Serving Carroll County, Indiana since 1974
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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. Lowe won second place in editorial writing for weekly newspapers with a circulation of over 4,000. More ... Approximately 272 acres of high quality tillable land sold in Carroll County recently for $1.82 million or $6,687 per acre. Thirty bidders spent more than an hour competing for the land, according to Rex Schrader, president of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Columbia City, the firm conducting the auction. More ... Winners of the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Achievement Award was announced at IFB's annual convention held in Evansville on Dec 4-6. They are Dan and Melissa Culp of Jasper County, who will represent Indiana at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in San Antonio in January. More ... Fifty units of blood were received from fifty-six volunteers when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Flora on Dec. 4. The Flora Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church with nine volunteers will receive $100 from the Flora Psi Iota Xi for having the most donors. The Delphi Methodist Church was runner-up with five volunteers. More ... 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. Drive according to road conditions: • Pay attention, hang up, and drive. • Allow extra time to get to your destination. More ... 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. We asked voters in 43 townships whether or not to keep their township assessors. And we asked voters in five school corporations and one county whether or not to approve big capital projects. More ... 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 to assist in paying premiums for the program. More ... " 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. This will be the 18th year for the event, sponsored by Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Inc. More ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that it will conduct a Request for Referendum next month among eligible producers and importers of hogs, pigs, pork, and pork products to determine if they want a referendum on the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order, commonly known as the Pork Checkoff Program. More ... 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 ... Carroll County Commissioner elect Pat Clawson attended "new comm issioner training" last week as part of a statewide allc ounty commissioners' conference. Held in Indianapolis, the conference served to bring county commissioners from across the state together with trainers, speakers and vendors. More ... |
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