December 10, 2008 RSS feed / Local News

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Old-Fashioned Christmas at Canal Park

Comet staff report
" Old Fashioned Christmas at the Canal" will be celebrated this weekend, Dec. 13 and 14. Visitors are invited to glimpse what life was like 150 years ago, during the canal period. More...

Justices are IFB Young Farmer runners-up

Comet staff report

Winners of the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Achievement Award was announced at IFB's annual convention held in Evansville on Dec 4-6. More...

ISP issues winter driving tips

Comet staff report

After recent numerous crashes and slide-offs attributed to snow and icy driving conditions, the Indiana State Police at the Lafayette Post has issued some winter driving tips. More...

Deadline to sign up for Medicare Part D nears

Comet staff report

The Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging reminds older adults and persons with disabilities that there are less than 30 days left to sign up for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program and find out if they are eligible for extra help More...

Courthouse gazebo unadorned for the season…so far

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

By this time in December the gazebo at the county courthouse in Delphi is festively decorated for the season. It greets courthouse visitors and traffic on Franklin and Washington streets with holiday cheer to welcome them to the downtown area. More...

Comet writers earn HSPA awards

Comet staff report

Comet staff writer Debbie Lowe and columnist Alan Shultz were recognized Saturday by the Hoosier State Press Association as winners in its annual HSPA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest. More...

Delphi-area farmland sells at auction for $6,687 per acre average

Comet staff report

Approximately 272 acres of high quality tillable land sold in Carroll County recently for $1.82 million or $6,687 per acre. More...

Bloodmobile collects 50 units in Flora

Comet staff report

Fifty units of blood were received from fifty-six volunteers when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Flora on Dec. 4. More...

Capital Comments

Indiana's historic referenda
By Larry DeBoer ldeboer@purdue.edu Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

It was a historic election for the United States. Indiana held some historic elections, too, though quite a ways down the historic scale from the big presidential vote. More...

USDA to conduct request for referendum on pork checkoff program

Comet staff report

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Clawson attends training

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

Carroll County Commissioner elect Pat Clawson attended "new comm issioner training" last week as part of a statewide allc ounty commissioners' conference. More...