The North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library will be closed until Monday, Sept. 30.
Library Director Jane Ellen Felchuk told WKVI that they are having an issue with the card catalog migration project. The automated system will no longer respond and the problem will need to be diagnosed and repaired.
The Indiana State Police officials are accepting applications for the 74th ISP Recruit Academy.
Duties include patrolling county, state and federal roads to detect and apprehend criminal and traffic law violators, investigate accidents, render first aid to victims until Emergency Medical Services arrive at the scene, criminal investigations, and a host of other requirements.
Knox High School will hold homecoming activities throughout the week next week to lead up to Friday’s football game.
It all starts Monday, Sept. 30 where students are encouraged to show their school spirit by wearing different styles of clothing to school. Monday is Costume Day, Tuesday is Twin Day, Wednesday is Western Day, Thursday is Class Color Day and Friday is Red and White Day.
The Indiana State Police recently made two announcements pertaining to school buses and the laws in place regarding stopped buses. Indiana law requires school bus drivers to stop at all railway crossings, whether those crossings are equipped with crossing arms or not, and visually inspect for oncoming trains. The Indiana State Police Commercial Motor Vehicle Division has recently received reports from some school districts of their buses being struck in the rear by motorists failing to realize that they are required to stop at rail way crossings.
The monthly employment report has been released for the month of August, but that report doesn’t tell the whole story. More information has been released regarding manufacturing job growth and other growth as well, highlighting the addition of jobs in the state.
Indiana ranked fourth in the nation in manufacturing job growth in August, having added more than 3000 jobs in the field, and ranked 10th in the nation in rate of growth over the month at 0.6 percent. Since the low point of employment in June 2009, the Hoosier state has added more than 60,000 manufacturing jobs, ranking second for manufacturing job creation since that point.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has announced they will recognize current and former military members, encourage volunteerism and offer nature activities as part of this year’s National Public Lands Day, celebrated on Sept. 28. Active-duty military personnel and veterans can enter Indiana state park and reservoir properties as well as Deam and Starve Hollow state recreation areas for free on that day only. The free admission extends to anyone in the same vehicle.
The Northwest Indiana Partnership for Clean Water has announced they will be hosting two Hoosier Riverwatch workshops this fall in the region in the hopes of getting the public involved in becoming active stewards of our rivers and streams through watershed education and monitoring. Hoosier Riverwatch is a statewide volunteer stream monitoring program coordinated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Matt Deitchley, media relations director for INDOT, told WKVI that the U.S. 6 bridge work is progressing and crews are working on the walls to strengthen the support of the bridge and the piers. Continue reading
“Unless you have an egg allergy or anything of that nature – if there’s some medical reason as to why your doctor recommends that you do not get a flu shot – but otherwise, CDC recommends that everyone six months of age and older get a flu vaccination,” said Lynch.
Superintendent A.J. Gappa said there wasn’t any public comment on the budget.
“Nobody was here to speak up so we will advertise the budget and then have a meeting on Oct. 7 to adopt it,” explained Gappa. “From that point on, it will be sent down to the DLGF in Indianapolis and they will do their magic on the budget. They will then send us a 1782 notice later on to show what it really looks like.”
He said residents have been taking unwanted, expired and unused prescription medications to the lobby of the police department and depositing them into the drop box for collection. Chief Norem explained that those medications are logged and then stored until DEA officials can collect those medications for incineration.
Pulaski County dropped by 0.8 percentage points, ranking 79th in the state at 6.2 percent. Marshall County came in at 7.7 percent, having dropped by 0.6 percentage points, ranking 36th. LaPorte County came in at 9.1 percent, dropping 0.8 percent, ranking 10th. Fulton County dropped 0.6 percentage points for 7.9 percent and ranking 33rd. St. Joseph County also dropped 0.8 percent, ranking 11th at 9 percent, and Porter County came in at 7.6 percent, dropping 0.6 percentage points for 37th.
