Some owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Wayne County may soon be exempt from property taxation. At the April 17 joint workshop between the county’s commissioners and council members, Treasurer Nancy Funk presented the option to end assessing personal property taxes on the structures, in part as a way to reduce the work her […]
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Women’s Fund celebrates 20 years, funds $40K in grants
The Women’s Fund of the Wayne County Foundation is hitting some big milestones in their work to provide opportunities and growth for women and girls in the community. At their annual luncheon on April 13 at Forest Hills Country Club, 266 women came together to witness grant recipients learn of the funds they would be […]
Unwanted medicines can be dropped off April 27
Some Wayne County police departments are planning to participate in the April 27 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This service is free and anonymous. No questions are asked at any location. “Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue,” said Cambridge City Police Department Cpl. Seth Biava in a news release. “Proper […]
Absentee ballot requests due April 25
Those who are eligible to cast absentee ballots by mail must submit an application by 11:59 p.m. April 25. There are 12 reasons Hoosiers are allowed to vote via mail. Those include being 65 or older, disabled, absent from the county on Election Day, scheduled to work all 12 hours the polls are open, or […]
New family resource center aims to help kids, parents
Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and its community partners are collaborating to raise awareness and educate the public in honor of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month. DCS and its partners work to provide support for communities through preventive programs for families, including Healthy Families Indiana and Community Partners for Child Safety. DCS also opened […]
Milton Minute for April 24
In and around Milton Milton park crowdfunding campaign update The boot drive originally scheduled for March 23 was held for Saturday, April 13, and netted over $1500 for the Park Fund. Volunteer fire dept. assisted with the boot drive. The park board says, “A big thank you to everyone who came out to help, and […]
Civic engagement pays off
What’s a problem facing your community, and how could a citizen solve it? That was the question posed to area middle-school students to launch the civics bee contest hosted by the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday, April 19 at Indiana University East. The event aims to encourage young people to engage in […]
New Richmond taxi service available
HK&L Transportation Services of Richmond is now offering taxi rides to area residents. Operating hours are Mon-Sat 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., servicing Wayne County and surrounding cities. Base rates are $10 cash/$12.50 credit card for “anywhere in Richmond,” with additional fees for nearby cities, airport runs and special destinations. Reserved rides are available. Owners […]
EDC offers quality of place updates
Just after hearing progress updates on goals to improve housing, internet access, child care and transportation, Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County’s board renewed its four-year contract to serve the county and extended a remote worker attraction program. MakeMyMove Wayne County Commissioners asked EDC’s board to spend $130,973 from Consolidated EDIT Fund to extend MakeMyMove […]
Nettle Creek recognizes top employees
End-of-the-year staff awards from each school building were announced during the April 10 Nettle Creek Schools board meeting. Awards are voted on by the employees of Nettle Creek School Corporation. Employees are voted on using the Portrait of a Tiger Graduate characteristics. The building-level winners will move into a district pool of award winners that […]