From a Franklin County Commissioner press release Franklin County has been doing a good job of keeping our COVID-19 cases coming at a manageable and steady pace. This helps takes stress off our healthcare workers and schools. However, several of our neighboring counties have seen very large spikes in cases. With travel coming up for football …
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Courthouse belfry to come down Wednesday, November 4
By John Estridge Franklin County Courthouse’s historic belfry is scheduled to be taken down Wednesday, Nov. 4. That is unless Tropical Storm Zeta, currently Hurricane Zeta, doesn’t take it down Thursday, October 29. Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel told county council members Tuesday night, October 27, of the plans. The current belfry/cupola is leaning …
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FC Commission President Tom Linkel made an announcement about the recent uptick in COVID-19 positive test results
By John Estridge from Tom Linkel Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel usually gives a COVID-19 update during a Franklin County Commissioners meeting. However, this week the commissioners moved their twice-monthly meeting from Tuesday, October 20, to Tuesday, October 27. Thus, with the large increase in positive test results in Franklin County, Linkel made an …
Commissioners approve replacing courthouse belfry for more than $250,000
By John Estridge It will cost more than a quarter of million dollars to fix the belfry on top of the Franklin County Courthouse, as well as a bevy of cranes. FC Commission President Tom Linkel recently spoke about the different quotes the county has received. The first action will be to remove the bats …
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FC not only has bats in its belfry but also a bell
Photos provided by Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel Franklin County Commissioners and county council members are looking at an extensive repair of the courthouse’s belfry. Officials knew there were bats in the belfry, but they did not know if a bell was still there. As most know a picture is worth 1,000 words.
Council, commissioners talk about cost and paying for leaning bell tower of Franklin County
By John Estridge In 1624, the poet cleric John Donne wrote the line “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” While it is claimed he was thinking metaphysically at the time because he had just survived a life-threatening illness, he might have had an inkling to the future of a situation in Franklin …
FC commissioner Tom Linkel gives update on county’s COVID-19-related numbers; ISDH daily report also
By John Estridge from commissioners meeting and ISDH numbers On Tuesday morning, September 22, Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel read an update of numbers concerning COVID-19 in Franklin County. Linkel said the number of positive test results in the county stands at 303. Of those, 24 have recovered, 34 are being monitored and seven …
FC commissioners enact county-wide burn ban
By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners unanimously approved a burn ban for Franklin County at their meeting Tuesday morning, September 22. Commissioners Tom Linkel and Gerald Wendel are both farmers and said it would be nice to get some rain at this point, especially for the crops to help in their development. On the state’s …
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Two area residents dispute a road in question is a county road or any type of road during FC commissioners’ meeting
By John Estridge It was another Franklin County Commissioners meeting so the main topic of discussion, as it has been for months, is County Line Road. Some members of the Wilhelm family have property off Indiana 1 South they say is landlocked, and the county needs to improve and reestablish a road that is called …