Brownstown News

Tribune by Aubrey Woods George Swegles of rural Brownstown talks about the battery system he used to store electricity generated by a wind turbine he recently installed.

Seems as though wherever you look in the national media and local news sites around the country, Indianapolis and the Hoosier state scored well last week as Super Bowl XLVI came to town.

A 34-year-old Jesse Brown, of Seymour, day took a turn for the worse Monday when he went to the jail in Brownstown to admit his involvement in a couple of wrecks Feb.

The MelonFest planning committee will meet at 6 p.m. today at Jackson County History Center at Walnut and Poplar streets in Brownstown.

Officer reporting an arrest of a motorist for driving while suspended after a traffic stop, 3700 block North U.S. 50, Seymour, 4:26 a.m. Tuesday.

Report of a property damage wreck involving a white truck in a field and that no one was with the truck, 3000 block North County Road 875 West, Brownstown, 7:55 p.m. Wednesday.

Saturday's rescue of two men from a minivan stranded in high water along Slab Road near Brownstown is just the latest of what seems to be a growing number of water rescues.

Resources such as this air boat and any number of officers, firefighters and emergency medical responders can be tied up when motorists become stranded in high water along area roads.

Twenty member agencies of Jackson County United Way received some good news this week.

Brownstown officers investigated 144 complaints and made 10 arrests, including four juveniles, in December, according to Town Marshal Tom Hanner's report.

Brownstown Fund for the Arts will be host for a "winter hootenanny" at 7 p.m. Feb.

Filings for candidates seeking their party's nomination for one of the countywide offices in the May 8 primary have slowed to nothing in recent days.

A second Democrat's decision to run for county auditor has set up another race for the May 8 primary election.

Mike Warren with Bane and Warren Construction, Brownstown, left, and Jeremy Ault, center, and Shawn Ross, both with Ault Construction, Freetown, put the finishing touches on a concrete floor earlier this month for the new genealogical library being built at the Jackson County History Center in Brownstown.

Electric employees set a truss for the roof on the new genealogy building at the Jackson County History Center Monday morning, Jan.

A Seymour Republican's decision to run for public office for the first time has set up a race for the May 8 primary election.

Leadership Jackson County and United We Stand will bring a national speaker back to the community later this month to continue dialogue on helping people deal with bullies.

Leadership Jackson County-United We Stand has established a fund to collect donations to finance Jim Williams' continued visits to Jackson County's 19 schools.

Female motorist reporting that she hit a deer, 1500 block East U.S. 50, Brownstown, 5:42 a.m. Monday.

In this election year, an emerging theme coming from voters around the country is frustration with the tone of politics today.