INDIANAPOLIS - Due to computer programming requiring less time than anticipated, some Hoosiers eligible to resume collecting the federally funded unemployment extensions can begin applying immediately. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development has begun posting vouchers for eligible Hoosiers. DWD estimates that one-third of the vouchers are available as of Thursday. Additional vouchers will be posted daily. All vouchers will be posted by Tuesday, August 3.
The unemployment computer system updates overnight, so Hoosiers need only check their homepage once daily to see if their vouchers are available.
D-W-D anticipates restoring eligibility to approximately 80,000 Hoosiers covering nearly 250,000 weeks of payment
LOGANSPORT - Students, and parents of students who took some of the end of course assessment at the end of the last academic year, and are still wondering if they passed or not. Now the wait will be much longer than expected. Michele Starkey, the Curriculum Director in the Logansport Community School Corporation, has received that word from the state...
LOGANSPORT - The Logansport Fire Department, with assistance from Georgetown, and Royal Center, responded to a Mobile Home fire on West Delaware Road. Logansport Assistant Fire Chief Mike Woolington describes what they found at 3388 West Delaware Road around 9:00 Wednesday morning...
CARROLL COUNTY - Sunday's tragic accident where a 13 year old Lafayette teen was found unconscious while swimming with friends near a boat dock at the Angel Shores Resort on Lake Freeman, has officials are urging people to take some precautions. That includes Conservation Officer Matt Tholen...
CASS COUNTY - The Cass County community is invited to meet and welcome Indiana University Kokomo Chancellor Michael Harris at a reception on Monday, August 16, at Amelio's & Ike's, in Logansport, from 4:30 to 6:30. The event is free and open to the public and hosted by local community members, IU alumni, and the IU Kokomo Alumni Association.
The reception will end a day-long tour for Harris in Cass County, including an appearance on Talk of the Town, and will give the new chancellor an opportunity to visit with alums and community members. Chancellor Harris arrived as IU Kokomo's 8th chief administrator on July 1st, after a broad, national search.
LOGANSPORT - At the invitation of Peak Community Services local leaders and area citizens gathered Monday afternoon at the Little Turtle Waterway, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Don Weikle, the Executive Director at Peak, reflects on the significance of the day...
CASS COUNTY - One of the buildings that was without power Saturday evening, as a result of the storms was the Cass County Jail. Sheriff Gene Isaacs explains what happened...
CASS COUNTY - The amount of rain that fell in Logansport, and portions of Cass County Saturday night is unusual, and it created some problems. In some areas, three plus inches of rain fell in less than an hour. One of the areas that had issues with the water, was the Cass County Government Building, according to Commissioner Dave Arnold...
INDIANAPOLIS - State health officials have reported this year's first signs of West Nile virus activity in Indiana. To date, Allen, Hamilton, Marion and Montgomery counties have had mosquitoes test positive for West Nile. Rob McLaughlin is an Environmental Health Specialist with the Cass County Health Department...
A person bitten by an infected mosquito may show symptoms three to 15 days after the bite. For more information, visit the Indiana State Department of Health Web site at: www.statehealth.IN.gov.
State officials indicate that West Nile virus is commonly found throughout the state each summer, so it is expected to see activity in more counties as the season progresses. In 2009, West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes in 24 Indiana counties.
INDIANAPOLIS - Hoosiers eligible to resume collecting the federally funded unemployment extensions will be able to begin filing online for those benefits on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. The Department of Workforce Development anticipates the recently passed law will restore eligibility to approximately 80,000 Hoosiers covering nearly 250,000 weeks of payments.
In order to qualify for these retroactive benefits, Hoosiers will need to complete their weekly vouchers through Indiana's online filing system. Each Hoosier will need to verify they were unemployed through no fault of their own, report where they looked for work each week and list any outside income earned each week in question. Hoosiers will need to complete a voucher for each week of benefits they want to collect.
