News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
By John Estridge Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel announced the county recently purchased a new dump truck/snow plow to replace a similar truck destroyed by fire at the county garage located in Oldenburg. He made the announcement at the Franklin County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday morning, February 23. According to Linkel, the county bought the …
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By John Estridge About 1,900 COVID-19 vaccinations have been provided from the Franklin County sites, and there have been 35 deaths in Franklin County attributed to COVID-19. Those were some of the COVID-19-related facts concerning Franklin County that Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel revealed at the commissioners’ meeting Tuesday morning, February 23. Earlier in …
By John Estridge The favorite phrase for Franklin County’s attorney of record in three civil suits is “Defendants deny or lack information and therefore deny all other allegations …” Liberty R. (Libby) Roberts, an attorney with the Noblesville law firm Church Church Hittle and Antrim, is defending the county and filed the Answer and Affirmative …
By John Estridge At the Franklin County Commissioners’ Tuesday, January 26, meeting, Franklin County Attorney Grant Reeves said there is much misinformation and rumor concerning the proposed zoning change regarding solar power farms in Franklin County. Thus, he wrote a one-page memo on the subject. There is a public hearing about the proposed changes to …
By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners unanimously approve an Infrastructure Development Zone, opening up rural Franklin County to high-speed broadband internet at their meeting Tuesday morning, January 12. Their vote came after two residents voiced their opposition in the matter due to reduced taxes for the school system. Southeastern Indiana REMC sought a property tax …
By John Estridge Southeastern Indiana REMC wants to bring broadband high-speed internet through new fiber to 1,000 Franklin County homes. But those 1,000 homes may miss out after two FC residents complained about the potential loss of tax money at the Tuesday, January 5, Franklin County Commissioners meeting. Southeastern Indiana REMC is seeking a property …
By John Estridge It was one of the most unusual Franklin County Commissioners’ meetings in the county’s history. On Tuesday, January 5, there were no public attendees at the public meeting. There were the three commissioners, their administrative assistant Faye Hay, auditor Karla Bauman and one of her employees. Newly elected Franklin County Surveyor Rob …
By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners want a judge to tell them if there is or ever was a county line road off Indiana 1 south of South Gate. And if there was a road, is it now, at the very least, a public way? Commissioners discussed the situation with the county attorney, Grant Reeves, …
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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 …
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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