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Lakeland Expected To Be Fully Operational By Weekend
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
(ANGOLA) - Officials for Lakeland Nursing Center say all of their residents who were displaced by a fire on June 7th are expected to be back in the facility by the weekend and they should be back to full operations on Monday. A total of 65 residents had to be evacuated when a fire that was called electrical in nature by the Angola Fire Department broke out in the attic of the facility. It took firefighters about a half hour to get it under control. A final estimate on the damage has not been figured up yet. All of those evacuated went to other locations around Angola until other nursing facility housing could be found. No injuries were reported during the evacuation which involved the assistance of numerous individuals.
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Officer Enters Into Branch County Plea Agreement
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
(COLDWATER) - A police officer from White Pigeon, Michigan has entered into a plea agreement following a crash in Branch County this past April. Sgt. Bill Burgoyne would plead guilty to a reduced charge of operating while impaired. In turn, prosecutors would dismiss charges of operating while intoxicated and transporting open intoxicants in a motor vehicle. Sentencing is scheduled for August 26th in Branch County District Court. Burgoyne and White Pigeon Police Chief Lynn Baker were involved in a crash near Sherwood. No criminal charges were filed against Baker. Michigan State Police say both men had blood alcohol contents over the legal limit and that an open container of alcohol was found in their vehicle.
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Ivy Tech And Trine Announce Agreement
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
(UNDATED) - Officials at Trine University and Ivy Tech have announced a new transfer agreement program that will allow students to earn bachelor degrees for less than at any four year Indiana college. The partnership creates two paths from an associate degree to a bachelor's degree. What's called the 3 + 1 pathway allows students to attend Ivy Tech for their first three years and then go to Trine for their senior year. The 2 + 2 pathway will allow students to go to Ivy Tech for their freshman and sophomore years and then attend Trine for their final two years. Trine will reduce tuition by $100 per credit hour for Ivy Tech graduates maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0. Ivy Tech students accepting invitational into Phi Theta Kappa can also get a $125 discount per credit hour at Trine.
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Garrett Man Escapes Serious Injury In Boat Accident
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
(WITMER LAKE) - A Garrett man escaped with just minor injuries on Tuesday in a boating accident on Witmer Lake in LaGrange County. The Indiana D.N.R. says 50-year-old Keith Platter II throttled the motor down on his boat as he prepared to enter the idle zone connecting Witmer and Westler Lakes when another boat operated by 38-year-old Brian Light of LaGrange hit it from behind and ramped over it. Platter was struck on the back of his head and the windshield on his boat was crushed. He suffered a minor head injury that did not require medical attention. Conservation Officer’s would like to remind all boater’s to be aware of their surroundings when boating and never operate too closely to other watercraft.
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Meal Prices To Stay The Same In MSD
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(ANGOLA) - Meal prices will stay the same in the M.S.D. of Steuben County during the 2013-2014 school year. Food Service Director Stephanie Haynes-Clifford presented her annual report to the districts Board of Trustees on Tuesday night. She said meal assistance was pretty much the same during the past school year when compared to the previous year. She added about 100 free summer lunches are being served per day at Carlin Park Elementary which is better than 2012. In other business, the first reading of a state-required Reduction in Force Policy was made. Superintendent Brent Wilson said the new R.I.F. law is based on performance and is no longer based on seniority. A number of administrator contracts were also approved for the next year. Among the hires approved were Jennifer Sharkey as the high school varsity girls soccer coach and Paul Beckwith as the high school cross country coach.
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Fremont Town Council Approves LaGrange Products Requests
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(FREMONT) - The Fremont Town Council approved a pair of requests from LaGrange Products on Tuesday night as the company is buying a vacant building as part of an expansion project. The Town Council approved a seven year tax abatment as well as a two year building deduction. The first year of the deduction will be 100 percent with the second year at 50 percent. LaGrange Products is in the process of buying the former Salga Building at 601 West Water which has been vacant for about five years. The Fremont Redevelopment Commission gave the requests a positive recommendation last week. LaGrange Products, which has been operating in Fremont since 1963, currently has 102 employees and they hope to add 15 more with the expansion. Company officials hope the expansion will allow them to better serve their customers. In other business, a bid of just over $37,000 from H2O Tower of Saline, Michigan was approved for work on the town water tower.
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Steel For New Cameron Hospital Being Erected
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(ANGOLA) - The steel skelton of the new Cameron Hospital is starting to take shape. According to a hospital news release, the skelton is scheduled to be completed in August. Footings and foundations were in place by the end of May. If eveything continue to proceed on schedule, hospital officials say the building will be topped off in August and enclosed in September. Occupancy is still scheduled for the fall of 2014. The construction is expected to employ about 100 workers during its peak period. You can follow the construction on the hospital's webcam at www.cameronmch.com.
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State Supreme Court Rules Against Dems On RTW Fines
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana’s Supreme Court refuses to enter the realm of legislative
discipline. In a split decision the justices claimed the courts do not
have authority to strike down the fines that legislative leaders imposed on
Indiana Democrat House members who left the state last year to avoid a quorum on
a controversial Right to Work bill. In reversing the trial court’s
decision to strike down the fines, the justices said the issuance and collection
of fines as legislative discipline are functions constitutionally committed to
the legislative branch without express limitation or qualification by the
state’s Constitution. Three justices agreed with the decision, while one
dissented and another agreed in part and dissented in
part.
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Court Of Appeals Holds Hearing At TU On Boating Fatal
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(ANGOLA) - The Indiana Court of Appeals heard arguments on Tuesday before delegates attending Hoosier Boys State at Trine University concerning a 2010 boating accident in Monroe County which killed a woman and her grandson. Winston K. Wood is appealing his convictions from just over a year ago on a Class D felony of leaving the scene of a boating accident resulting in serious bodily injury to a person and on two Class C felonies for leaving the scene of a boating accident resulting in death. Wood got a nominal six-year sentence. He was 19-years-old at the time his speedboat collided with a fishing boat on Lake Monroe which killed 51-year-old Susan Collier and her eight-year-old grandson Gage Pruett. Collier's husband was injured in the accident. In his appeal, Wood is questioning whether the state presented sufficient evidence that he failed to comply with the duties required of a boater in an accident. He has also questioned whether Indiana law pertaining to a boaters duties during an accident is unconstitutionally vague and whether his convictions and sentence violate the principles of double jeopardy. Judges John G. Baker, James S. Kirsch and Melissa S. May heard the oral arguments. Another Court of Appeals case will be presented during Hoosier Girls State at Trine on June 27th. Delegates at that time will hear arguments in a Marion County probation-revocation case. The two Angola hearings are part of the "Appeals on Wheels" program that started almost a dozen years ago which allows Indiana citizens to see how the court works.
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Hamilton 4th Of July Events Announced
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
(HAMILTON) - "We the People, Stand United" is theme for this years parade in the Town of Hamilton which will celebrate America's independence. The annual parade will take place at 12:00noon on Saturday, July 6th. The Hamilton American Legion Auxiliary will be the Grand Marshals. There will be plenty of events in Hamilton during the holiday weekend. Activities on Friday the 5th will include a fish fry at the Fish and Game Club, the crowning of the Tot King and Queen, a street dance in downtown Hamilton and a florilla lighted boat parade at the Millpond. Most of the weekend activities are scheduled to take place on July 6th. They will include a 5K run, a Lions Club chicken BBQ and the annual parade. Fireworks are scheduled to take place at Hog Hill that night at dusk. The gates will open at 6:00pm that evening. In addition, a summer music bash is scheduled to take place at Hog Hill at 2:00pm on Sunday the 7th.
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