Benton County News

In this week's Helen Magazine segment, it is time to pick out the perfect pumpkin! We traveled to Benton County to learn more at Millennium Farms Pumpkin Patch.

Dexia is acting as Administrative Agent, Helaba as Documentation Agent and Union Bank as Syndication Agent.

A new medical doctor comes to the Fowler community at the Benton County Medical Center.

Drivers traveling through Benton County see dozens of wind turbines dotting the landscape.

In Benton County, many people enjoy watching a movie close to home. The historic Fowler Theater has it all with affordable prices, roomy seating, and an old fashioned charm.

THE TWO HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY FROM GIBSON CITY THROUGH PAXTON...THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IROQUOIS COUNTY NEAR LODA...AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN INDIANA FROM TALBOT TO FOWLER TO OTTERBEIN.

A train collided with a tractor on railroad tracks near Otterbein, sending one person to the hospital.

Even as threatening storms moved into the area, some people were enjoying a night out.

Dirk Jan Visser came to the United States from The Netherlands in hopes of making a living in the dairy industry.

An Indianapolis man is sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in the death of his ex-wife and her boyfriend from Benton County.

Officials with the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and the Indiana Office of Energy Development are in Chicago this week, talking with representatives of wind energy companies during what is being billed as the world's largest wind conference and trade show.

Wind turbines spoil landscape I was raised in Benton County. When I return to visit family, I am saddened by the landscape created by the unbelievable amount of wind turbines that have been erected in the last two years.

Work has already begun on the new Hoosier Wind Project.A This will be the third wind farm in Benton County.A Indianapolis Power and Light and the energy company EnXco have partnered up for IPL's green energy initiative.A IPL will purchase the power from EnXco, which will provide 29,000 with electricity.A At a groundbreaking ceremony, Lt.

FOWLER The first phase of a wind farm being developed in Benton County by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion and BP Wind Energy is operational.

The first phase of a wind farm being developed in Indiana by Richmond-based Dominion and BP Wind Energy is operational.

A Lafayette-area union claimed a company working on the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm in Benton County is using an out-of-state workforce instead of local workers.