An announcement from The Starke County Community Foundation shares that its summer scholarship applications will open on June 1.

The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office released an update on Deputy Jon Samuelson; who remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. His status is stable, and he remains in critical condition.

After planning the event since last year, the North Judson Fire Department performed its “Smoke Alarm Blitz” on Saturday.

Officials from the Indiana Department of Health urge Hoosiers to protect themselves from tick bites as the weather warms up and tick activity increases across the state.

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for both Marshall and Starke counties earlier today, and has also now issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook.

The Knox-Center Township Fire Department reports that on February 2nd around 8:40am Central Time, the department was dispatched to the intersection U.S. Highway 35 and County Road 200 South in Knox.

The Starke County Community Foundation would like to remind potential scholarship applicants that the deadline to apply is in two weeks’ time.

The Oregon-Davis School Corporation announced on Monday that some of their Bobcats are in search of yards to help clean up leaves in the community.

INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Mike Braun has declared a period of mourning in parts of northwest Indiana to honor the life and service of Nancy Dembowski, a former Indiana lawmaker who died Monday, Sept. 15, at the age of 91.

TORNADO WATCH
Begins: 12:01 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Expires: 7:00 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2025

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 434 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

KOSCIUSKO             ST. JOSEPH

IN NORTHERN INDIANA

ADAMS                 ALLEN IN              BLACKFORD
CASS IN               DE KALB               ELKHART
FULTON IN             GRANT                 HUNTINGTON
JAY                   LA PORTE              LAGRANGE
MARSHALL              MIAMI                 NOBLE
PULASKI               STARKE                STEUBEN
WABASH                WELLS                 WHITE
WHITLEY

IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

BERRIEN               BRANCH                CASS MI
ST. JOSEPH MI

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, ALBION, ANGOLA, AUBURN,
BASS LAKE, BENTON HARBOR, BENTON HEIGHTS, BERNE, BLUFFTON,
BREMEN, BRONSON, BROOKSTON, BUCHANAN, CASSOPOLIS, COLDWATER,
COLUMBIA CITY, CULVER, DECATUR, DOWAGIAC, DUNKIRK, EDWARDSBURG,
ELKHART, FAIR PLAIN, FORT WAYNE, FRANCESVILLE, FREMONT, GARRETT,
GAS CITY, GOSHEN, GRANGER, GRISSOM AFD, HARTFORD CITY,
HUNTINGTON, KENDALLVILLE, KNOX, LA PORTE, LAGRANGE, LIGONIER,
LOGANSPORT, MARCELLUS, MARION, MEDARYVILLE, MENDON, MEXICO,
MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, MONON, MONTICELLO, MONTPELIER,
NAPPANEE, NEW HAVEN, NILES, NORTH JUDSON, NORTH MANCHESTER,
OSSIAN, PAW PAW LAKE, PERU, PLYMOUTH, PORTLAND, ROANOKE,
ROCHESTER, ROYAL CENTER, SHIPSHEWANA, SOUTH BEND, SOUTH WHITLEY,
ST. JOSEPH, STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, TOPEKA, TRI-LAKES, UPLAND,
WABASH, WARSAW, WHITE PIGEON, WINAMAC, AND WINONA LAKE.

It’s time to cast your vote for the Best of Starke County!

Make your voice heard and help shine a spotlight on the people, places, and businesses that make our community the best!

The Pulaski County Commissioners will hold a regular meeting this upcoming Monday, May 19th at 8:30am. The meeting will take place at the Pulaski County Highway Garage.

Students taking the Civil Construction Class with Mr. Travis Minix at Oregon-Davis High School have recently had a series of unique experiences: Getting to test drive construction equipment in what is being called an ‘Extreme Sandbox’.

STARKE COUNTY – According to a public notice shared by the Starke County Surveyor’s Office, they have contracted with Heritage Drone Service to perform vegetation management through aerial spraying along approximately 67 miles of regulated drains across Starke County.

The City of Knox Board of Public Works will have a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 23rd at 9:30am at Knox City Hall.

Yesterday, the WKVI Information Center reported a Silver Alert for a 15-year-old boy from Valparaiso.

According to the Knox-Center Township Fire Department, on April 2nd at approximately 6:30am, the Knox Fire Department responded to a structure fire in La Porte County.