Dick N. and Jane Bishop have been selected as the grand marshals of Flora’s Christmas parade on Saturday.
The parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. at the corner of Willow and Clark streets, proceed downtown, and end at the park.
The Bishops are longtime residents of Flora and have served the community in many ways. More...
Carroll County Council members have, in past months, discussed a perceived need for legal counsel separate from the commissioners’ attorney. Barry Emerson has served as the commissioners’ attorney since 1981 and has willingly advised the council whenever asked. More...
Barry Emerson told the Comet Tuesday he intends to resign as the Carroll County Board of Commissioners’ attorney effective Dec. 31 in order to devote more time to his private practice. More...
Burlington’s annual Christmas Walk will be Saturday evening from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Business open houses will begin at 4:30 with Santa arriving at 5. The lighting of the town Christmas tree will be at 6:30.
The Community Library will have face painting for kids during the Christmas Walk. Hot cider and hot chocolate will be served at the event and books may be checked out. More...
Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa has been busy making ribbons for the Love Lights
a Tree fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Love Lights A Tree is a special
celebration held each December to honor loved ones who have fought the battle of
cancer. More...
The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce provided a wonderful service to both the community and member businesses last Wednesday evening when it hosted the “Shop Local for the Holidays” event. The affair was just what this community needed to help get everyone together for an evening of fun and goodwill. More...
Carroll senior Michael Myer admittedly lives and breathes soccer.
He loves the pace of the game and how it is everchanging.
“There is always some new aspect of the game that I can take advantage of to become a better player,” he said. More...
I remember getting a story a while back that goes something like this - there was a family that every year for Christmas the three children would each get $100 from their one set of grandparents. Many years this repeated on into their adult lives. More...
Devon Hum- barger of Flora will celebrate his 90th birthday Sunday, Nov. 22, with family.
He’s been farming since 1939, and he and his wife, Pauline, have been married 66 years.
They have two children, Dr. Carl Humbarger of Peru and Carol Pruden of Bloomington, Ill.; four grandsons and two greatgrandchildren. More...
10 YEARS AGO
Robert “Bob” Morrow of Delphi was congratulated by county commissioner Charles “Tug” Sutton after Morrow received the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash award. Morrow, a World War II veteran, has been Carroll County veterans service officer for almost 51 years. More...
Flora Psi Iota Xi sponsors Artist-In-Residence workshops
“Unlock your imagination,” artist Anthony Radford told Carroll Elementary second graders last Wednesday.
He offered the encouragement as he held up a pop can and prepared students for a found object sculpture project. More...
Randall L. “Randy” Halsema, 55, of Delphi, died Monday evening, Nov. 16, 2009, at Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis. He had been there that day for treatment and had battled cancer for the past three years.
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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.
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Making ornaments to honor cancer victims