Recycling center gets the go-ahead

Commissioners approve new building, loading dock and semi-trailer


Carroll County will soon have a recycling center to accommodate residents’ needs for a place to dispose of unwanted items. Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal presented by trash transfer station operator Tom Shockley at their Monday morning meeting. “We have to supply some area for disposal,” commissioner Pat Clawson said. Shockley explained his current proposal is essentially the same one […]

Letter from the President




Carroll Elementary fourth grader Peyton Risley didn’t have anything to do one evening, so he wrote a letter to the President of the United States. A few months later, a special letter arrived for Peyton. He was in school, and his mother, Rebekah Turner, had gone out to get the mail. “When I saw the return address (The White House, […]

Delphi considers airport proposal

Decision delayed another month


The Delphi City Council continued to discuss and evaluate the proposal by the Delphi Municipal Airport Board to borrow $1.67 million from a lending institution to purchase acreage around the airport for future expansion. The city council has been asked to approve the measure and back the loan. Airport board members have stated in two work sessions that cash rent […]

Flora reconsiders golf cart ordinance




Several Flora residents were in attendance at Monday night’s Town Council meeting to voice their support of an ordinance allowing golf carts and gators to use town streets. Last August the council discussed implementing such an ordinance, but decided against it due to existing problems with moped riders. With renewed interest from residents for adopting an ordinance, clerk-treasurer Joretta Tinsman […]

Carroll County flood risk open house set April 14

Opportunity to view floodplain maps and see the risk of flooding

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), will host a flood risk information open house for Carroll County residents on April 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wabash and Erie Canal Interpretive Center, 950 North Washington Street, Delphi. Newly released preliminary Digital Flood Insurance […]

Birthdays to be celebrated



Jim and Pauline Guge of Burlington will be celebrating April birthdays. Jim will turn 94 April 10, and Pauline 92 on April 23. They would welcome cards at P.O. Box 86, Burlington, IN 46915.

April 16 is Canal Earth Day



Project WEED (Wabash and Erie Earth Day) will be Saturday, April 16, at 9 a.m. In case of rain, the event will be Saturday, April 23. The purpose of the event is to help the environment and improve Delphi’s park and trail system, including areas along the Wabash & Erie Canal. In the past, these Earth Day workdays have attracted […]

Photo contest at Garden Fair



There will again be a photo contest at the Carroll County Garden Fair, which will be held April 30 at the Flora Community Park. The photos will be judged by all people attending the Garden Fair. Entrants can send up to three unmounted, 4×6” garden-related photos to Maxine Brewer, 2175E 400S, Bringhurst, IN 46913, by April 15. Name and address […]

Registration begins for Little Miss & Mister Contest



The 33rd Annual Little Miss and the 15th Annual Little Mister Contest will be held July 10 at 7 p.m. in the show arena at the Carroll County 4- H Fairgrounds in Flora. To be eligible to compete, contestants must be at least five years of age and cannot have reached his/her eighth birthday before Aug. 5, 2011. There is […]

Bringhurst man is among co-workers who win $250,000 playing Mega Millions



A group of nine co-workers at Tate and Lyle in Lafayette presented a winning Mega Milions® ticket worth $250,000 to Hoosier Lottery Officials in Indianapolis last Friday afternoon. The group matched the first five numbers, but not the Mega Ball® in the March 25 drawing. The co-workers, including Brian Moore of Bringhurst and Lawrence Clawson of Rossville, work as operators […]