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  • Metal thieves target electric substation

    By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

    TELL CITY – The Perry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of copper wire from the Tell City Electric Department’s new substation located off Spring Road.

    Sheriff’s Deputy Roger Smith said he was notified of the theft around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday as workers arrived to begin work. They found that someone had cut a lock to gain access to the road leading to the substation. Additional locks were cut at the substation fence and entry was made into the actual substation area.

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  • Sport-dog owners say current rules should be enforced

    By KEVIN KOELLING, Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – Randy Kratzer told Perry County commissioners at their regular meeting Monday an animal-control ordinance enacted in 2005 “is a pretty good ordinance” and should be re-examined in place of another one proposed for adoption.

    “The dog clubs and public we talked to are (in favor of) most if it,” the president of the Indiana Coon Hunters Association and board member for the Perry County Coon Club said.

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  • Schweizer Zeitung in today’s issue

    Tell City’s 53rd Schweizer Fest is just about here. Events begin with Monday’s Junior Miss and Miss Schweizer Fest pageants, Tuesday’s Old-timer’s Baseball Game and Wednesday’s Kaffee Klatch at Evangelical United Church of Christ and band concert in City Hall Park.

    Wednesday evening is also family night with free rides in the park.

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  • Schweizer Fest Curtain Rises Today

    Actresses portraying the many wives of the the King of Siam conclude a scene Monday night in the Tell City High School Auditorium. (Click photo to enlarge and right arrow to see another.)
     

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  • Companies compete for work at old TC Chair site

    By KEVIN KOELLING, Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – Local officials took under advisement Tuesday bids from area companies hoping to help turn former Tell City Chair Co. property into Waupaca warehouse space.

    Members of the Perry County Redevelopment Commission listened as architect Tom Schipp of Ferdinand’s Universal Design Associates read offers from construction, roofing, electrical, heating, air and plumbing contractors.

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  • Schweizer Fest program available here

    The Schweizer Fest program for the 2011 celebration is available on this site. Just look for "Special Sections" in the dark-blue bar near the top of the page. Click on that and the title of the special section you'd like to see. Also added recently is our "Portraits of Success" special section, which profiles a number of area businesses.

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  • West nile virus activity found

    INDIANAPOLIS – Signs of West Nile virus activity have been reported in Allen and Hamilton counties, said state health officials.

    The virus is found throughout the state each summer and they anticipate activity will spread to more counties as the season progresses.

    Last year, West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes in 54 Indiana counties.

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  • Big move

    A contractor moved a Tell City Electric Department transformer last month from the Eckley Substation to the city’s new northeast substation.

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  • German Ridge trail will be closed until Nov. 14 as timber sale resumes

    GERMAN RIDGE – A nearly mile-long connecter trail in the Hoosier National Forest’s German Ridge Trail System will be closed until Nov. 15. The closure is to ensure the safety of trail users while loggers are working in the area. Timber sale activities have resumed after being idle for awhile. The timber sale is to remove selected pine trees.

    The German Ridge Lake Hiking Trail will remain open and the remaining 23 miles of the multiple-use German Ridge Trail remain open.

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