Hoosiers moving into the Extended Benefits program, the final tier of benefits, will not have vouchers available on August 3. It is a requirement of the Extended Benefits program that each person applies in person at their local WorkOne Center and brings their eligibility letter from DWD. The department will resume sending those letters this week. Hoosiers previously enrolled in Extended Benefits will have vouchers available beginning August 3 to collect the benefits they had remaining when the program ended on June 12.
Due to the anticipated increase of claims, Indiana's 27 full-service WorkOne Centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 3 through Friday, August 6. WorkOne Express Offices will maintain normal business hours. In addition, payments on eligible vouchers will be made within 48 hours during that week.
LOGANSPORT - Close to 30 area youngsters got a little jump start on their back to school shopping Sunday morning. Detective Rob Smith with the Logansport Police Department talks about what has turned out to be an annual event...
Detective Rob Smith. Officers from L-P-D, along with the Cass County Sheriff's Department and the State Police all participated in the Shop with a Cop Program.
LOGANSPORT - Lightning continues to cause problems in this area. A strong storm rolled through the area Saturday night, and with it a lot of lightning. Bob Dunderman, the Manager of Electric Distribution with LMU, describes what happened...
MIAMI COUNTY - Indiana Farm Bureau Inc., Miami County Farm Bureau and the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation will host a meeting in Miami County on Aug. 12 to provide information about commercial wind energy development to landowners, local officials and other interested citizens.
Two speakers will be featured: Jimmy Bricker, Purdue Extension educator and director from Benton County, which has the highest concentration of windmills in Indiana, and Justin Schneider, a staff attorney at Indiana Farm Bureau, who will address concerns with easements and leases for commercial wind energy development. The meeting will begin at 6:30 in the Community Center at the Miami County 4-H Fairgrounds.
No RSVP is necessary; Farm Bureau membership is not required to attend. In addition to I-F-B and the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation, the meeting is sponsored by Miami County Farm Bureau, the Miami County Extension and the Miami County Economic Development Authority.
CASS COUNTY - The President of the Cass County Council indicates that there is some confusion concerning action that may be taken at a special meeting on August Second. Ralph Anderson says that the council is working on a time line...
CASS COUNTY - The former Executive Director of the Cass County Council on Aging, which operates the Senior Center, and Cass Area Transit, is no longer with that organization. Sue Hoehler has been dismissed. She says she received the official word earlier this week...
ANOKA - Crews from Logansport and Walton responded Tuesday night, to the report of a fire at the Maple Lane Village Mobile Home Community. Captain Ken Winegardner with the Logansport Fire Department explains what they found...
LOGANSPORT - Some of the preliminary work on the new fellowship Hall at All Saints Catholic Church in Logansport began Wednesday. Father Mike McKinney, the Pastor at the Church, talks about what has been taking place between when a groundbreaking ceremony took place at the end of April and now...
LOGANSPORT - The list of candidates to fill the post of C-E-O at Logansport Memorial Hospital has been trimmed. Dr. Todd Weinstein, the Chairman of the Hospital Board, says that follows action earlier this week..
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Natural Resources Commission has given preliminary approval to a comprehensive package of proposed changes to deer-hunting rules in Indiana. The DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife developed the rules proposal to focus deer-herd reduction in a strategically targeted manner to more adequately balance the ecological, recreational and economic needs of the state's citizens.
Key points of the proposal include:
-Changing the deer firearms season to nine days beginning the Saturday before Thanksgiving -Adding a two-day antlerless-only firearms season in October in designated counties -Adding a statewide antlerless-only firearms season from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 -Shortening the muzzleloader season to nine days -Extending the urban zone season through Jan. 31 -Expanding the use of crossbows -Requiring hunters to take at least one antlerless deer prior to taking an antlered deer in an urban deer zone
Hunters have harvested more than 100,000 deer in the state in 15 of the last 17 years, topping 125,000 in four of the last five years, including a record 132,752 in 2009.
