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Celebrating the ground-breaking ceremony, from left, John Hampton, of VanVactor Construction; Dave VanVactor, VanVactor Construction; Joe Carr, VP/General Manager at Madras Packaging; Bill Berry, Madras Plant Manager; Linda Jones, Argos Town Council representative; Tom Turner, Marshall County Economic Development Corp.

Pilot photo/Jeff Kenney Culver-Union Twp. Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Grover emerges from Lake Maxinkuckee alongside firemen Walt Hanselman, Jerry Siler , and Denny Morrison, after the four donned wetsuits and entered the water off Edwards Lane on the lake's east shore in order to retrieve large chunks of manmade concrete debris long causing damage ...

Also storytelling, live music, pony rides and more. Tickets on sale now. * Civil War special: On July 4, be in the middle of the action as a Union Army detachment protects the U.S. government payroll.

Dan Krauss / Courier & Press Terry Keehn of Koberstein Construction Co. walks through the work area at Lincoln Elementary School in Evansville on Thursday.

Carol Brown addressed her fellow Kiwanians recently and shared her story about her battle with cancer.

Bobbie Washburn Ruhnow Correspondent CULVER - The first meeting of the year for Culver's Second Century Committee's general membership was held at the Culver Union Township Library recently.

The eighth annual "Ride for United Way" is scheduled for Saturday, June 27. "Enjoy a fun day and support your local United Way at the same time," said Executive Director Jennifer Maddox.

Author to discuss life with Doris Day Doris Day's former secretary will be at the Bremen Public Library at 2 p.m. June 17 to discuss her book, "Day at a Time: an Indiana Girl's Sentimental Journey to Doris Day's Hollywood and Beyond." Mary Anne Barothy, a longtime Doris Day fan, found her dream-come-true job when she landed in Hollywood and in ...

From a press release issued by Four Feathers Racing: AMA racer and race team owner Scotty Van Hawk gives a helmet safety presentation to some elementary school students in Indiana.

Locally grown produce will be trucked and buggied to Michiana farmers' markets throughout the summer and, in some cases, through the month of October.

But the two, who joined a number of their classmates from Culver Elementary School at the nature preserve, loved what they saw - trees and many types of wildlife, including turtles, frogs and a bald eagle.

The Swine Flu has been diagnosed in Michiana. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says a student at the University of Notre Dame has the confirmed case.

Pearlie Miller retired from the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. in 1991, but thanks to Experience Corps, she's still making a difference for local children.

After a ten-hour car ride, members of the Chinese Club at the University arrived in Culver, Ind., in order to learn more about teaching and learning the Chinese language.

Pilot photo/Anita Munson Saturday's Memory Zone customers Karen and John Hoover of Spartanburg, N.C., formerly of Culver, discussed the care of their free Douglas fir seedling with John Hensler of Hensler Nursery Inc., Hamlet, and Rhonda Hurford, co-owner of the Memory Zone.

Scenic bike tour planned on May 9 'Tippencanoe & Bicycle Too,' the fourth annual scenic bike tour along the historic Tippecanoe River, is being planned as part of the Kiwanis Spring Fest on May 9. The tour begins at 7 a.m. at the Winamac Town Park historic pavilion and features 12-mile, 25-mile and 63-mile routes.

There was no tea, no harbor and no unruly mob, but the crowd that converged on the Elkhart County Courthouse lawn Saturday morning said they were like the revolutionaries at the Boston Tea Party, protesting what they regard as excessive taxation and wasteful government spending.

Union Township is following the lead of Plymouth, Bourbon and Culver in signing up for new emergency sirens.

Saturday, April 11, 2009 Ind. Decisions - "Property owners may want to be thinking twice about drinking and driving, even on their own land" The Supreme Court's decision April 8th in the case of State of Indiana v. Adam L. Manuwal is the subject of a story today by Carol Anders in the Plymouth Pilot News : CULVER - A unanimous ruling handed down ...

Culver Elementary School first-graders, like most children, are curious about science and engineering in their own way.