News
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, our nation experienced a horrific, unprecedented terrorist attack. A total of four planes were hijacked, with two being flown into the World Trade Center in New York City (American Airlines Flight 11, 8:46 a.m. and United Airlines Flight 175, 9:03 a.m.), one into the...
The Winamac Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners met in a special session on Aug. 26 to receive information and make a decision on a new hire. They ultimately approved the hiring of Walker Holcomb. Winamac Police Chief Branson Eber explained that Holcomb passed both his physical and...
The Pulaski County Commissioners and the County Council heard from Nextera representatives on Monday, Aug. 10 about a proposed amendment to the economic development agreement with the Moss Creek Solar project. Lead Developer for Moss Creek Solar Amelie Thouvenot presented the information. Thouvenot...
The Medaryville Town Council and a representative from the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission (KIRPC) held a water grant discussion on Aug. 13. The town has an interest in pursuing a water project, specifically looking at meter replacement and filtration upgrades. They would be looking...
Pulaski County Government Information Technology (IT) Director Tabor Brown presented an assistant request to the county commissioners during a regular meeting on Aug. 17. Brown explained to the commissioners that since being hired, the goal has been to move away from outsourcing their technology...
Firefighters fought a large blaze at Farmer's Grain and Supply in Thornhope, located at 3589 E. 900 S., on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27. The call came in around 2:27 p.m., stating there was a fire in the basement of the feed mill. There were no initial reports of injuries. Several departments were...
The Pulaski County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) hosted the 2026 annual hazmat exercise in the Olson Auction lot on Saturday, Aug. 22. The exercise started at 9 a.m. and concluded around 11:30 a.m. They hosted a hybrid tabletop exercise and a functional exercise based on an anhydrous...
During a regular Pulaski County Council meeting on Aug 10, Building Inspector Karla Redweik came before the council to request additional support for the demolition of the former Sportsman’s Bar and Grill property located at 6215 E. Main St., in Monterey. Redweik explained that the property is...
The possibilities for the tennis court on the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation’s campus was briefly discussed during a regular meeting on Aug. 10. Eastern Pulaski school board member Greg Kiser started the conversation as they were talking about a quote that was presented to them to...
Pulaski County saw over a foot of rain from severe storms that started on Tuesday, Aug. 11. That single day brought over 11 inches of rain, with subsequent storms bringing several inches of additional rainfall. The storms kept local emergency responders busy. The Pulaski County Commissioners...