The NRC's preliminary approval moves the proposed changes into the public input phase of the rules-making process. Comments on the proposal can be submitted online, mailed in or given at public hearings. Dates and locations for a minimum two hearings will be announced at a later date.
After the public input process is complete, the NRC will consider final adoption of the rule package.
If adopted, the new rules would take effect in 2011 and would be evaluated over a five-year period.
Level A Champion -Addison Wagoner Blue -Lucy Wagoner
Level B Champion -Megan Galbreath Blue -Gabrielle A. Harvey, Kelsey Hill
Level C Champion -Kayte Miller Blue -Nicole Heckard, Traci Stark
Level D Champion -Jessica Galbreath Blue -Katie Mckaig
COLLECTIONS
Beginner Champion -Holland Dewitt Reserve Champion -Efrain Amezquita Blue Star -Jeremy Hunt, Olivia Singley Blue -Gunnar Nelson, Zachary Sedam, Miranda Thornton, Nathan Tigler, Nathan Troutman Red -Matthew Mitchell
Intermediate Champion -Gage Horn Reserve Champion -Caleb Sedam Blue -Sarah Fisher, Brianna Rude Red -Haley Maxwell, Jesse Murdock, Brock Reish
Advanced Champion -Amy Fields Reserve Champion -Andrea Smith Blue Star -Morgan Bender Blue -Grant Maxwell, Andrew Troutman
CONSUMER CLOTHING
Beginner Champion -Emily Brooke Reserve Champion - Jenna Moss Blue Star -Taylor Kemper
Intermediate Champion -Haley Maxwell Reserve Champion -Haley Hoover Blue Star -Alix Hayden Blue -Marli Leazenby, Carleigh Raderstorf, Mickayla Rans Red -Alexandria Price, Maggie Quinn
Advanced Champion -Alyssa Jones Reserve Champion -Andrea Smith Blue Star -Ashley Speicher Blue -Stephanie Cosby, Victoria Tully, Lauryn Willison Red -Traci Stark
DOG POSTER
Level 1 Champion -Dean Shaw Reserve Champion -Emilee Berkshire Blue -Austin Kasten, Kayla Locke, Maggie Mcbride Red -Brandt Carmichael, Taylor Kemper, Lauren Porter, Brooklynn Snowberger White -Monica Canfield, Adriene Robinson, Kristina Todd, Bailey Zarse
Level 2 Champion -Brock Reish Reserve Champion -Bailey Kelley Blue Star -Emilee Berkshire, Emily Prentice Blue -Brittany Gehlhausen, Traci Stark, Mikayla Strik White -Marcus Hall, Kegan Hubler Green -Shastiney Skaggs
Level 3 Champion -Jessica Johnson
GENEALOGY
Division 1 Champion -Payton Cosgray Red -Kelsey Hill, Madison Looker White -Maci Morris, Hannah Smith
Division 2 Champion -Kassi Hardy Blue -Jacqueline Rans
Division 3 Champion -Leighann Myers Red -Gage Horn
Division 4 Champion -Caleb Sedam
GIFT WRAPPING
Level 1 Champion -Olivia Salyers Reserve Champion -Victoriia D. Taylor Blue Star -Jordan Schmid, Jayna Trueblood, McKenna Wolf Blue -Madison Temple, Kristina Todd
Level 2 Champion -Kalie Miller Reserve Champion -Karli Dehaven Blue -Makenzie Hoch, Ashley Miller, Kelsey Smith
Level 3 Champion -Brittney Offenberger Reserve Champion -Morgan Bender Blue Star -Hali Berry Blue -Kasey Fenstermaker, Jami Garrard, Shaylee Sparks
HOME ENVIRONMENT
Level 1 Champion -Emily Brooke Blue -Addison Wagoner, Lucy Wagoner
