Chuck Maxwell

Charles M. “Chuck” Maxwell, Jr., 68, of Delphi, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Delphi. He was born on March 29, 1952, in Logansport, to Nancy (Brown) and Charles M. Maxwell, Sr. He was a 1970 graduate of Carroll High School. On Jan. 1, 1979, at the Delphi Presbyterian Church, he married Gloria (Blohm) Dubes; she survives. Chuck […]

2021-02-03 E-Edition

Indiana’s individual income tax season opens Feb. 12

DOR will start accepting electronic and paper-filed returns

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) will start accepting filings for the 2021 individual income tax season on Feb. 12, in concert with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Individuals have until April 15, to file both their state and federal income tax returns and pay any taxes owed. “Ensuring you have everything you need to file an accurate return is […]

Commissioners send EDIT budget to County Council



Carroll County Commissioners decided how much Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) to grant individual organizations in 2021. According to Auditor Beth Myers, county government is expected to receive $462,427 from the income tax revenue. Commissioners Bill Brown, Steve Pearson and Loren Hylton decided to fully fund all requests except for the county highway, which requested $250,000. Commissioners decided to reduce […]

In the end – all Delphi businesses granted financial requests



Delphi City Council members spent countless hours in two different meetings debating the merits of 31 local businesses receiving up to $5,000 each in grants with the goal of keeping the businesses operational during the current pandemic. However, after the Monday night meeting, every business which requested money received the amount they requested. Several questions arose Monday night about the […]

Flora begins process to impose parking limits downtown



The Flora Town Council at its meeting Monday night instructed town attorney Abigail Diener to put together an ordinance creating two-hour parking for the main business area downtown – South Center Street from Columbia to Main. The need for a parking ordinance was raised last fall by downtown business owners, Brian and Lori Tanner, who told the Council upstairs apartment […]

Carroll Consolidated reports corporation ‘in great financial standing’



Carroll Consolidated School Corporation (CCSC) “continues to be in great financial standing.” That was the summation of the Fiscal Indicator Financial Report that was released to the school board/Board of Finance at the annual Board of Finance meeting held prior to the Jan. 26 regular meeting. Required annually by state law, the Fiscal Indicator Financial Report indicates after an increase […]

2020 Year in Review

July 8 – The organizers and sponsors of the Indiana Bacon Festival announced that they made the difficult decision to cancel the outdoor festival and instead make the 7th annual Indiana Bacon Festival a virtual event…. The Delphi City Building is one step closer to getting fiber-optic cable after Monday night’s Board of Works approved an excavation permit for the […]

Vaccination clinics open at CCHD and Family Health Clinic


Monday morning the age limit was dropped to 65 and older for those eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, along with First Responders. Currently the Carroll County Department of Health and the Family Health Clinic have vaccination clinics. The Family Health Clinic offers vaccinations at all four of its locations: Delphi, Burlington, Wolcott and Monon. The weekly vaccination clinic schedule […]

Delphi Tri-township Firefighters control public access to building



The Delphi Tri-Township Fire Territory Board, comprised of elected officials from Madison, Tippecanoe and Deer Creek townships as well as the City of Delphi, adopted a building usage policy for the fire department building, located on Main St. in Delphi, at the beginning of 2020. However, the firefighters disagreed with the policy and voted at a recent meeting to ban […]