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Unit is moving to IU Jay campus

IU Health Jay’s behavioral health unit will open in its new location in Building C — formerly the surgery center — on the west side of the hospital’s campus in Portland.

Tornadoes slam Winchester, Selma

A tornado that moved roughly along the Indiana 32 corridor and touched down in Selma and Winchester caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses as a severe line of storms left trails of destruction in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas.

Concept design discussed

Jay County Council heard an update Wednesday from Rundell Ernstberger Associates of Indianapolis about development plans of the county’s 68 acres on the western edge of Portland. (The county purchased the on the north side of Votaw Street — Indiana 67 — a year ago from Christopher and Tracy Muhlenkamp …

Milleman returning to duty

A Jay School Corporation administrator accused of violating students’ Fourth Amendment rights in two lawsuits will return to duty following an independent legal review.

Unemployment jumped to 3.7% in January

According to estimates Indiana Department of Workforce Development released this week, unemployment in Jay County came in at 3.7% in January.

Ag breakfast returning

After a five-year hiatus, the Jay County Ag Week Committee is bringing back the traditional Ag Day Breakfast from 5 to 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Bob Schmit Memorial Exhibition Hall at Jay County Fairgrounds.

Hansel died in tractor accident

Roger V. Hansel, 68, was attempting to pull his Chevy pickup truck out of the mud with his Ford garden tractor in a pasture southeast of his property at 3413 W. 100 South, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office incident report. The tractor flipped over, trapping him underneath it.

Bonds, roads added to TIF options

Commission members agreed to mark paying off the bonds associated with Jay County Regional Sewer District and make repairs to county roads as potential uses of dollars coming in from the tax increment financing (TIF) district.

Coordinating challenge

Jay County Commissioners OK’d becoming registered challengers Monday in the Indiana Broadband Office challenge process.

Contract approved

Dunkirk City Council on Monday approved a contract with Jones and Henry for work related to the wastewater treatment plant and tabled the master utility plan to get more information.

Clerk’s office plans a new website

Jay County Commissioners OK’d a $20,000 grant application and approved a contract with website developer An Island on Monday to create a site for election data.

Residents get property tax primer

Fort Recovery residents, Mercer County officials and others joined Saturday for a town hall meeting to discuss real estate taxes.

Officers held firearms training

The March 6, 1999, edition of The Commercial Review featured a story about Jay County Sheriff’s Department full-time and reserve officers taking part in a Firearms Training Simulator at Blackford County Sheriff’s Department.

Eight locally created bills head to governor

Four bills from State Sen. Travis Holdman, three from State Rep. Matt Lehman and one from State Rep. J.D. Prescott are headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb following the conclusion Friday of the 2024 Indiana General Assembly legislative session.

ServSafe training scheduled

ServSafe training will be held monthly at John Jay Center for Learning in Portland through June.
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