Level 2 Champion -Natalie Korniak Blue -Monica Compton, Mickayla Rans, Nicole M. Schroder
Division 3 Grand Champion -Cole T. Maxwell Reserve Champion -Efrain Amezquita Red -Adriene Robinson
Division 4 Champion -Gabrielle A. Harvey Reserve Champion -Samuel Martin
Division 7 Champion -Clayton D. Harvey Reserve Champion -Zachary Cowell
VETERINARY SCIENCE
Level Champion -Bradley Berlet Reserve Champion -Kayla Hill Blue -Alexa Quillen Red -Lauren Porter
Level 2 Champion -Brittany Gehlhausen Reserve Champion -Traci Stark Blue Star -Ashley Meadows, Nicole M. Schroder Red -Marissa Bergstedt, Megan Greer, Nicole Heckard, Jocelynne Moss, Caleb Sedam Green -Mikayla Tate
Level 3 Champion -Trey Doan Reserve Champion -Jacqueline Rans
WOODWORKING
Level 1
Grade 3 Champion -Cassidy Morris Reserve Champion -Noah Hinkle Blue Star -Brandt Carmichael, Blue -Austin Kasten, Christopher Raderstorf, Bryce Reish, Clayton Williams Red -Brielle Remmenga
Grade 4 Champion -Aaron Willison Reserve Champion -Dean Shaw Blue -Brady Johnson, Jacob Taylor, Nathan Troutman Red -Maci Morris
Level 2
Grade 5 Champion -Bryant Morris Reserve Champion -Brent Morris Blue Star -Zachary Angot, Haley McWherter
Division 1 Champion -Jordyn Campbell Reserve Champion -Caleb Phillips Blue -Jacob Cox, Cole Greer, Wyatt Helms, Jake Martin, Alex Myers, Isabel Newcom, Bryce Reish, Zachary Sedam, Traci Stark, Conner Walker Red -Gary Army, Kennedy Ault, Junior Baltazar, Nick Barr, Bailey Best, Jared Bryant, Kady Chael, Mitchell Ciotta, Tayt Cowell, Coty Crissinger, Dante Darden, Joel Defries, Miya Dewitt, Ryonn Doan, Mariana Escobedo, Maria Francisco, Caleigh Frye, Yovani Garcia, Macey Gearhart, Drew Geiser, Brittany Gibbs, Lexie Goodnight, Marcus Hall, Isaiah Hamilton, Madilyn Hamilton, Shaw Harrison, Jacob Hartsch, Cody Heckard, Jovanny Hernandez, Lesley Hernandez, Yessica Hernandez, Yoana Hernandez, Kye Holcomb, Hannah Holt, Nicole Houk, Nachelle Jackson, Emily Justice, Morgan Kelley, Savannah Kingery, Omar Lares, Hanna Lopez, Adam Lowry, Jess Mccarty, Samuel Mittica, Braxton Mucker, Abigail Newton, Cassidy Orozco, Yara Ortiz, Kendra Pugh, Weston Record, Abby Rimpler, Mikayla Rogers, Noah Rushinsky, Christopher Russell, Angeles Sanchez, Jaelyn Scherer, Jayda Shafer, Bianca Shindeldecker, Dillon Tabler, Quentin Talley, Jacob Taylor, Paydon Thomas, Miranda Thornton, Gema Valdez, Zachary White, Cindy Williams, Clayton Williams, Dusten Wilson, Brianna Young, Elizabeth Zagal
Division 2 Champion -Nathan Troutman Reserve Champion -Matthew Holliman Blue -Dylan Hooker, Alexander Jones, Matthew Mitchell, Levi Speicher
Division 3 Champion -Joshua Clements Reserve Champion -Jonathan Phillips Blue Star -Jacob Kistler, Matthew Rans Blue -Bradley Berlet, Drew Richason, Joseph Sell, Nolan Sharpless
Advanced Champion -James Champ (Electronics) Champion -Matthias Phillips (Electric) Reserve Champion -Kyle Harvey Blue Star -Caleb Sedam Blue -Derek Berkshire, Kadee Dollar, Caleb Sell, Andrew Troutman, Joshua Williams
