Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Open Arms earns three-year CARF accreditation (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
CARF (Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) International has announced that Open Arms Family and Educational Services have been accredited for a period of three years for its Foster Family and Kinship Care (Children and Adolescents) and Group Home (Children and Adolescents) programs. According to the accreditors website, carf.org,...
Bloomfield Chamber discusses renovations, redevelopment (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce held a regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3 at noon. The chamber discussion centered around local renovations and redevelopment projects. During the meeting, Chamber President Joe Medina discussed the current renovation of the old hotel on the northwest corner of the town square...
Building chimes that reach the sky (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
Phil Caudill moved to Linton six years ago. He spent his life as an artist and creator, a lifestyle which he didn't give up after retiring. Caudill made his first set of windchimes a month ago, having been inspired by a set he bought and improved upon...
Battle at the Net Leaves Wolverines Victorious (High School Sports ~ 09/08/20)
The White River Valley Wolverines and Shakamak Lakers battled it out at the volleyball net on Friday night at Shakamak. The Wolverines had a strong line of seniors playing their side of the net, and it paid off for a close win of 25-22, 25-14, 25-22...
Rushing attack carries Miners over Bulldogs (High School Sports ~ 09/08/20)
Linton-Stockton only had two offensive touchdowns coming into its game with Monrovia Friday but the game turned out to be far different from the first two defensive struggles of the season. Linton hung up six touchdowns on Monrovia and did just enough on defense to secure a 42-36 win...
Linton Shakamak cross country (High School Sports ~ 09/08/20)
Shakamak and Linton-Stockton cross country teams participated in the State Preview meet in Terre Haute Saturday with Linton senior Jonathan Hayden finishing second overall in the small school division. Shakamak was led by Carly Reynolds who was 13th in the girl's race. Individual results for both races are below...
Columbus North Cross Country Invite (High School Sports ~ 09/08/20)
Bloomfield had another strong showing as the boys finished second out of 19 teams in the small school race in Saturday's Columbus North Invite. Eastern Greene was seventh in the boys and 10 in the girls. Individual results for Bloomfield, White River Valley, and Eastern Greene are below...
IU tweaks redesigned logo based on feedback (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
As a part of a partnership between Greene County and the Indiana University Center for Rural Development, over 600 IU students have been tasked with completing projects for the county as part of their college coursework. In all, 26 projects were created as part of the program, Sustaining Hoosier Communities, for Greene County. ...
T-Birds celebrate fall seniors (High School Sports ~ 09/08/20)
Eastern Greene recognized all fall sport seniors from football, cheerleading, volleyball, golf, cross country and marching band prior to its home game with North Daviess. The T-Birds fell to 1-2 on the year with the 40-6 defeat and will host Mitchell this Friday...
Scoreboard (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
Saturday Boys soccer Sullivan 3, Bloomfield 3 Girls soccer Sullivan 7, Bloomfield 0 Coed Soccer Thursday Vincenness Rivet 2, White River Valley 1 Goals: Dalton Fulford (1) Assists: Hannah Rogers (1) Volleyball Thursday Linton-Stockton 3, Northview 0...
COVID-19 update for September 8 (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
• VIGO - 1536 positive cases among the 18,177 tested, with 17 deaths. • GREENE - 382 positive cases among the 5,090 tested, with 35 deaths. • PUTNAM - 460 positive cases among the 5,732 tested, with eight deaths. • CLAY - 251 positive cases among the 4,166 tested, with five deaths...
Disappearance of Bloomfield teen remains unsolved (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
This winter will mark six years since the disappearance of Marina Pearl Boelter. Born July 15, 1996, Boelter was 18 years old when she went missing on Dec. 31, 2014, after working her shift at the IGA Deli in Bloomfield. When she failed to show up to work the following day, coworkers reported her missing. ...
Locals pick flowers at Edwards Farmstead (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
The Edwards Farmstead first open farm day and U-pick saw a steady stream of visitors all morning. With beautiful weather in a dewy field, Melinda Edwards saw some people who were first time flower pickers, and people who have flowers of their own but were interested in the event...
Community Notes (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
Tuesday, September 8 The Greene County Veterans' Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the Greene County Community Event Center. Thursday, September 10 The regular monthly meeting of the Greene County Sheriff's Merit Board will meet at 5 p.m. in the conference room at the Greene County Jail. The Jail is located at 204 County Road 70 East, at the east edge of Bloomfield...
Bloomfield responds fast to COVID-19 cases (Local News ~ 09/08/20)
As of Thursday, Bloomfield has a total of four positive COVID-19 cases, two staff members and two students. Bloomfield Nurse Renee McIntosh said she was notified by the staff members affected, the parents of the students and health department, and that they immediately worked on contact tracing back 48 hours from the start of symptoms or positive test, depending on what happened first...
Norma D. Riegle (Obituary ~ 09/08/20)
Norma D. Riegle, 97, of 1508 Kimmell Road, Vincennes, Indiana, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2020 at Willow Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Vincennes. She was born January 5, 1923 in Lawrence County, Illinois, she was the daughter of John A. Cotterell and Irene M. (Paddick) Cotterell...
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