Pulaski County

Pulaski Memorial Hospital seeks community input

Every three years the hospital completes a Community Health Needs Assessment to identify and prioritize the community’s health concerns. Pulaski Memorial Hospital is asking for the public’s help to meet those health care needs. This process began on Feb. 19 when PMH hosted leaders from around the...

Winamac trucks are ready to move the snow and salt the roads as the threat of snowfall is underway for the season.

S“no”w problem for the county, Winamac

The little snow that has fallen has been a warmup for the Pulaski County Highway Department and the Town of Winamac Street Department and they are ready for more. The snow gave the two departments a chance to spread salt and sand at the intersections and roll their trucks. Jeremy Beckner said the...

Pulaski County voters have near record turnout for midterm election

Pulaski County registered voters wanted their opinions to count and they hit a near-record turnout for a midterm election. According to the unofficial county records, there were 4,432 votes cast in the general election. That is a 50-percent voter turnout, which doubles the number of registered...

Pulaski County voters following state trend

Pulaski County voters are following a state trend this election with many participating in early voting. Across the state news media outlets have reported that early voting is setting record-breaking stats. Voters are casting their ballots early and the numbers are higher than usual for a...

Former EMS director charged with six felonies

A former Pulaski County EMS director has been charged with six felonies as part of a much larger investigation that involves more than a dozen public officials. On Oct. 11, U.S. Attorney Josh Minkle announced that 15 people including former Pulaski County EMS Director Nikki Lowry were charged...

The new members of the Pulaski County Election Board, Patty Sullivan and Jessye Gilley, met for the first time on July 30 for a meeting.

New election board members attend first meeting

Patty Sullivan and Jessye Gilley met for the first time as Pulaski County Election Board members on July 30. Sullivan and Gilley became the new election board members after Democratic Party Chairman Doug Denton announced on July 9 that Laura Bailey would no longer be representing the party on the...

Crops may be beyond help

The recent dry conditions throughout Pulaski County have caused damage to plants that might not be able to recover even with the amount of rain the area has received recently. Pulaski County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director Stefanie Hall said the extremely dry conditions are causing...

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...

A short storm with strong winds on May 31 caused major tree damage in Winamac and the Winamac area. Trees were uprooted in the Winamac cemetery and the town park. Not only did one tree fall on a teeter-totter, breaking the board and bending the metal, but a man, who was fishing in the park, was hit by a falling limb. He was airlifted for medical treatment. The condition and the name of the man is unknown at this time.