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Risk assessment plan could mean prevention funding
What would happen in Carroll County if a tornado ripped through the courthouse as it did in White County in April 1974? Or if it rained so much the ground became totally saturated and all septic systems became useless in the little communities of Burrows or Yeoman? More...

Just one short year ago, the Delphi Community School Board’s plans for a $13 million school buildings renovation were defeated in a public referendum. It did not take long for board members to regroup and determine just how to accomplish the much needed repairs to the buildings without utilizing the comprehensive renovation plan at one time. More...

The Delaplanes – Bob and son Jeff – are picking corn with a 1954 John Deere 300 three-row corn picker. Bob bought it at an auction, and he and Jeff rebuilt it. Jeff is pictured in the tractor last Saturday, and Bob is shown with some of the harvested corn. More...

Forty-two pints of blood were received from 47 volunteers when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Flora last Thursday. Those receiving gallon pins were: Marion Blocher, Flora, 13 gallons; James Allen, Cutler, 10 gallons; Joyce Sparks, Flora, 9 gallons; and David Weckerly, Delphi, 7 gallons. First-time donor was Chris Wright, Burlington. More...
If your family’s tired of green bean casserole or the traditional corn pudding made with that famous little blue and white box of cornmeal, then try these nouveaux options to play wingman for Mr. Turkey. Lima Soufflé could become a family classic. And Broccoli Pudding, oh my goodness, this is good! More...
Directions
A man pulled his car alongside mine this evening while I was stopped at a traffic light. It was dark outside and the street was pretty deserted. The guy pulled his little Honda close up to the side of my car and motioned me to roll down my window. As I assessed the situation, the traffic light turned green. More...
This basketball season the Lady Cougars look much different than last year. Gone are several key players from the repeat sectional championship team from last winter. Three seniors and JV coach Katie Seward have left the program. Replacing Seward with the JV squad is newcomer to the area Coach Naomi McPherson. She has moved to the area from her home in Michigan. More...
‘Lest we forget’
Today, Nov. 11, marks a special day for us. It is Veterans Day, a day filled with sacred memories and heart-felt thanks for the millions of brave military men and women who have fought to keep our nation free from tyranny and oppression. More...
Martin and Jeanette Rinehart, 120 Mohawk Drive, Flora, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. Rinehart and the former Jeanette Skiles were married Nov. 15, 1959, at the First Brethren Church in Flora. Both are retired Realtors. They celebrated this summer with a family cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. More...
Delphi Community High School thespians are currently in rehearsal for the fall production, “Comic Potential,” by Alan Ayckbourn. The play is a romantic scifi comedy set in a TV studio in the foreseeable future, where low-cost androids have largely replaced actors. More...
Larry Hausenfluck, 68, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Surprise, Arizona. Born in Howard County, Indiana, on March 27, 1941, he was the son of Mildred and Vernon Hausenfluck, who preceded him in death. He married Susan Elwood in 1963 and she survives. More...
Judge Donald Currie
New filings are from public records available in the Carroll County Clerk’s office on the second floor of the courthouse, Delphi. Other information regarding judgments and marriage dissolutions is gathered from public records found in the clerk’s office. More...