BREMEN—During the Bremen Town Council meeting on Monday, La Voz Unida (The United Voice), an organization that supports the local Latino population, spoke to the council about a legislative effort that could be voted on as early as March. This bill, SB248, authored by Senators Blake Doriot-R…

BREMEN—Bremen Public Schools (BPS) Treasurer, Stephanie Pittman, appeared before the school board to request permission to hire a data coordinator to take care of all the information that the state and federal Departments of Education (DOE). The data coordinator would be hired on an approxim…

BREMEN—The Bremen Public School (BPS) board approved a resolution that will allow the corporation to extend their financial appropriation so that they can purchase a bond that will enable them to begin working on various improvement projects in the school buildings, including replacing windo…

Director of operations, Trend Weldy, reported to the town council that he has applied for READI grant funds after sending a letter of intent a couple weeks ago.

BREMEN—Laura Walls, the President of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC), reported to the Bremen Town Council about the advancements that have been made in the county through the corporation’s efforts, after which the council posed some questions and requests for the MCEDC.

During the Bremen Town Council meeting, Ken Jones of JPR Engineering presented three ordinances, through which the town adopted Title II of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). The resolutions specifically adopted the ‘Notice under the ADA,’ the ‘ADA Grievances Procedure under the Ameri…

A concerned citizen commented at the Bremen Town Council meeting last Monday about the Jackson St. Project and how it will remove some of the parking spots for firefighters only. The project includes building a gazebo that will be smaller but similar in design to the Nappanee downtown pavilion.

AREA—Several customers, including municipalities, in Marshall County have been complaining about inadequate trash pick-up and many have either called or had in-person meetings with Republic Trash Service. After much discussion, Republic began assuring local municipalities that they have impl…

BREMEN—After the school year ended, Bremen Elementary and Middle School (BEMS) began looking to fill several vacant positions, six of which were certified teachers, but the school was also looking for several instructional assistants as well. “Summer was rolling right along. We spent a good …

MARSHALL COUNTY— The Marshall County Parks and Recreation Board is considering where would be the best places to add canoe and kayak launches along the Yellow River. At their last meeting, County Trustee Terry Borggren reported from the Yellow River Canoe/Kayak Launch Committee about potenti…

LAKEVILLE—The Union-North School Board discussed student population estimate data for the school district, which is derived from the fall Average Daily Membership (ADM) count that was taken on Sept. 13, 2021. School corporation treasurer Beth Mangus reported that as of last fall, Indiana’s D…

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But the White House push may do little to ease the omicron surge, and experts say Washington will have to do a lot more to fix the country's long-troubled t…

MARSHALL COUNTY — Bids for bridge construction were opened during Monday’s meeting of the Marshall County Commissioners. There were three bids for bridges #5, located on Tamarack Road, and #9 which is located on N. Queen Road. 

The Indiana Department of Health has depleted its inventory of rapid antigen COVID-19 tests and does not expect any additional deliveries for the foreseeable future due to a national shortage. Therefore, our local State funded FREE COVID-19 testing sites will be out of RAPID antigen COVID-19…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.