The closest race was the Republican contest for county auditor. Incumbent Laura Wheeler narrowly defeated her challenger Tim Hoffa Jr. by a margin of 50.49% to 49.51%.

Maurice Loehmer defeated Terry Young to win the Republican nomination for county commissioner District 1. He will face Democrat Douglas Denton in November. Charles Mellon Jr. emerged from a three-candidate Republican field to advance to the fall election as the GOP candidate for county commissioner District 2. No Democrat filed for the office. Current commissioners Jerry Locke (District 1) and Kenny Becker (District 2) did not seek re-election.

In the county council at-large race, the top three Republican candidates were Tim Overmyer, Adam Loehmer and Ken Boswell. They will be on the ballot in November along with Democrat Renee Calabrese to compete for the three at-large seats up for election.

The Pulaski County voting totals, by precinct, were as follows: (includes absentee votes)

*Incumbent

 

Democrat Ballot

Candidate

B

C

F

H

IC

J

M1

M2

M3

M4

RG

S

T

VB

WP

TOTAL

U.S. President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph R. Biden

17

23

17

20

22

12

29

45

39

21

19

23

36

28

27

378

Michael R. Bloomberg

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

1

0

1

1

1

0

9

Pete Buttigieg

2

1

3

1

2

0

0

2

5

1

0

2

3

3

2

27

Tulsi Gabbard

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Amy Klobuchar

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

5

Bernie Sanders

0

2

2

6

1

0

3

3

9

8

3

5

7

3

1

53

Tom Steyer

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

3

Elizabeth Warren 

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

0

1

0

0

1

10

Andrew Yang

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Indiana Governor

                               

Woodrow (Woody) Myers

16

20

24

20

21

13

26

40

51

25

17

24

43

29

31

400

U.S. Representative Dist. 2

                               

Patricia (Pat) Hackett

14

16

14

16

18

6

21

41

35

22

13

25

31

29

23

324

Ellen Marks

3

9

9

8

7

7

6

6

13

6

8

6

14

5

6

113

State Senator District 5

                               

Luke Bohm

15

19

24

24

23

10

21

44

47

24

21

26

42

28

25

393

State Representative District 16

                               

Michael A. Lovely

16

18

24

24

21

11

23

44

48

23

19

31

47

29

26

404

County Auditor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO CANDIDATE FILED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Recorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO CANDIDATE FILED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO CANDIDATE FILED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Commissioner Dist. 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas A. Denton

16

20

23

23

23

12

24

38

49

23

16

25

45

31

28

396

County Commissioner Dist. 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO CANDIDATE FILED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Council At-Large
(vote for 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renee Calabrese

15

17

23

20

19

13

23

44

49

27

15

26

39

29

23

382

Medaryville Clerk-Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO CANDIDATE FILED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medaryville Town Council At-Lg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judy Harwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

19

State Convention Delegate
At-Large
(vote for 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelli M. Denton

11

21

19

25

17

10

23

36

40

25

10

27

31

28

22

345

Brenda Fishtorn

13

15

19

21

18

10

19

37

40

27

11

26

22

23

17

318

Jessica (Jessye) M. Gilley

11

17

24

22

21

11

17

36

41

26

13

23

26

23

19

330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Republican Ballot                                

Candidate

B

C

F

H

IC

J

M1

M2

M3

M4

RG

S

T

VB

WP

TOTAL

U.S. President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald J. Trump*

51

69

77

88

84

91

131

132

129

131

45

233

113

114

139

1627

Bill Weld

8

0

8

13

9

8

16

18

13

9

3

7

8

12

8

140

Indiana Governor

                               

Eric Holcomb*

 65

 62

 79

91

 91

 95

 138

142 

 146

140 

 43

 232

 115

 118

 143

 1700

U.S. Representative Dist. 2

                               

Christopher Glenn Davis

13

19

25

24

18

27

30

35

50

32

15

34

34

32

37

425

Jackie Walorski*

50

47

61

76

76

71

120

116

108

111

32

194

90

93

106

1351

State Senator District 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ed Charbonneau*

57

64

62

88

82

90

128

133

138

125

40

190

102

112

126

1537

State Rep. Dist. 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas Gutwein*

62

60

64

88

81

95

132

128

143

135

42

225

105

116

134

1610

County Auditor

                               

Tim F. Hoffa Jr.

