Starke Commissioners Finalize Planning Commission Appointment, Discuss Highway Department Operations

A vacancy on the Starke County Planning Commission has been resolved. It was reported to the county commissioners Monday that the county’s township trustees voted four-to-three to have Oregon Township Trustee Mark Allen fill the trustee’s seat. The commissioners affirmed his appointment with a unanimous vote.

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Indiana Destination Development Corporation Denies Application for Yellow River Kayak Launch Funding

Yellow River

The Starke County Park Board will still move ahead with plans for a series of kayak launches along the Yellow River, even though its application for thousands of dollars in grant funding was unsuccessful. The board’s application for almost $70,000 from the Indiana Destination Development Corporation failed to make it to the finalist round, according to Starke County Highway Department Office Manager Mary Perren, who helped oversee the application.

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Starke County Highway Superintendent Encouraged with Finance Report

A review of the Starke County Highway Department’s finance report fared a little better than expected this year with the loss of gas tax revenues due to COVID-19.  That’s according to Highway Superintendent Rik Ritzler who discussed the Motor Vehicle Highway (MVH) and Local Roads and Streets (LRS) distributions with the Starke County Commissioners last week.

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