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State awards $300K in grants to five Indiana communities – Inside INdiana Business
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The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) announced Thursday that over $300,000 dollars in planning grants will be distributed across five Indiana communities.
The funds, which come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Program, will go toward long-term community development planning and utility improvements.
OCRA said $87,280 in water infrastructure planning grants will go to the city of Rushville, $60,000 to the town of Sweetser in Grant County, and $90,000 to the town of West Terre Haute. The money will be used to study potential issues in drinking, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure.
The town of Eaton in Delaware County and the town of Moores Hill in Dearborn County are each
being awarded $50,000 in Community Planning Grants, which are intended to evaluate and address needs regarding land use, public services, placemaking, economic development, housing, transportation, agriculture, natural resources, broadband access, and historic resources.
“Congratulations to these five communities on their hard work to earn Planning Grant funding,” OCRA Executive Director Duke Bennett said in a news release. “I encourage more communities to look into the many benefits of utilizing Planning Grant funding to best prepare for community development projects.”
OCRA planning grants are issued quarterly, and rural Indiana communities may apply for funds to support infrastructure improvement and planning projects.
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — It’s fair season and a new law uncorks adult beverage sales!
The new Indiana law will go into effect July 1st, making it legal to sell alcohol at county fairs.
The Kosciusko County Fair is set to kick off in just a few weeks and Indiana is officially allowing alcohol to be sold.
The law is bringing back something that’s not necessarily new to this fair.
Here’s what you need to know
The new law will go into effect on July 1st. It officially allows county fairs to apply for fee-free permits to sell alcohol.
Officials with the Kosciusko County Fair say they are participating this year. They are implementing the same guidelines they used when they sold alcohol just at grandstand events.
The difference now is, you can walk around the grounds with your drink. But strict guidelines will be in place for purchasing a drink.
“Actually, we’ve never had any issues. Because we card everybody, so we take that seriously. We also got the ID guides so we can identify the different types of IDs,” said Sheal Dirck, Treasurer of Kosciusko County Fair.
The Kosciusko County Fair already have guidelines in place, so this was an easy transition for the fair.
They will be the only vendors selling alcohol, which will make it easier to control distribution.
The sales will also bring in more revenue.
“Hopefully it allows to keep our ticket prices where they are because right now, insurance, utilities and everything else is going sky high and it’s hard to make ends meet,” said Dirck.
However, some fairs cannot participate because of the July 1st start date, like the Pulaski County Fair, which is going on right now. Pulaski County officials said it is on the agenda for next year. Whereas other fairs are choosing to sit this year out.
“We wanted not spend some time to, to see what that really means for us. It was not a decision we wanted to rush into. But we are happy for the option of it,” said Shelly Steury, GM of Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds.
Leaders at the St. Joseph County and Elkhart County Fairs said neither of them are selling alcohol.
The Kosciusko County Fair is the only fair that will sell alcohol in our area this year.
Indiana
‘Foul play’ suspected in death investigation on Indiana-Ohio state line, Wayne County officials say
WAYNE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — Police are investigating the death of a person who died in the emergency department of Reid Health in Richmond.
Wayne County Coroner Brent Meadows was notified of the death Wednesday evening, according to a media release. Evidence has reportedly indicated that foul play is involved.
Officials believe the incident may have occurred in the area of the Petro Travel Center in New Paris, Ohio, just across the Indiana-Ohio state line.
The coroner’s office said the deceased person has been transported to the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, for a forensic autopsy and identification.
The office is still working the locate and identify the victim’s family.
This remains an active investigation.
News 8’s Michaela Springer contributed to this report.
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