32

 37

 43

44

 36

 46

 89

78 

 96

 60

 21

 108

56 

59 

 58

 863

Laura Wheeler*

28

24

42

57

59

48

63

78

61

82

25

105

65

69

74

880

County Recorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan J. (Sue) Fox*

57

55

73

86

88

91

137

141

141

127

41

205

105

111

129

1587

County Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teresa L. Bryant

50

56

69

83

82

82

118

134

135

115

41

197

93

114

128

1497

County Commissioner Dist. 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maurice Loehmer

30

27

66

85

82

71

119

115

122

101

19

149

100

99

79

1264

Terry L. Young

27

 33

 23

17

 14

 22

 36

42 

 36

41 

 27

69 

 23

29 

 54

493 

County Commissioner Dist. 2

                               

Mervin Lemeron

21

9

33

46

31

41

43

39

49

54

9

19

68

46

14

521

Charles (Chuck) Mellon Jr.

41

 44

 35

45

 52

 48

 81

94 

 80

63 

 20

215 

 36

 46

 100

1000 

Robert D. Schultz

1

14

12

11

12

5

26

21

22

24

13

15

13

32

31

252

County Council At-Large
(vote for 3)

                               

Kenneth R. Boswell*

29

30

30

26

30

42

53

74

55

50

20

108

51

33

63

694

Matthew C. Garbison

18

22

29

30

43

25

53

51

64

56

13

45

25

53

36

563

James B. Gould

22

18

23

37

32

33

62

59

46

61

6

35

32

68

39

573

Adam Loehmer

34

20

66

75

73

58

111

104

107

84

21

138

102

87

84

1164

John Masterson

21

19

35

44

25

29

45

40

45

47

7

60

39

39

44

539

Steve Nellans

7

11

10

15

12

16

28

37

32

27

4

24

15

22

14

274

Tim Overmyer

33

38

43

58

48

59

77

62

94

70

32

158

84

66

91

1013

Medaryville Clerk-Treasurer

 

                             

Stacy Conley

 

                         

57

57

Medaryville Town Council
(vote for 3)

 

                             

Art Conley

 

                         

45

45

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44 

 44

Raymond L. Saltsman Sr.

                           

28

28

Suzanna J. Wilcoxon

                           

43

43

Winamac Clerk-Treasurer

                               

Kendra K. Craft

           

76

71

57

79

         

283

Winamac Town Council
(vote for 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

Judy Heater*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 53

65 

40 

60 

 

 

 

 

 

 218

Tom Murray*

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

43

36

44

         

176

Terry Pratt

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

37

35

45

         

163

Daniel Vanaman

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

42

28

49

 

 

 

 

 

160

James Watkins*

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

46

36

47

 

 

 

 

 

178

State Convention Delegate
 At-Large
(vote for 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly M. Gaumer

21

26

43

49

50

36

73

67

67

63

19

74

53

73

61

775

Douglas L. Gutwein

56

52

64

85

66

81

127

116

123

106

36

210

95

110

121

1448

Emily Hizer

32

24

37

59

54

47

69

77

80

78

13

79

63

63

59

834

Daniel P. Murphy

39

48

64

73

72

58

116

108

112

103

25

165

73

96

92

1244

Laura Wheeler

37

37

49

66

63

65

85

79

83

84

23

132

73

79

82

1037

Brian Young

31

40

31

33

33

46

58

68

67

60

31

108

53

51

78

788

 

 

Local News Briefs

PCPL lists activities, programs for May

The Pulaski County Public Library has listed its programs and activities for May. They include restorative yoga classes, adult canvas painting, and the opening celebration of the Story Trail at the park.

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

Spring property taxes due Monday, May 12

Pulaski County taxpayers are reminded by the Pulaski County Treasurer's Office that the spring installment of property taxes are due Monday, May 12.

The taxes may be paid at the County Building (Rm. 307) or County Highway Garage in Winamac, or at several banks around the county.

Yakym district staff to hold local mobile office hours May 7 in Medaryville

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) has announced that his staff will hold mobile office hours in Pulaski County May 7, in Medaryville.

