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Community, Events

Logan’s Landing organizing “Downtown Green & Clean Day” on Saturday, April 29, 2017

Downtown Logansport will be green and clean thanks to Logan’s Landing’s crew of volunteers! Logan’s Landing is recruiting volunteers to help pick up litter, sweep, weed and trim, and generally spruce up the downtown district on Saturday April 29 from…

March 21, 2017

Community

City will move ahead to the next retail era

Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell keeps a framed edition of the Logansport Press account of a 1966 fire that destroyed a former J.C. Penney store downtown. “It was an epic fire that spread to eight stores and is the reason to…

March 21, 2017

Achievements, Community

Volunteer Courtad ‘Citizen of the Week’

A Logansport woman who has been faithfully supportive of the local Special Olympics games is the latest recipient of a city honor. Kathy Courtad, who has coordinated various Special Olympics games and tournaments, is this week’s Logansport Citizen of the…

March 21, 2017

Community, Education, Events

Ivy Tech, IUK hosting North Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee March 21

KOKOMO, Ind. – The public is invited to the Kresge Auditorium at Indiana University Kokomo Tuesday, March 21, as 22 elementary and middle school students compete at the North Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee sponsored by Ivy Tech Community College…

March 21, 2017

Community, Events

Employers invited to register for Cass County College & Career Expo

LOGANSPORT, Ind.—The first Cass County College & Career Expo, designed to open doors to the future for area high school and college students as well as the general public, is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 25,…

March 21, 2017

Community, Education

North Central Indiana AHEC organizes “Interprofessional Experience” pilot program at Logansport Memorial Hospital

The North Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (AHEC) organized a month long Interprofessional Experience (IPE) in partnership with Logansport Memorial Hospital (LMH), the IU School of Medicine (IUSM), and the Purdue University College of Pharmacy. IPE is a national…

March 19, 2017

Community

IDHS Partners with All 92 Indiana Counties to Provide All-Hazard Radios to Hoosiers

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) is partnering with all 92 counties in the state to distribute more than 2,200 all-hazard (weather) radios to Hoosiers. The radios will be distributed on the local level by each county’s emergency management…

March 18, 2017

Community, Events, Uncategorized

Ivy Tech, IU Kokomo inviting employers to register for upcoming spring job fair

KOKOMO, Ind.—Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University Kokomo are inviting area employers who may be hiring soon to register to participate in the annual spring Kokomo Area Job Fair. The job fair is set for 10 a.m. to 2…

March 18, 2017

Achievements, Community, Education

Columbia Middle School Honor Roll – 3rd Grading Period of 2016-2017 School Year

Congratulations to the following Columbia Middle School honor roll students for the 3rd grading period of the 2016-2017 school year: Grade 6: All A: Delaney Armstrong, Jacob Deitrich, Yazetl Dominguez Lopez, Chloe Kelly, Tristin Kitchel, Kaiden Lucero, Zoe Sanders, Conner…

March 18, 2017

Community

Indiana extending financial aid filing deadline to April 15, 2017

Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers announced today that the state’s March 10th financial aid filing deadline would be extended to April 15th this year in response to recent issues with a federal data retrieval tool that complicated the…

March 17, 2017

Community

Attorney General says basketball fans should be careful when buying game tickets on the secondary market

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill today is warning Hoosiers – and especially those visiting Indianapolis this weekend for the first and second rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament – to be careful when buying game tickets on…

March 17, 2017

Community

CCCF awards $3,000 grant to support Pioneer Robotics team competing at World Championships

The Cass County Community Foundation is pleased to announce a community grant in the amount of $3,000 to support the Pioneer High School Robotics team who recently qualified to compete at the world championships at the VEX IQ World Robotics…

March 17, 2017

Community

JCPenney store in Logansport on list to close

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. announced today that the Logansport store is one of 138 it plans to close. Most affected stores will begin the liquidation process on April 17. About 5,000 positions nationwide will be impacted by the store closures,…

March 17, 2017

Community

Indiana eases transportation restrictions to aid wildfire efforts in western states

INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosiers are responding to the need for animal feed in Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma because of wildfires that have devastated parts of those states. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb today directed the state to ease regulations for oversize loads…

March 17, 2017

Achievements, Community, Education

2016-2017 Columbia Middle School NJHS Inductees

Congratulations to the 2016-2017 NJHS Inductees at Columbia Middle School: Bottom row: Kaleigh Callaway, Claire Kitchel, Alexis Trigg, Gabriella Hernandez-Lengel, Nicholas Yax, Ella Hobson, Addison Riewoldt, Brandi Clark Second row: Latisha Sivits, Halle Rennewanz, Jessica Mateo Pascual, Kylie Houston, Arlene…

March 17, 2017

Community

State Superintendent advocates for new assessment approach

INDIANAPOLIS—On Wednesday, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Superintendent of Public Instruction, asked the Indiana State Senate Education and Career Development Committee to consider the computer adaptive testing approach to evaluate students. “For many years, instructional methods have significantly changed and improved, yet,…

March 17, 2017

Community

Parents learn about 2017-2018 changes to Logansport middle schools

Logansport families who’ll have a child entering 6th, 7th or 8th grade in the fall packed the house at McHale Performing Arts Center for an hour-long presentation about the changes being made to Logansport’s middle schools next year. Here are…

March 17, 2017

Community

Discussion of utility finances set for March 16

A special meeting of the Utility Service Board will be held with the Utility Committee of the Logansport City Council on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 6 p.m. This public meeting will be held in the Council Chambers, located on…

March 16, 2017

Community, Education, Events

March 16 meeting will focus on changes to Columbia & Lincoln Middle Schools

Logansport Community School Corporation will hold an informational meeting regarding the changes being made to Columbia Middle School and Lincoln Middle School effective for the 2017-2018 school year on Thursday, March 16th at 6:00 p.m. at McHale Performing Arts Center.…

March 16, 2017

Community

Logansport one of two cities awarded grant

The Indiana State Department of Health announced Monday that the City of Logansport will receive $20,000 to complete a Community-wide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The focus of this initiative is to invest in partnerships and activities that lead to…

March 16, 2017