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Local entities to receive $2.4 million in Community Crossings funds
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
More than $2.4 million in state grant funds will help with road paving projects in Putnam County this year. On Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced the first round of Community Crossings grants for 2023, with Putnam County, Greencastle and Cloverdale among the 224 community-level governments to receive funding...
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Medical Emergency
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
First responders manage the scene of an incident that occurred on the south side of the Courthouse Square in Greencastle Thursday morning...
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Family Support Services sets sail on celebratory, emotional evening
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
With temperatures creeping into the low 60s, the weather was beautiful, if not exactly “Caribbean,” in Greencastle on Saturday. It was positively tropical, though, in the ballroom at Tiger Pointe Country Club as the staff, board and backers of Family Support Services of West Central Indiana celebrated the organization’s accomplishments in the last year while also raising funds for the victims and families FSSWCI supports each day...
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Body in Plainfield creek identified as Mooresville man
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
PLAINFIELD — The body of a deceased individual located in a Hendricks County creek has been identified as a missing Mooresville man. On Wednesday, the Hendricks County Coroner’s Office positively identified the man as 28-year-old Jonathan Critser. Critser had been reported missing to the Morgan Count Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 24, 2022...
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Senior Citizens’ Prom set at CHS
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
The Cloverdale High School Student Council is going to host a Senior Citizens’ Prom on Saturday, April 15 from 6-9 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. The theme is “Surfin’ USA” beach party. There will be music, food and dancing. A donation of $5 at the door would be appreciated. All senior citizens are welcome...
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Linton speaks on preschool efforts at Cloverdale Schools
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
CLOVERDALE — Picking back up discussion held last month, efforts to ramp up a preschool program at Cloverdale Elementary School are coming to fruition. Supt. Greg Linton briefly detailed at the Cloverdale School Board’s regular meeting Monday evening that a Pre-Clover program for three-year-olds is to be set up this year. This is on the heels of a recent round-up that saw many more students enroll than was expected...
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Fillmore to not be part of comprehensive plan
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
FILLMORE — With a distrust of falling under the county’s new guidelines being suggested, Fillmore will not be part of its new comprehensive plan. Though one member was on the fence and ultimately abstained, the two other members of the Fillmore Town Council voted to not opt into the plan at its recent regular meeting. The move eschewed being included generally, or having specific planning and zoning requirements set for the town for a cost...
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South Putnam softball gets first win at Cloverdale's expense; Clovers use six-run fourth to beat Eagles in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/23)
CLOVERDALE – Big hits, big innings, nifty plays and solid pitching paved the way for the South Putnam Eagle softball team to pick up a county and Western Indiana Conference victory over the Cloverdale Clovers 11-5 on Thursday night. The visiting Eagles posted a seven-run first inning and a four-run fifth to power their way over the hosts...
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Egg Hunt Bike Winners
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
After prize notification was found in one of their plastic Easter eggs during the annual Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department Easter egg hunt Saturday morning at Robe-Ann Park, winners of bicycles are (front, from left) Briar Brummett, Eleanor Garl and Zeke Beuchler...
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Hike set Saturday at Fern Cliff
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
The next hike for the Putnam Parks & Pathways group is set at 9 a.m. Saturday at Fern Cliff Nature Preserve. This hike will be led by Mike Homoya, who served as botanist/plant ecologist for the Division of Natural Preserves of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources from 1982 until retirement...
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Backyard Goldmine in concert Friday at DePauw
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
As we wait for the May 31 opening concert of the 2023 Greencastle Summer Music Festival (GSMF) season, GSMF director Eric Edberg (cello), Vice President Ming-Hui Kuo (percussion) and frequent performer May Phang (piano) are part of a special free event (tickets) in Greencastle this Friday evening, using music and words to imagine the “possible futures” which climate change and our response to it may bring...
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Numerous events set at DePauw Nature Park
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
An annual occurrence at the DePauw University Nature Park, the Earth Day 5K, is hosted by the DePauw Environmental Fellows Program and Center for Sustainability. A free, open-to-the-public, timed, eco-friendly event, the Earth Day 5K happens on April 16...
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Living with Low Vision meeting scheduled Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
There will be a Living with Low Vision meeting from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, April 18 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services, 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle. The guest speaker will be Erin Winters, occupational therapist at Putnam County Hospital. April is Occupational Therapy Month, and she is planning giving a presentation on “Person First Language.”...
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Fillmore VFD breakfast this Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/13/23)
The Fillmore Community Volunteer Fire Department will host its next monthly breakfast on Saturday, April 15 from 7-11 a.m. On the menu will be biscuits and gravy, pancakes with syrup, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, orange juice, coffee and water. The meal is for a free-will donation. The department is located at 12 Hendricks St., next to the Fillmore Town Hall...
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Putnam Scanner for April 14, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 04/13/23)
Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:18 a.m. Hannah M. Severe, 38, Crawfordsville, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction. Wednesday...
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