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Miss Pulaski County and 4-H Royalty Rachel Ploss was the lone royalty kiss this year at the 4-H auction. The winning bid was $2,900 from Tony Ploss, Rachel’s father. The auction raised $104,658.27.

4-H auction raises $104,658.27

EPCSC hears good, bad and ugly of recent climate audit report

Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation Board members are hearing the positives and negatives of the district as the recent data of a survey was shared with them. School board members were informed, during a regular meeting Monday evening, of the strengths and challenges of the school...

Striving for the best came to fruition as Kassi Dahn was named the 2018 4-H Ultimate Livestock Showman. She was congratulated by judge Dr. Clint Shireman and fellow contestants Peyton Newman, Tori Culp, Emma Nielsen, Shania Howard and Ryan Lynch.

Dahn wins ultimate showman

Last year, Kassi Dahn watched as the 4-H Ultimate Livestock Showman award was given to Regan Culp after the competition came down to one question. The two earned the same amount of points and the tiebreaker came down to a question that each answered. Culp got the win, but Dahn earned a lot of...

Rachel Ploss was named 4-H Royalty during the 2018 Pulaski County 4-H and Community Fair Achievement Program on Saturday. Valerie Field and Emily Field were named the 4-H Royalty Court.

Ploss named 4-H Royalty

Due to the small number of 4-H Royalty candidates, it was decided that only one young member would be named the 4-H Royalty. This year it was Rachel Ploss. Ploss is not new to the 4-H Royalty Court. She was part of the court in 2016 and 2017. She was also first runner-up Miss Pulaski County in...

Rachel Ploss is having a winning time at the fair this year as she was named the 2018 Miss Pulaski County Queen Sunday evening. She was surrounded by first runner-up Regan Culp, 2017 Miss Pulaski County Maddie Ruff, second runner-up Erica Gualajara, and 2018 Miss Indiana State Fair Audrey Campbell.

Third time’s a charm for Ploss

“Did this just happen?” asked Rachel Ploss as she was crowned the 2018 Miss Pulaski County on Sunday night. “I’m so in shock.” Ploss, who was also named the Miss People’s Choice, kept her composure as she accepted the crown, sash and flowers while all the time she was not believing her dreams just...

Winamac business owners indicted for health care fraud

Two Winamac business owners were recently indicted on more than a handful of counts by a grand jury for health care fraud. Michael Wilson and Jacqueline “Jay” Podell, who operated Transport Loving Care or Alliance EMS, were indicted on a count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, four counts...

(Photo courtesy Justin Whapham/GMS Racing) Winamac native Justin Haley and his Fraternal Order of Eagles crew celebrate their first victory at Gateway Motorsports Complex near St. Louis over the weekend.

Haley has first truck triumph

After a long week of rain and thunderstorms in the Midwest, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was able to get on the 1.25-mile oval last Friday and Saturday at the Gateway Motorsports Complex in Madison, Illinois. Winamac’s Justin Haley would finally see his hard work pay off in his 37th NASCAR...

Local runners joined in the run through Pulaski County. The tribute to 20,000 military fallen and families started in Fort Irwin, California, and will conclude at Arlington National Cemetery in August.

Locals join America’s Run for the Fallen

Information wanted in house shooting incident

The shooting of a house could have been deadly as the bullets hit a bed of a Winamac man during the early morning hours on June 19. Police were called to the 400 block of south Burson Street for what was thought to be shots fired at a building just after midnight. The building was an apartment...

The Winamac Town Council again opposed to support the community pool.

Winamac Town Council rejects pool discussion

Some of the members of the Winamac Town Council have voiced their opinion about the proposed community pool and they’re just done. The town council approved before the end of last year to not move forward with supporting the proposed pool project. At that time the decision of the town council...