Higher Wages Suggested To Cover Starke County Residents’ Basic Needs

  
 

It takes a bit more pay to support a family in Starke County than some of the surrounding areas.

That’s according to data in a report released by the Indiana Institute for Working Families. A team of researchers from the University of Washington helped develop the standard which attempts to define salary levels for residents to attain self-sufficiency.
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LaCrosse Grain Elevator Decisions in Holding Pattern

Boom 28A grain storage company is still awaiting reports from several key agencies to make any decisions.

More than one month has passed since a Co-Alliance grain elevator – used for hog feed – exploded in LaCrosse. Flames took fewer than 30 minutes to extinguish, but four employees were injured, being treated for burn wounds. All had been released from the hospital by early May.
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