Stories from Friday, March 19, 2021

Ever wonder how the historic log cabin at the main entrance to Greencastle’s Robe-Ann Park came to be located there? It didn’t just sprout out of the ground there alongside U.S. 231. It was moved there in 1937 from near Belle Union in Jefferson Township...

When Jill Bridgewater joined the Putnam County Council six years ago, she was following in a path set forth by both her late mother and her brother. Both Nancy Fogle and Jay Fogle served multiple terms on the Putnam County Council, and Bridgewater followed right in those footsteps, first winning the District 2 seat in 2014 and then again in 2018...

While a proposed YMCA/community center project is closer to reality than it has been for more than 30 years, that doesn’t mean some city officials aren’t at least skeptical. At the City Council’s recent March meeting, Mayor Bill Dory reported that “it looks like we’ve got all the legal issues resolved,” alluding to an agreement with the Wabash Valley YMCA that City Attorney Laurie Hardwick had been working on...

Putnam County Health Department officials have been asking for an additional nurse for several years. It took a global pandemic to make everyone else keenly aware. On Tuesday, the Putnam County Council approved a second nurse position for the department...

The term “pandemic fatigue” has described people being worn out during COVID-19. The restructuring of everyday life has led to a yearning for getting back to “normal.” Since the pandemic began progressing a year ago, mental health has emerged as a critical issue. It as such was the topic of the latest Community Conversation held virtually Tuesday evening...

REELSVILLE — Two pets were lost in a blaze that destroyed a home in Washington Township Friday morning. At about 9:30 a.m., a box alarm went out from the Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department for a structure fire located at 9870 S. CR 325 West. When firefighters arrived on the scene at 9:50, the fire was through the roof and had spread...

Right now, what county officials know is this: Putnam County is set to receive $ 7,287,634 in federal funds as part of the American Rescue Act. Besides that, details are only starting to emerge. Commissioner President Rick Woodall appeared before the Putnam County Council Tuesday night and shared with them what his research has revealed...

In an effort to reach out to communities beyond Greencastle, the Putnam County Public Library is planning to bring stories to them. The library’s marketing and communications director Kaitlin Tipsword presented a burgeoning concept for a StoryWalk project to PCPL’s board of trustees Wednesday evening...