Residents invited to help shape Pulaski County’s comprehensive plan

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PULASKI COUNTY – Pulaski County will host community workshops to update the county’s comprehensive plan.

The comprehensive plan is a long-range, community-wide guide for responsible growth, preservation, and strategic investment across the county. Pulaski County adopted its current comprehensive plan in 2009. Updating the plan will help keep the county’s long-range planning relevant, respond to shifts in local development patterns, and consolidate standalone studies and strategic initiatives.

Early voting for 2026 General Election underway

Early voting in Indiana for the 2026 General Election began Oct. 6 and continues until the Nov. 3 Election Day.

Weekday voting will be offered off the lower lobby at the Pulaski County courthouse in Winamac. Entrance is at the street-level Main Street doors. Saturday voting options will be available Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, at the courthouse and Francesville fire station.

Community Foundation to host Food Summit follow-up Nov. 9

WINAMAC – The Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFoPC) will host a follow-up Food Summit Monday, Nov. 9, at the Pulaski County Historical Society Cultural Center.

The event is a continuation of the CFoPC’s initial May 2026 summit, which united community organizations and leaders around food access, nutrition, and family well-being.

PCPL lists October programs, activities

The Pulaski County Public Library has listed its programs and activities for October which include several Halloween-themed events for children and adults, as well as a new weekly activity “Library Bingo,” plus a Medicare 101 session and a local oral history project.

For more information on any program, call the library at 574-946-3432 or visit the library’s website at www.pulaskicounty.lib.in.us.

HVRM to run ‘Pumpkin Trains’ in October

NORTH JUDSON - The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum will run Pumpkin Trains every Saturday in October in North Judson at the junction of four former railroads. Participants will enjoy a fun-filled ride through the crisp rural landscape while enjoying a mix of fall colors.

Also, a diorama of the Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Central railroads is on display in the admission-free HVRM museum, along with one of the largest collections of working railroad signals, a restored World War II Pullman Troop Car, and all types of rolling stock, engines and memorabilia of a by-gone era.

Indiana Tree Nursery program opens spring ordering for native trees 

 INDIANAPOLIS - The State of Indiana Tree Nursery program is now accepting orders for spring pick-up or delivery. Orders will be accepted until inventory is exhausted. 

Each year the Vallonia State Tree Nursery grows millions of high-quality, native trees for Indiana residents to purchase and plant.

Braun extends suspension of state’s gas uses, excise taxes through Nov. 4.

INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 30) – Indiana Gov. Mike Braun Wednesday renewed Indiana’s statewide energy emergency and extended his suspension of the state’s Gasoline Use Tax and Gasoline Excise Tax through Nov. 4, continuing uninterrupted relief for Hoosiers from high gas prices. 

Braun is also delivering more relief for farmers by suspending the special fuel restrictions for dyed diesel. Farmers will now be able to use dyed diesel for any farm related activities. This is a direct response to concerns raised by the farming community and will help ease that burden. 

Pulaski County unemployment rate continues at 2.7% in August

Pulaski County's unemployment rate continued at 2.7 percent in August, the same as July, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Monday, (Sept. 21). The rate was 2.8 percent a year earlier.

Pulaski County had 8,315 employed persons in a labor force of 8,543 in August. In July those numbers were 8,099 of 8,325. A year earlier the numbers were 7,860 of 8,085.

Reps. Culp, Jordan: Local students encouraged to apply for House internship

 STATEHOUSE (Sept. 21) – State Reps. Kendell Culp (R-Rensselaer) and Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) are encouraging local students to apply for the Indiana House Republican Internship Program for the 2027 legislative session.

The paid, full-time internship is open to college students, recent graduates and students in law or graduate school from January through April.

Soil sampling program available for Hoosier farmers

 INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 14) — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), in partnership with organizations statewide and the Gulf Hypoxia Program (GHP), is now accepting applications for the Indiana Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program.

The Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program is a no‑cost initiative to expand the use of soil sampling as a nutrient management practice. 

Serious grain trucks collision results in minor injuries

STAR CITY - A dramatic collision involving two loaded grain semi-trucks Thursday (Oct. 15) on the “Kewanna Blacktop” resulted in no serious injuries to either truck driver, according to a report from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department.

The accident occurred at the intersection of CR 300E and CR 550S. One driver was transported by helicopter to South Bend in stable condition and later released. The second was treated at the scene.

2026 General Election: Who's on my ballot?

Who will be on your Pulaski County election ballot for the November 2026 Mid-Term Election?

Early voting for the election in Indiana begins Tuesday, Oct. 6. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Pulaski County voters will help choose the state's Second District Congressional Representative, along with the Indiana Secretary of State, state auditor and treasurer, plus General Assembly representatives. There are also many local candidates to choose among for county and town offices and school board positions.

Pulaski County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Finalists named

 Five students from two high schools have been named finalists in the Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFoPC) Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship process.

The finalists are Madisyn DeMoss and Makylah Holle from West Central High School, and Levi Brown, Eli Overmyer and Gabriella Trusty from Winamac Community High School.

First National Bank awards grant to local Habitat for Humanity

MONTEREY  - The First National Bank of Monterey has announced Starke/Pulaski Habitat for Humanity will receive $75,000 in total funding through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBank Indianapolis) Community Multiplier Member Match Program.

The award includes a $60,000 grant from FHLBank Indianapolis and a $15,000 matching contribution from The First National Bank of Monterey.

Mammoth Solar to begin commercial operations in Pulaski County

WINAMAC (Oct. 7) -- Doral Renewables celebrated Tuesday the imminent commercial operation of the Mammoth South, Mammoth Central I, and Mammoth Central II phases of the Mammoth Solar project.

These three phases represent a combined capacity of 900 MWac that will be reaching commercial operation, and the completion of the entire Mammoth Solar complex, a 1.3 GW site, one of the largest operational solar projects in the country.