The DNR has placed a No Motorized Watercraft restriction on the West Lakes Chain in Noble County until further notice. The West Lakes Chain consists of Waldron, Steinbarger, Tamarack and Jones lakes. With the current high-water level, numerous homes have water up on the foundations and approaching the front door …
Read More »Failure to Yield Sends One Individual to the Hospital in Parke County
Parke County – June 25, 2019, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Indiana State Police responded to an accident at US 41 and Vila Rosa Road, which injured one individual. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Michael Organ revealed Carolyn S. Tupes, 73, of Rosedale, Indiana, was driving a 1994 Dodge pickup, when she …
Read More »One airlifted following off-road vehicle crash in Clinton County
Frankfort, IN- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) crash involving serious injury. On June 22, 2019 just after 5:00 pm, Conservation Officers and other first responders were dispatched to the 300 block W on CR 425 N in Clinton County for an ORV crash with injury. Barbara Brown, …
Read More »May Indiana Employment Report
INDIANAPOLIS (June 21, 2019) – Indiana’s unemployment rate remains at 3.6 percent for May, and the national rate also stands at 3.6 percent. The monthly unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force. …
Read More »Conservation Officers hold annual youth camp
Every year at about this time, boys and girls from across the state converge on Ross Camp in West Lafayette for a week long experience of learning and adventure at the Karl E. Kelley Memorial Youth Camp. The weeklong camp, currently underway with 120 campers from all over the Hoosier …
Read More »Secretary of State Connie Lawson praises development of Real Property Electronic Recording Standards
INDIANAPOLIS (June 19, 2019) — Secretary of State Connie Lawson praised the work of the Indiana Electronic Recording Commission, which recently completed work on a set of standards and practices that will guide real property transactions into 2020 and beyond. In 2017, Indiana adopted the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording …
Read More »Secretary of State Releases Primary Election Voter Turnout Report
INDIANAPOLIS (June 18, 2019) — Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced today that 13 percent of eligible Hoosiers voted in the May 7th municipal primary election. Not all Hoosier voters were eligible to vote in the municipal elections. Only voters who live in a city or town with an election …
Read More »Capturing Gold: DOR Recognized as a Top Workplace
INDIANAPOLIS –The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) has been selected as one of the Indy Star’s Top Workplaces for 2019, the first time a state government agency has landed this prestigious award. This distinction, placing DOR among 15 organizations in the large company category with 500+ employees, comes from employee …
Read More »Gov. Holcomb ceremonially signs bills reforming child welfare
INDIANAPOLIS (June 13, 2019)—Governor Eric J. Holcomb recently hosted ceremonial bill signings for child welfare reform among a group of legislators, Indiana Department of Child Services Director Terry Stigdon, agency partners and DCS staff. Gov. Holcomb ceremonially signed Senate Enrolled Act 1, a bill authored by Sen. Erin Houchin – a …
Read More »‘Signing Day’ not just for athletes anymore
INDIANAPOLIS (May 30, 2019) – The annual ritual known as “Signing Day” that occurs at many high schools across the country typically involves student-athletes agreeing to play a sport at a college or university that has recruited them, usually in exchange for a scholarship. But now more high schools are lending …
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