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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.
JCDC reviews finances, hears support
Jay County Development Corporation invited the public to a meeting to review its financial information. Following a presentation of that information and two main questions regarding finances, the conversation shifted mostly to supportive comments for JCDC and a questioning of Jay County Commissioners’ handling of the organization.
Leaders changed
Presiding over his first Portland City Council meeting, Mayor Jeff Westlake announced Tuesday that he has made changes in leadership for the city’s police and street and parks departments.
Jay ranks tied for 34th-highest
A slight increase in the local unemployment rate shifted Jay County in the state rankings.
Courthouse may get a new system
Jay County Courthouse may be getting upgrades to its camera system.
County pulls back on funding decision
Jay County Commissioners on Monday rescinded a decision to allocate $35,060 for a feasibility study and earnest money toward Jay County Drug Prevention Coalition purchasing a building in Redkey.
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