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Barn destroyed in Wednesday blaze
(Local News ~ 07/21/21)
BAINBRIDGE — Several area fire departments responded to a large fire that destroyed a barn in Bainbridge on Wednesday. At about 10:25 a.m., the Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department was toned out for a structure fire at 2485 E. U.S. 36 just east of the downtown. A box alarm was then immediately activated as Bainbridge firefighters arrived five minutes later with an engine and a tanker...
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County continues to consider possible noise ordinance
(Local News ~ 07/21/21)
Even with the uproar over a concert in Warren Township seemingly behind them, Putnam County officials are still looking to move forward on a possible noise ordinance. During the July 12 meeting of the Putnam County Board of Zoning Appeals, a special exception to host the 2021 LIVEstock Music Festival at Willer Timber Ridge Angus Cattle Ranch was denied, with the chief concerns being the volume of the show and the fact that it went on until 4 a.m. in 2020...
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Donna Rae (Douglas) Skelton
(Obituary ~ 07/21/21)
Donna Rae (Douglas) Skelton, 73, of Cloverdale, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Greencastle on Oct. 18, 1947, the daughter of the late Kenneth and Barbara (Bain) Douglas of Coatesville. She is survived by her son, Matthew Skelton of Carmel; a sister, Micki Holderfield (husband Mark); and her niece, Nicole Holderfield-Johnson (husband Peter) of Bellbrook, Ohio...
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Diana L. Laybold
(Obituary ~ 07/21/21)
Diana L. Laybold, 72, of Plainfield, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021. She was born May 17, 1949 to the late Russell and Alberta (Bollock) Buis in Greencastle. She received her BA at Indiana State University and her masters in education from Butler University. She was a member of St. Susanna Catholic Church, Plainfield, and the PEO...
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Wanda Jean Lady
(Obituary ~ 07/21/21)
Wanda Jean Lady, 75, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Born Feb. 27, 1946 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of James Russell and Edith (Overshiner) Shoemaker. Wanda had worked at Lear Corp. and Mallory’s. She had also delivered the Banner Graphic to rural Putnam County for several years. In recent years after her retirement she had served as an elder caregiver...
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Virginia ‘Ginny’ Sue Hodge
(Obituary ~ 07/21/21)
Virginia “Ginny” Sue Hodge, 67, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021 in St. Vincent Ascension Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Putnam County Hospital in Greencastle on March 16, 1954. Ginny was preceded in death by her parents, Earl C. and Marjorie U. Nicholson, and a sister, Margaret “Maggie” Lynn Johnson...
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