Yakym’s mobile office will visit throughout Indiana's Second District in May to assist constituents with casework questions.

Stop signs to be added to two county intersections

The Pulaski County Highway Department will add stop signs Monday (April 28) to two county road intersections – one in southeast Rich Grove Township, and the second in northwest Monroe Township.

The new stop signs were approved April 14 in an ordinance adopted by the county commissioners.

PMH seeks community input identifying health needs of local communities

Survey deadline May 17

WINAMAC - Pulaski Memorial Hospital has announced the launch of its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment, a comprehensive initiative aimed at identifying and addressing the most pressing health needs of our local communities.

“Community feedback is essential” said Hospital CEO Steve Jarosinski. ”PMH will be gathering input from residents, local organizations, community leaders, and even other area healthcare professionals to better understand the health challenges and opportunities across the region.”

 

Indiana News

Northwest Indiana Forum hosts legislative wrap-up

CHESTERTON (May 2) – The Northwest Indiana Forum welcomed over 90 members for its annual Legislative Wrap-Up event Friday featuring bipartisan legislators from Northwest Indiana.

An engaging and informative panel discussion with the six key state lawmakers reflected on the 2025 Indiana General Assembly session and its impact on the region.

Pulaski County March unemployment rate drops to 3.1%

Pulaski County's unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in March, down from 4.3 percent in February, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Monday, (April 21). The rate was 3.7 percent a year ago.

The county had 6,586 employed persons in a labor force of 6,795 in March. In February those numbers were 6,533 of 6,830. A year ago the numbers were 6,302 of 6.546.

 

Braun signs package of executive orders to ‘Make Indiana Healthy Again’

INDIANAPOLIS (April 15) – Gov. Mike Braun Tuesday signed a landmark package of executive orders with initiatives to improve Indiana’s health and well-being.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz were in attendance to support Indiana’s initiative. Indiana now joins a number of states that have embraced, through legislation or executive orders, Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement.

Indiana Health News

Measles cases climb to 800 nationwide; 8 in Indiana

Also: respiratory illness updates

INDIANAPOLIS (April 21) — The Indiana Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of measles and working with local health officials to help stop the spread of infection. The current reported cases are connected to each other but at this time there are no known links to outbreaks in other states.

Eight cases have been reported in the Indiana, all in Allen County.

 

Post News

Economic Summit addresses county's financial health, state budget

'Making a place where we choose to live'
With a major restoration of the county courthouse nearing completion and a host of additional business and community projects under development, the mood was upbeat at the annual Pulaski County Economic Development Summit Tuesday (April 29). The event is hosted by the Pulaski County Community Development Commission.

CDC executive director Nathan Origer gave updates on projects and county economics, while keynote speaker Stephanie Wells, president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, reviewed legislation from this year's session of the Indiana General Assembly.

Chamber presents Don, Lynn Darda with 2025 Halleck Award

The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce presented the 2025 Halleck Community Service Award to Don and Lynn Darda of Winamac at its annual award banquet Thursday evening (April 24), at the Winamac VFW.

The Dardas are both retired teachers in the Winamac schools and have been enthusiastic volunteers in a variety of projects throughout the years. 

Pulaski Superior Court appears saved

INDIANAPOLIS (April 24) – Pulaski Superior Court and seven other rural courts have been spared from closure, following revisions made to HB1144 approved by both the state house and senate Thursday evening in the Indiana General Assembly.

The legislation is now pending the approval of Gov. Mike Braun.

BraunAbility to expand Winamac facilities with new product line

WINAMAC - BraunAbility has announced a $3.8 million investment in its Winamac operations to support production of the new BraunAbility Ram ProMaster.

This funding will cover land acquisition, land work, fencing, drainage and building improvements. Construction, utilizing local contractors, will continue through Spring 2026.

Marlatt, Vanderkleed join IBA 40-Year Club

FRANCESVILLE - Alliance Bank has recently recognized Kimberly Marlatt and Lori Vanderkleed with membership into the 40-Year Club of the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA).

The club recognizes banking professionals who have completed 40 years or more of service to the Indiana banking community. Inductees are given IBA keepsakes and letters of congratulations.