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Irmgard Margot Murray
(Obituary ~ 01/15/18)
With the deepest pain conceivable, we announce the passing of Irmgard Margot Murray, our dear Madre, our queen, our tiger. May 28, 1938-Dec. 27, 2017. At 79, she was taken too soon. She was the beloved wife of John Thomas Murray (1926-2011) and cherished mother of Karen Murray...
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Marion F. Legrand
(Obituary ~ 01/15/18)
Marion F. (Casler) Legrand, 79, passed away at 7:07 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health, Crawfordsville. Services for Marion are pending with Servies and Morgan Funeral Home, Roachdale. A full obituary will follow at a later date...
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Norma Leigh Reed
(Obituary ~ 01/15/18)
Norma Leigh Reed, 82, of Plainfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at the Avon Village Care Center. She retired from the Indiana Department of Correction: Reception Diagnostic Center in 2006. Norma Leigh enjoyed many hobbies, including crocheting, painting, singing, playing the organ and planting flowers...
- Safety First (Local News ~ 01/15/18)
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C-Bar-C to host National Tractor Pullers Association nationals Jan. 19-20
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
CLOVERDALE -- The fourth annual invitational National Tractor Pullers Association Winter Nationals is scheduled for Jan. 19-20 at the C-Bar-C Expo Center, 253 Stardust Rd., Cloverdale. The event, presented by Bane-Welker Equipment, will feature 2017’s top competitors from six grand national divisions and one regional national division as well as a few new additions. There will also be food, beer and vendors...
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Indiana Duke customers set new all-time winter peak record for energy use
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy Indiana customers set a new all-time winter peak record for energy usage on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Duke Energy Indiana serves approximately 820,000 households and businesses in parts of 69 counties. The unofficial winter peak record is now 7,281 megawatt-hours in the hour ending at 9 a.m., which beat the previous record set on Jan. 6, 2014, when customers used 7,214 megawatt-hours...
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South Putnam girls top Eminence at Hoosier Gym
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/18)
KNIGHTSTOWN – South Putnam’s girls traveled to the Hickory Gym in Knightstown to battle Eminence as part of a day-long series of games played in the historic gymnasium used as the homecourt for the Hickory Huskers in the 1986 movie “Hoosiers.” The Eagles improved their record to 14-4 on the season with a 92-23 win over the Eels, who are coached by former South Putnam coach Tim Garver...
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Cougars come up short against Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/18)
BAINBRIDGE – Being at a height disadvantage and not properly executing blockouts proved to be a fatal combination for North Putnam’s boys basketball team on Saturday night, as the Cougars fell 57-44 to Monrovia. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Monrovia, and the defeat ended a three-game winning streak for the Cougars...
- Winter of Our Discontent (Local News ~ 01/15/18)
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With no heroin arrests meth seen as drug of choice
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
With the addictive drug heroin at the center of what is considered an opioid epidemic nationally, across Indiana it has wreaked havoc on communities as close as nearby Crawfordsville. But to the surprise of local officials, heroin has yet to emerge as a scourge of the Greencastle drug scene...
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First Legislative Update of year set this Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
The Legislative Update series will make its 2018 debut Saturday, Jan. 20 when the Putnam County Farm Bureau hosts its first session of the new year. The program is scheduled to feature the three men who represent Putnam County in the Indiana General Assembly now under way at Indianapolis -- District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle), District 37 State Sen. Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) and District 24 State Sen. John Crane (R-Avon)...
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Cloverdale to regulate vacant buildings
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
CLOVERDALE -- The council was introduced to Ordinance 2018-1, which will regulate vacant properties within the town limits. The ordinance, if approved, would require vacant buildings (including those being used as storage) to be registered with the clerk-treasurer along with ownership and contact information. It would also require owners to maintain insurance on the property and provide a written plan to the town for getting the house on the market...
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Learn farm succession planning in Purdue Extension workshop
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
Extension Ag Educator Farm families can learn how to ensure a successful ownership transition from one generation to the next in a workshop sponsored by the Purdue Extension Succession Planning Team. The workshop, “Next Steps to Successfully Growing Future Farm Generations,” will be presented by attorneys and estate planning experts Michelle Adler of Bluffton, Tom Appel of Valparaiso, Dan Gordon of Bluffton and Jeff Washburn of Columbus...
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Fidler announces bid for District 44
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
Unhappy with state leadership, Kim Fidler will be running for state representative in District 44, which covers all of Putnam, and parts of Clay, Parke, Morgan, and Owen counties, in the May primary. Fidler will be making her second run at the position, filing for the spot on the Democrat primary ballot...
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Sagamore honors Tucker’s record as coach, philanthropist
(Local News ~ 01/15/18)
The awards keep rolling in for a Cloverdale legend. In 2014, Al Tucker was named the Spirit of Philanthropy recipient by the Putnam County Community Foundation. In 2015, the basketball court at Cloverdale High School was named Tucker Court in his honor...
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