Mauckport News

WAVE 3 News has learned of more layoffs in Kentuckiana. Norstam Veneers made headlines earlier on February 2nd, 2008 when its plant in Mauckport, Indiana burned.

The fund will offer scholarships to graduates of Clark County schools who intend to work in law enforcement.

Visitors to downtown Corydon could be forgiven this afternoon for thinking that maybe they had missed a day -- and that they had stumbled upon an outdoor worship service.

The Harrison County Council unanimously approved a motion to raise the county mileage rate from 40 cents to 47 cents per mile Monday night, May 12.

The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a southern Indiana man for killing two family members but reduced one of his two life sentences without possibility of parole.

“He also sold the sawdust from the veneer mill to paper companies. He wanted no wood to be wasted.”

The decision to keep Norstam Veneers Inc. operating in Harrison County builds on a nearly-40 year tradition of the operation near Mauckport. via The Corydon Democrat

“Norstam Veneer is 100-percent employee owned”

It's not official yet, but Norstam Veneers business owners can almost bank on South Harrison Water Co. via The Corydon Democrat

As if anyone could forget, the May Primary Election is Tuesday. The ballot includes school board members, county officials, state races, all the way up to President of the United States. via The Corydon Democrat

“We have (money) sitting in economic development; we've used it for a lot of things. I think it's time for the county to get serious about economic development. We've got the money; I think we should do it.”

Officials of the Norstam Veneers plant north of Mauckport want to stay in Harrison County and rebuild the plant that was destroyed by fire on Feb. via The Corydon Democrat

“They're not just laying around on a shelf”

The veneer plant building that was ravaged in a fire Feb. 2 at Norstam Veneers in Mauckport is nearly only a memory. via The Corydon Democrat

“We know that fire could happen to us as easily as it did to Norstam and it would be just as devastating.”

Weeks after a devastating fire put 130 employees out of a job, things are starting to turn around for a local veneer plant. via WAVE-TV Louisville

During the recent plant fire at Norstam Veneers Inc., firefighters were put to the test and I'd have to say they passed with flying colors. via The Corydon Democrat

“The foundation board of directors wants to assure Norstam employees they aren't alone in this”

The Harrison County Community Foundation is collecting contributions to help workers who were displaced by the weekend fire at Norstam Veneer near Mauckport. via The Courier-Journal

“Even if they're not going to be laid off, they need to take advantage”

Norstam Veneers executives told employees yesterday that 50 of them could be called back to work by Feb. via The Courier-Journal

“Those things ... give us some statistics to go by”

Straight line winds and cool temperatures swept through Southern Indiana last week and left behind a trail of broken limbs and, in some areas, worse. via The Corydon Democrat

Firefighters are watching for hotspots after a weekend fire destroyed a southern Indiana wood products company. via WRTV Indianapolis

Fire continued to burn Sunday morning at a southern Indiana warehouse. It happened in Mauckport, Indiana, that's in Harrison County, at Norstam Veneers. via WHAS-TV Louisville