INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education today announced income eligibility guidelines, including household size, for the free and reduced-price school meals and milk programs. The National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk programs were created to support students unable to pay the full price for meals or milk. …
Read More »Weekend Work: Construction around Marion County
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Department of Transportation is asking drivers to plan ahead for another full weekend of construction in Marion County. Contractors will be working to repair winter damage and improve pavement conditions in five different zones around Indianapolis interstates. Drivers are encourage to plan ahead this weekend and find …
Read More »Medical Emergency Causes Fatal Wreck on Interstate 70 in Clay County
Clay County – August 15, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Indiana State Police responded to a single vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 70 near the 18 mile marker eastbound. Preliminary investigation by Master Trooper Adam Edwards, indicates that a 2005 Chevrolet, driven by Daryl W. Duhrkoff, of Portage, Michigan, …
Read More »Agriculture photo contest winners honored at state fair
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 15, 2019) — Today, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture announced the winners of the 2019 Indiana Agriculture photo contest at the Indiana State Fair. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and ISDA Director Bruce Kettler recognized the ten photographers, who will have their photos featured in the Lt. Governor’s business offices …
Read More »Tri-West High School Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship
Washington, D.C., (August 15, 2019) – Ellie Click, a student at Tri West High School, is one of 350 high school students from across the United States to be selected as a 2019-2020 recipient of the highly prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Scholarship. Initiated in 1983 to strengthen ties between Germany …
Read More »Hoosier Logistics Doubling Workforce in Multi-City Expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 15, 2019) – Hoosier Logistics Inc. (Hoosier), a logistics and supply chain management provider, announced plans today to grow its operations in Indiana through multiple expansions, scaling its corporate office in Indianapolis and adding its first satellite office in Fort Wayne, more than doubling its Indiana workforce by adding …
Read More »Students explore careers in agriculture at state fair
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 14, 2019) — More than 200 high school students spent the day at the Indiana State Fair learning about careers in agriculture. Their visit was part of Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch’s Diversity in Ag Day program, which was created last year to give students, who have had little …
Read More »This Week at the Brownsburg Farmers Market
EXERCISE AND EAT HEALTHY AT THE FARMERS MARKET! Train like a champion this week at the Farmers Market with CrossFit317 and fresh, locally grown produce. Buy fruits and veggies such as watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, cucumbers, green bell peppers, red potatoes, candy onions, cabbage, summer squash, …
Read More »Three Hendricks County farm families among nearly 100 families to receive century farming award
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 9, 2019) — Today at the Indiana State Fair, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler presented 96 farming families with the Hoosier Homestead Award, setting a new record in the program’s 40-year history. To be named a Hoosier Homestead, the farm …
Read More »Hendricks County lawmakers seek applicants for paid Statehouse internship
STATEHOUSE (Aug. 8, 2019) – Hendricks County lawmakers invite local college students and recent graduates to apply for the Indiana House Republican Internship Program, which takes place during the 2020 legislative session at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Local legislators seeking interns include State Reps. Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis), Greg Steuerwald (R-Avon) …
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