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PIC OF THE DAY: Jack Frost Nippin'
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
The North Salem State Bank branch on Warren Drive in Greencastle may be closed Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, but the marquee thermometer out front is working overtime, reading at five degrees below zero shortly after 9 a.m. Area temperatures dipped even lower overnight, reaching eight degrees below zero.
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Animals perish in Monday barn fire
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
FILLMORE — Pigs were lost in a barn fire that occurred near Fillmore on Monday. A second-level box alarm was announced at about 11:10 a.m. for a structure fire at 233 S. CR 550 East. The Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department and the Greencastle Fire Department arrived as the small wood barn was fully involved...
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Frigid temps to hang around a bit longer
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
Having bottomed out at negative eight degrees Fahrenheit on Monday morning, temperatures were set to slowly get warmer, according to the National Weather Service. Of course, “warmer” is a relative term. In the National Weather Service forecast, temperatures are set to remain in the single digits throughout Tuesday, with wind chill values as low as negative 19 projected...
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City UTV ordinance tabled for second time
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
An ordinance on the proposed use of UTVs within the City of Greencastle is spinning its wheels for the second time in two months. After some 30 minutes of discussion again at the January City Council meeting Thursday night at City Hall, the new Council with four new members voted 5-1 to table Ordinance 2023-7 on second reading on a motion by Councilman David Masten and a second from Darrel Thomas...
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Equipment Fire at POET
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
The Greencastle Fire Department’s aerial truck is staged as firefighters tackle a malfunction at the POET bioprocessing plant near Cloverdale Monday evening...
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Legislative Update series slated to begin Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
The 2024 Putnam County Legislative Update programs will be conducted on the third Saturdays, Jan. 20 and Feb. 17 during the Indiana General Assembly session. Expected to attend are District 44 State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) along with District 24 State Sen. John Crane (R-Avon) and District 37 State Sen. Rod Bray (R-Martinsville). Each will address the group and be available for questions...
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Gobin recognizes local Kids Hope USA volunteers
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
January is National Mentoring Month, and Gobin Church is celebrating the life-changing relationships with students at Deer Meadow Primary and Tzouanakis Intermediate schools through Kids Hope USA. This month recognizes the faithful commitment of volunteer mentors who show up week after week to show students they are cared for and loved...
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North Putnam board organizes for 2024
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
ROACHDALE — Convening a week ahead of usual, the North Putnam School Board addressed its annual organization on Thursday. Taking over from Joanie Knapp, Amber Greene was voted as the board’s president for 2024. Meanwhile, David McCollough was tapped as its vice president as Heather Lawson was retained as secretary. Greene, Lawson and Knapp were also approved as its representatives for collective bargaining...
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City Council gets new leadership for 2024
(Local News ~ 01/15/24)
The Greencastle City Council not only has a new majority, it has a new leader. Councilor Stacie Langdon, elected in November to her third term representing the Second Ward, was elected president of the Council at its January meeting Thursday at City Hall...
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Gary Max Leatherman
(Obituary ~ 01/15/24)
Gary Max Leatherman, 86, of Rockville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil. He was born Jan. 30, 1937, in rural Rockville to the late Charles Leatherman and Lois Stark Leatherman Deck...
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