Stories from Wednesday, September 13, 2017

FILLMORE -- The Fillmore Town Council approved postponing repairs to Putnam Street until next spring because there was not enough money designated for the project in the budget. “We’re not getting Putnam Street done,” President Curt Leonard said. “It’s plain and simple as that. It’s going to be next year. To the people that live on Putnam Street, I’m really sorry they got their hopes up. I promise we tried.”...

The Putnam County Community Foundation on Wednesday announced the winners of the 2017 Share the Dream Contest: Putnam County Board of Realtors Scholarship, Putnam County Fairgrounds Endowment and Purdue Club of Putnam County Scholarship. A total of nearly $42,000 was raised this year during Share the Dream, the Community Foundation’s annual fundraising contest. The top three endowments raised $24,112...