (National Agriculture Statistics Service), Indiana Field Office.
Topsoil moisture levels increased from the previous week, with 96 percent rated adequate or surplus. The average temperature for the week was 67.9 degrees Fahrenheit, 11.7 degrees above normal for the state. The statewide average precipitation was 1.09 inches, 0.13 inches above normal.
INDIANAPOLIS (April 29) - Last week, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan at events with Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame.
“Director Panchanathan is an incredibly talented and innovative leader, and we were honored to host him in the Hoosier state. As he saw firsthand, big things are happening in the heartland of Indiana. We are proud of the exciting ways IU, Purdue, and Notre Dame are contributing to our economic and national security and preparing students to work in critical technology fields,” said Senator Young.
Announcement marks the largest planned capital investment in state history
NEW CARLISLE (April 25) – Gov. Eric Holcomb today announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com. Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center campus in north central Indiana and create at least 1,000 new jobs.
This planned investment marks the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history.
Pulaski County's unemployment rate dipped to 3.5 percent in March, down from 3.6 percent in February the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Monday, (April 22). The rate was 3.5 percent a year ago.
The county had 6,376 employed persons in a labor force of 6,605 in March. In February those numbers were 6,444 of 6,683. A year ago the numbers were 6,368 of 6,602.
Indiana COVID-19 News
INDIANAPOLIS (May 8) – The Indiana Department of Health reported Wednesday that the state’s 7-day average COVID-19 count stood at 53 cases for the period of April 28 to May 4. That number is down six cases from the previous revised count. The total state COVID deaths for the week was zero. Indiana's all-time COVID deaths total 26,519.
Pulaski County reported no new cases and no deaths to IDH in the latest seven-day report. The county's all-time pandemic numbers are 3,725 (reported) COVID cases and 95 deaths.
According to the CDC, respiratory illness activity is now minimal in Indiana (reported May 3), as well as for neighboring states of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. Based on visits to emergency departments, illness trends in the Pulaski County area show all respiratory illnesses (COVID, influenza, RSV) are at low levels (less than 1%).
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FRANCESVILLE - The West Central School Board reviewed a planned improvements listing that will be undertaken in the next bond project at its monthly meeting May 2.
Discussion followed with Superintendent Dr. Cathy Rowe about the inclusion of a high school football bleacher replacement project, and the elementary and middle/high school cafeteria areas including floor finishes.
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Tuesday’s Indiana Primary Election drew much local interest during the campaign season on issues ranging from solar farms, the courthouse renovation and county finances, but drew only a modest number of voters.
The election did unseat one county commissioner and one county councilman, both on the Republican ballot. Challenger Jennifer Halleck Knebel defeated commissioner Maurice Loehmer by 138 votes, 1,205 to 1,067 to win the party’s nomination for the District 1 seat on the November ticket. County councilman Kenneth Boswell narrowly lost his re-election bid (by 23 votes) for one of three at-large seats. In a tight race the winners were incumbents Sheila Hazemi Jimenez and Tim Overmyer, along with challenger AJ Gutwein.
Winamac Community High School has named its top academic seniors in the Class of 2024. They are Valedictorian Kaden Burns and Co-Salutatorians Olivia Link and Lily Bennett.
Winamac will hold graduation ceremonies Sunday, June 2.
The 2024 Halleck Community Service Award was presented to Ray Michau Jr. at the annual Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday (April 29), at the VFW Hall, Winamac.
Michau moved to Pulaski County in 1999 from Calumet City, IL. Since that time he has been an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, Gideons, the Humanitarian Distribution Center, Mobile Food Pantry and Pulaski County Human Services.
ROCHESTER - 4C Health has announced it is leading the way in the state by implementing industry- and market-leading wages for licensed clinical social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage/family therapists under their four-day/32-hour work week model.
4C Health began as Four County Comprehensive Mental Health Center in 1975. It has served as the designated community mental health center for Cass, Miami, Fulton, and Pulaski counties since that time.
By Karen Clem Fritz, editor
Pulaski County has a “drug problem.” We all know that. However, it’s ever so much worse than most of us imagine.
The Pulaski County Drug Free Council hosted a town hall discussion Wednesday on substance abuse and mental health issues in Pulaski County communities. There were tears. From men as well as women. From the sheriff, counselors, first responders and school principals. And parents.
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