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  • Perry County officials approve jail bills

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – The Perry County Redevelopment Authority approved jail-construction claims totaling $667,883.90 at a meeting April 10.

    The DLZ architectural-engineering consulting firm of Indianapolis submitted one invoice for $15,062.67 and another for $6,128.90.

    The Ice Miller legal firm of Indianapolis billed the county for $8,112.42.

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  • Tell City eyes $1 million housing rehab grant

    By VINCE LUECKE
    Editor

    TELL CITY – The community of Tell City plans to apply for up to $1 million in state-administered funds to rehabilitate owner-occupied homes.

    The city common council met in special session Thursday to begin the process of applying for a Community Development Block Grant administered through the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.

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  • Athletes ready for Saturday’s Special Olympics

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  • Cassidy to leave county council - CORRECTED

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – Alan Cassidy announced Thursday he will resign from the Perry County Council at the end of the month.

    Citing personal reasons, he said “I think it’s best for me and best for the county, and hopefully, we’ll get somebody in here who’ll be an asset to the county.”

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  • City takes aim at eyesore properties

    By VINCE LUECKE
    Editor

    TELL CITY – Tell City’s mayor, building inspector and its five-person city council are pledging to take concrete action this year against properties they consider to be eyesores.

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  • A Living History Lesson

    William Tell Elementary School fifth-graders learned about the lives of their pioneer counterparts Monday, touring the Shubael Little Pioneer for a morning of hands-on learning and plenty of fun. Activities included candle-making, sampling food cooked in a stone oven and learning about the games and chores youngsters their ages would have known in the 1800s. 

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  • County commissioners plan town-hall-style meeting at Perry Central High School’s library 7 p.m. May 2

    LEOPOLD – The Perry County commissioners will open a special meeting at 7 p.m. May 2 in the Perry Central High School Library that “will be similar to that of a town-hall session,” according to County Administrator Teresa Kanneberg.

    The commissioners will introduce themselves, then open the floor to the public for questions,comments and concerns, she explained.

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  • Children will ride to save lives

    CANNELTON – “We Ride To Save Lives” is again the motto of the Cannelton Schools Bike-athon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Myers Grade School. 

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  • Komen affiliate gives more than $516,800 for local programs

    EVANSVILLE – The Evansville Tri-State Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded nineteen grants this week totaling $516,810. The 19 grants were made possible by net proceeds raised primarily from the 2012 Komen Evansville Tri-State Race for the Cure, Bowl for the Cure events in Evansville, Owensboro and Henderson and other supporting fundraisers, individual and corporate donations.

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  • Wetland protection, restoration in national forest

    The Hoosier National Forest plays a small but important part in protecting and restoring wetland environments. Wetlands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the country. Acres have declined drastically since European settlement from land conversion and development. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Midwestern farm belt states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin account for more than 36 million acres of wetlands lost since the country was first colonized.

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