LOCAL

Second hopeful files in north district

Mike Leonhard, who has served three terms in two stints as a Jay County Commissioner, filed Wednesday afternoon to seek the north district seat again.

'No more stigma'

Jay County Opioid Settlement Taskforce has been seeking a location for a sober living facility for several months. It recently pulled an offer on a home in Redkey and is on the hunt for another potential spot.

First in line

Jay County surveyor Brad Daniels was first to get paperwork Wednesday morning as he filed to run for his eighth consecutive term. Also filing were Jay County Commissioner candidates Doug Horn (north district) and Duane Monroe (south district).

Already thinking about summer

Portland Park Board spent the bulk of its meeting Tuesday discussing issues related to Portland Water Park.

ACLU files suit

A lawsuit alleging a violation of Fourth Amendment rights has been filed against two Jay School Corporation employees.

Commissioners mull future of Rescue 19

County officials are considering whether it may be time to end a local volunteer emergency service.

Strong finances

A presentation Monday during a Jay School Corporation Board of Finance meeting, which immediately followed Jay School Board’s organizational meeting for 2024, board members learned 2023 surpluses in both the education and operations funds pushed year-end balances to their highest marks in at least three decades.

Water options

Dunkirk City Council on Monday approved flow testing and video inspection of a pair of existing wells that have been out of service for years.

Education will be top issue

That was the consensus among local legislators as the Indiana General Assembly prepared to begin the 2024 legislative session, which started Monday.

Commission: Building repairs are too costly

Portland Redevelopment Commission during a special meeting Monday agreed that it would not take any additional action in an effort to save the building at 208 and 210 N. Meridian St.

Sheriff’s office to get new rifles

Jay County Commissioners on Monday approved spending up to $24,640.69 — the funding will be paid for using state dollars and other money accrued by the department — for 17 patrol rifles for Jay County Sheriff’s Office.

Kunkler was Jay’s first baby of 1999

Twenty-five years ago this week, the race to be the first baby of the year born at Jay County Hospital came down to mere minutes.

Sheller closing coming

During Thursday’s Portland Board of Works meeting, city attorney Wes Schemenaur reported that he plans to work next week on scheduling a closing date with Chad Fifer for the purchase of the former Sheller-Globe south site.

AP is closing Auglaize Mercer Center

Arts Place is closing one of its locations. The regional arts organization will shut down its Mercer/Auglaize Center located in St. Marys, Ohio, effective Jan. 15.

A new look

When students returned from winter break Wednesday, they arrived to find a commons area with two banks of four big-screen TVs, booth seating and various displays highlighting their school’s past and present.
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