Medora News

The Jackson County Health Department has received an additional supply of the H1N1 flu vaccine and is changing the location of one of its scheduled flu clinics to reach residents in the western part of the county.

The head of one of the state's smallest school corporations discussed the possibility of consolidation on Monday night.

During the last two years, the weather for the Medora Christmas Festival and Parade has been unbearably cold with wind and snow and the attendance was dropping.

Medora, Ind. - Officials in a southern Indiana county are moving ahead with a two million dollar plan to restore a 19th century wooden covered bridge.

Jackson County commissioners forged ahead with a project to save one of the county's two remaining historic covered bridges during a meeting Tuesday night.

Fifth-grade students from Brownstown, Freetown, Lutheran Central and Medora will graduate from the 10-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium at Brownstown Central High School.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department responded to the report of a barn fire Monday afternoon in Medora.

Applications for this year's Sertoma Christmas Miracle will be available starting Monday.

Jackson County Public Library will offer a free drop-in craft from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Medora Library.

Jackson County property owners should begin receiving their tax bills soon, according to a press release from county Treasurer Kathy Hohenstreiter's office.

On or about November 1, 2009, the Town of Medora intends to apply to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs for a modification to its Community Focus Fund grant.

STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF WATER QUALITY NPDES PUBLIC NOTICE NO.

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Jackson County, Indiana, that the County Council of said County will meet at the Courthouse Annex, Brownstown, Indiana, at 6:00 PM on the 21st day of October 2009, to consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year.

Take an ordinary drinking cup and make it better. That was the first assignment for students in Brownstown Central High School's new Project Lead the Way pre-engineering and technology program.

The following marriage licenses were filed at the Jackson County Clerk's office in Brownstown: Douglas Christopher Acton, 21, 45 E. Washington, Medora, and Britny Dawn Satterwhite, 18, 45 E. Washington, Medora, Aug.

Katie Beesley was 7 years old when she learned about recycling in school and decided that it was something that she should pursue.

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Medora Community School Corporation of Jackson County, Indiana, that the Board of School Trustees has established a Capital Projects Fund and adopted a plan under I.C. 20-46-6-5. The following is a general outline of the proposed plan: First no., 2010, second no., 2011, third no., 2012 1) Land Acquisition ...

Human Services Inc. will start applications for the 2010 Energy Assistance program Oct.

An anonymous tip led to the discovery of nearly 500 pot plants with a street value of more than $500,000 Tuesday night in Carr Township, police say.

Felony charges have been filed against two Indiana State University students who injured two other people in a fight Aug.