Starke County News

Starke County firefighters found a home fully ablaze early Monday south of Winona.

Dozens of new laws went into effect Tuesday, including a hotly debated measure that allows low stakes paper based gambling at bars across Indiana.

The ILB has had numerous entries about cities and towns trying to decide whether golf carts may be driven on local streets, under what conditions, what safety requirements should be imposed, etc.

The income disparities among Indiana's 92 counties have been growing for decades.

Starke County Sheriff's Department officers are investigating a fatal accident at 4:30 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 421 north of Indiana 10.

Soldier dies serving in Iraq 'He was happy,' says dad Courier Press staff report Tuesday, May 13, 2008 A U.S. soldier with ties to the Tri-State has been killed in Iraq. via Evansville Courier & Press

A soldier from Starke County has been killed in Iraq. The Department of Defense says 23-year-old Specialist Joseph A. Ford died Saturday in Al Asad of injuries he suffered in a vehicle accident. via Journal Gazette

Body found in backyard of church in Starke County WSBT-TV Report Police are investigating after a body was found in the backyard of a Starke County church. via South Bend Tribune

“And I am looking forward to the race against Mitch Daniels here in the fall. And let me just say all the major news organizations have declared me the winner.”

The votes are all counted, and it now appears there is clear winner in the Democratic primary for governor. via WSBT

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Consider your votes very carefully this election year. Be assured if you vote for John McCain, you are voting to mandate your son or daughter to fight in a ridiculous, insane, asinine war ... via South Bend Tribune

“The first thing she does is go right to Peyton's house and she'll go inside and sniff around and she'll sit by the door and look at me like, where's my buddy?”

A Starke county couple was shocked when a neighbor shot their pet dog this week. via WNDU-TV South Bend

Michael Busse with his law enforcement badge might have gone too far. After being stopped by police from LaPorte and Starke counties, Busse has been dismissed as a reserve officer with the Pulaski County ... via Post Tribune

“That makes it a little rough for the people that do care, that still want to do a good job and hope that things turn out for the best in the end”

Starke County officials answered questions Friday about what happened to more than $800,000 in "Major Moves" money. via WSBT

Last year the Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Units dismantled a total of 820 methamphetamine labs, compared to 766 in 2006, the ISP said. via Chesterton Tribune

“That money was spent; it's not missing, it hasn't disappeared, it was spent”

Officials in Starke County say they've accounted for hundreds of thousands of dollars in missing Major Moves money. via WSBT

“The State Board of Accounts has the records. I know who got the money, but I don't know what was bought”

By John Reed Staff Writer KNOX - In 2006 and 2007, Starke County received $867,568 in Major Moves money to improve local roads. via Culver Citizen

“We are under severe financial restraints, not only with drainage boards- trying to maintain drains, remove obstructions, repair levies. Or highway department has struggled to keep roads open and have worked over time”

Two months after the last round of flooding, Starke County still has a lot of standing water. via WSBT

Three Bremen students received silver ratings at the recent Indiana State School Music Association State Contest. via South Bend Tribune

An Indiana Department of Transportation employee is lucky to be alive after the truck he was driving was hit in the rear by a fast-moving semi Friday along U.S. 30 in Starke County. via WSBT

The superintendent of the Starke County highway department was found dead in the cab of a truck at the highway department garage, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. via WBIW-AM Bedford