Local News Briefs
The Pulaski County Election Board will hold a public meeting Tuesday, April 16 to review election-related topics.
The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m., at the Pulaski County Clerk’s temporary location, 117 E. Main Street, Winamac, pursuant to Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-5.
April 15 to late May
WINAMAC - Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Superior Construction Co Inc. will reduce U.S. 35 to one lane between 15th St. and CR 50 N in Winamac on or after Monday, April 15.
U.S. 35 will be reduced to one lane at Quigley Marsh Ditch, with traffic controlled by temporary traffic signals through late May. Crews will conduct a bridge deck overlay preventative maintenance project.
The Pulaski County Health Department will hold a COVID booster clinic Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Winamac.
A mobile unit from the Indiana Department of Health will administer the clinic. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday.
The Community Foundation of Pulaski County has officially relocated to its permanent “home” in the heart of the county seat.
The board of directors and staff invite the community to join them for an open house event from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, at 221 N. Monticello St. in Winamac. A short ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Pulaski County taxpayers are reminded by the Pulaski County Treasurer's Office that the spring installment of property taxes are due Friday, May 10.
The taxes may be paid at the County Building or County Highway Garage in Winamac, at several banks around the county, paid online, or mailed to the temporary treasurer's office at the County Building in Winamac.
The annual Pulaski County Economic Development Summit is set for 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, at the Knights of Columbus hall, Winamac. The event is hosted by the Pulaski County Community Development Commission.
The keynote speaker will be announced this week. The program will also feature the annual “State of the County Economy” address by CDC executive director Nathan Origer.
PULASKI/FULTON COUNTIES - Indiana Department of Transportation contractor E&B Paving LLC will close SR 14 between U.S. 35 and SR 17 on or after Monday, April 15.
SR 14 will be resurfaced in this area through early November. This project will be done through Cold-in-Place (CIR) recycling, a method of removing and reusing the existing asphalt surface. It involves grinding off the top two to five inches of the existing asphalt surface and mixing the crushed asphalt with an asphalt recycling agent, and placing it back down with a paver.
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Indiana News
Pulaski County to receive funds
INDIANAPOLIS (April 11) – Gov. Eric Holcomb has announced plans to award $500 million to 15 regions representing all 92 counties to support “quality of place and quality of life” initiatives statewide.
The funding, made available through the expansion of the Indiana Regional Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI), was approved Thursday by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) board of directors at a special session hosted by the governor and Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg.
Pulaski County, Medaryville receive grants
INDIANAPOLIS (April 10) – A total of 252 communities across the state will receive over $207 million through Indiana's Community Crossings Matching Grant Program, according to an announcement Wednesday by Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).
Medaryville will receive $165,065 and Pulaski County will receive over $1 million in grant funding. Funds can be used for road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements and other items.
EAST LANSING, MI - High amounts of rainfall throughout Indiana last week saturated fields and hindered fieldwork, according to Nathanial Warenski, state statistician, USDA NASS (National Agriculture Statistics Service), Indiana Field Office.
Topsoil moisture levels showed a marked increase from the previous week, with 93 percent rated adequate or surplus. The average temperature for the week was 46 degrees Fahrenheit, 0.8 degrees below normal for the state.
Pulaski County's unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent in February, up from 3.3 percent in January the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Monday, (March 25). The rate was 3.7 percent a year ago.
The county had 6,439 employed persons in a labor force of 6,679 in February. In January those numbers were 6,441 of 6,660. A year ago the numbers were 6,409 of 6,657.
Indiana COVID-19 News
INDIANAPOLIS (April 10) – The Indiana Department of Health reported Wednesday that the state’s 7-day average COVID-19 count stood at 113 cases for the period of March 31 - April 6. That number is down 18 cases from the previous revised count. The total state COVID deaths for the week was one. Indiana's all-time COVID deaths total 26,466.
Pulaski County reported no new cases and no deaths to IDH in the latest seven-day report. The county's all-time pandemic numbers are 3,723 (reported) COVID cases and 95 deaths.
According to the CDC, respiratory illness activity is now low in Indiana (reported April 3). For neighboring states levels are high in Michigan, moderate in Ohio, and low in Illinois and Kentucky. Based on visits to emergency departments, illness trends in the Pulaski County area show a slight upward trend for flu and COVID, but have leveled off for RSV.
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Pulaski County Drug Free Council will host a town hall discussion on substance abuse and mental health issues in Pulaski County communities Wednesday, April 24, at Celebration Station in downtown Winamac.
All interested community members, and candidates running in this year’s elections, are encouraged to attend. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The Pulaski County Commissioners and Tonn and Blank Construction opened bids for the courthouse renovation/rehabilitation project Monday evening. The contractor will take the bids under advisement and report back next week, but the preliminary bid total brought the full project cost about $388,000 below the maximum threshold.
Also, the County Council, in a 6-1 vote, approved the additional appropriation required to deposit the bond proceeds once the bond(s) are sold.
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s office has released its March 29-April 5 police blotter report. During the seven-day period, deputies logged 132 calls for service.
Of those calls, 54 were traffic stops. Other calls for service included attempted warrant services, unwanted guest calls, property damage crashes, personal injury crashes, welfare checks, mental health complaints and one shots fired call.
The Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFPC) has received a matching fund grant totaling $750,000 as part of the eighth phase of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s initiative, Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT VIII).
The Community Foundation will use the funding to deepen the impact of its Community Grants program by building the Foundation’s unrestricted endowment. Qualifying matching funds raised to support the Community Foundation’s unrestricted endowment will be eligible for a $2-to-$1 match from Lilly Endowment.
Early voting begins Tuesday, April 9
Indiana’s 2024 Primary Election will be held Tuesday, May 7.
The deadline to register to vote is on or before April 8 before the 2024 Primary Election. Register to vote online by visiting http://www.indianavoters.com/. Indiana residents with a valid Indiana driver’s license or Indiana state-issued identification card will be able to use this tool to submit a new voter registration application or to update an existing voter registration record.
The Indiana Primary Election is Tuesday, May 7. Early voting runs April 9 until 12 noon May 6 (read voting procedure details in related article on this website).
Who will be on your Pulaski County Democrat or Republican ballots? The list (with links to many candidates' websites) follows:
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