Townships explore funding - moving toward a solution
No one in Carroll County seems content the ambulance service was reduced to two ambulances for 2009 due to financial constraints. Several township trustees and advisory board members continue to explore the viability of partially funding the lost portion of the ambulance service to remedy the situation. More...
A proposed Tippecanoe River clean-up project in Carroll County may have hit a financial snag which could hang the project out to dry. The county may need to supplement the project financially with money that does not exist. More...
Although they are responsible for funding county services and programs using taxpayer dollars, Carroll County Council members learned at their Tuesday morning meeting they may have little say in whether a new tax increment financing (TIF) district is formed in the county. More...
At Monday night's Carroll School Board meeting, juniorsenior high school principal Charles Huckstep reported on the coming visit from the North Central Association Quality Assurance Team. More...
Burlington Community All students in grades K-12 are invited to join Homework Help Night every Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Burlington Community Library. Receive help on homework assignments, utilize the Internet, and more. The service is free. More...
Since the Kernan-Shepard Report was released with that inflammatory recommendation to eliminate township government and to direct the responsibility for managing the taxpayers' money to the county council, there has been a hue and cry about how that wouldn't work "because just look how poorly the council managed the county's money over the past four or five years. More...
Saturday evening at Delphi the Carroll Lady Cougars won their second consecutive and 9th overall, girls basketball sectional championship. Their championship victory, 52-36, was over a stubborn and inspired Clinton Central team. More...
First Brethren Church of Burlington announces several special Sunday services. On Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. there will be the showing of the movie "Fireproof." The church will host a Lenten Service at 6 p.m. March 8. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Blackburn of Cutler will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Blackburn and the former Colleen Redding were married Feb. 20, 1959, by the Rev. Gene Gilbreath at the Burlington Methodist Church. More...
10 YEARS AGO The Carroll County Historical Museum has prepared a display in the courthouse rotunda for President's Day, which commemorates the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The museum has the genealogy on both presidents. More...
Area students who were awarded degrees from Purdue University during commencement ceremonies in December were: NICKOLAS A. ALTIC, Bringhurst, Bachelor of Science degree in health science. SEAN M. CASSERLY, Camden, Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering technology. More...
Sandra Christiansen, 52, of Delphi, died at 1:10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at Regency Place in Lafayette. Born Aug. 13, 1956, in Lafayette, she was the daughter of Roger "Stub" and Dorothy Whitfield Wilson. She graduated from Delphi Community High School in 1975. More...
Dustin Kyle Griffs, 28, and Brandi Lynn Kline, 24, both of Flora. Fred Charles Laurenzano, 59, and Rena Adrienne Laurenzano, both of Rossville. Jarrod Anthony Smith, 20, of Monticello, and Chloe Kathryn Zaremba, 19, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. More...
Camden to seek funding for revitalization