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Putnam enters top 40 in monthly jobless rankings
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
Quick, somebody call Casey Kasem. The monthly Putnam County unemployment rate has landed in the top 40. An unemployment figure of 2.9 percent has put Putnam County’s ranking in the top half of Indiana’s 92 counties -- coming in for September tied for 40th best among the 92 Hoosier counties...
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DAR gives facelift to Robe-Ann cabin
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
With the national Daughters of the American Revolution focusing on service in the month of October, the Wasburn Chapter DAR recently completed work on two historic structures near the entrance of Robe-Ann Park. The DAR cabin received a new coat of paint and major structural work on the north side porch, while the nearby smokehouse had a rotten floor beam removed and two benches installed in place of the old porch floor...
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City officials await bids on new trash contract
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
City of Greencastle officials are bracing themselves for the results of bids on a new trash and recycling contract. After going the past 15 years without a price increase from the $10 a month current provider Republic Services charges, city officials expect to incur an increase when bids are scheduled to be opened on Nov. 18...
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Alcohol potential factor in recent U.S. 231 crash
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
Intoxication was a possible contributing factor in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 231 last Friday in which a Florida woman was seriously injured. At about 8:15 p.m., first responders were dispatched near the Putnam County Fairgrounds for a motor vehicle accident with injuries in which a truck was over the northbound guardrail before the bridge over Big Walnut Creek...
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Library Board adopts 2022 budget
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
With all its members present and a related resolution the main item of business, the Putnam County Public Library’s board of trustees adopted its budget for next year Wednesday evening. Overall, the 2022 budget in total is set at $1,218,931. The more notable items set out in the budget are those for full-time and part-time assistants, group insurance, furniture and equipment and the Rainy Day Fund...
- Rookies they came, Champions they leave (Community Sports ~ 10/28/21)
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Zane Harris, Cloverdale
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/21)
Zane is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in three sports, football, wrestling and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Zane Harris: “I enjoy sports a lot. It’s a coping mechanism for me and has taught me both leadership and social skills.”...
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Football Friday: South Putnam, Parke Heritage square off in rematch of 2020 sectional final
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/21)
Almost a year ago, South Putnam and Parke Heritage squared off at Wildman field for the IHSAA Football Class A Sectional No. 45 title, a game that at first seemed like a complete roll over for the Wolves until a stirring Eagle comeback in the second half led to a grandstand finish...
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BMV announces branches open statewide during November
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) Commissioner Peter L. Lacy announced Thursday branches will be open statewide during the month of November. The BMV temporarily closed eleven branches in September and eight branches in October because of a staffing shortage. During those two months, employees of temporarily closed branches were reassigned to support nearby locations...
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Avery Wampler
(Obituary ~ 10/28/21)
Avery Wampler, age 91, Amo, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Born Nov. 28, 1929 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Jacob Hirt and Thelma (Koessler) Hirt. She married John Philip Wampler, and he preceded her in 2013. Avery was a registered nurse...
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Ruby A. Neier
(Obituary ~ 10/28/21)
Ruby A. Neier, age 98, Avon, formerly of Coatesville, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 at Hendricks Regional Health, Danville. She was born in Mt. Meridian, the daughter of Noble and Mary A. Hill Allee. Ruby graduated from Belle Union High School and worked for many years as a registered nurse at Hendricks County Hospital...
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Sheriff’s Youth Ranch treats youngsters to painting party
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
BRAZIL — About 150 students, parents and grandparents were treated to a free pumpkin painting party on Saturday at the Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch. Clay County Sheriff Paul Harden, former Marion County Sheriff John Layton, Putnam County Sheriff Scott Stockton and Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse hosted the event at their 62-acre youth not-for-profit training retreat for future law enforcement officers, at-risk kids, young witnesses and victims of crime. ...
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Court News for Oct. 29, 2020
(Court News ~ 10/28/21)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Bryan F. Akers, 39, Greencastle, Level 5 felony carrying a handgun as a felon, Level 6 felony theft with a prior conviction Larinda S. McMahon, 29, Bainbridge, Level 5 felony bodily causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor driving with an ACE of .15 or greater...
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Online tutoring available for middle, high school students
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
Students in grades 8-12 can now access free tutoring programs through a new state partnership with schoolhouse.world, according to State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle). The online resource provides help with SAT preparation, math courses and advanced placement (AP) classes. Tutors are vetted, trained and monitored...
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DePauw listed as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges
(Local News ~ 10/28/21)
DePauw University is listed among 420 schools in “The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition,” which was released this week. The guide does not rank the schools, which were chosen based on a survey of administrators at 835 colleges in 2020-21 about their institutions’ commitments to the environment and sustainability. The company’s editors analyzed more than 25 survey data points to select the schools...
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Putnam Scanner for Oct. 29, 2021
(Police Logs ~ 10/28/21)
Two recent arrests were reported by Greencastle City Police officers. • At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Delmer Yakel, 20, Brazil, was arrested by Officer Nick Eastham. Arrested on the parking lot of The Space Place off Tennessee Street, Yakel was lodged in the Putnam County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia...
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Truax - 50th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 10/28/21)
Ed and Patti Truax celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 11, 2021. They met their freshman year in high school and graduated from Cloverdale in 1969. They were married in 1971 by the late Rev. Arthur Bowser at New Providence Baptist Church...
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