Montgomery County

Rain's A Pain, So Gravel Travel A No-go In MoCo

By Stan Jastrzebski • Jan 23, 2017

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Even though a relatively mild winter has helped county highway departments save money on salt, it’s causing problems for Montgomery County.

Officials there have issued a travel advisory asking people to stay off gravel roads – mostly in rural areas of the county – for the rest of the week.

And highway crews are out fixing some which have become inundated with rain, causing potholes and soft spots.

“Right now they’re taking care of the complaints, which…just about every road’s a complaint right now," says County Highway Director Jeremy Phillips.

NWS: Kokomo Tornado Rated EF-3

By Indiana Public Broadcasting Staff • Aug 25, 2016

UPDATE: The National Weather Service confirmed a fifth tornado, an EF-0 in Marion County.

Residents and teams from the Indianapolis National Weather Service office are surveying the damage after several tornados swept through Central Indiana Wednesday evening.

WBAA Arts Spotlight: Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival

By John Clare • Jun 1, 2016

WBAA’s John Clare talks with David Long, who is the chairman of the Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival in Crawfordsville. They’ll discuss this year's events, advice on parking, and what it means to Montgomery County.

The festival runs Friday June 10th through Sunday, June 12th. Learn more about the 2016 Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival here.

Area Educators Say New Diplomas Not Enough To Make Students Career Ready Out Of High School

By Kristin Malavenda • Jun 30, 2015

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There’s been a lot of emphasis in recent years about making sure Indiana high school students are “college and career ready” upon graduation.

But is it possible to accomplish both? Or would a more accurate goal be for students to be college or career ready?

The Indiana Career Council is in the process of redesigning the high school diploma requirements for the state’s public schools beginning with the class of 2022.

The goal is to make sure whatever path students choose, they are getting as high a level of academic challenge as possible.

Tipmont Solar Cells Illustrate Renewable Energy Divide In Political And Power Circles

By Stan Jastrzebski • Nov 12, 2014

Alongside U.S. 231 in the small Montgomery County town of Linden, just south of the railroad museum, there’s a colorful new installation.

Row upon row of panels sits on the site of the Tipmont REMC headquarters. The ones that face north are bright orange – designed to reflect sunlight onto the ones that face south. Those are photovoltaic cells, navy blue with a crosshatching of wires running through them.

There are 240 of them in total and Tipmont spokeswoman Sasha Clements took a second at their unveiling to explain to the crowd how they’d be allocated.

Book Publisher Promises 300 More Crawfordsville Jobs By 2016

By Stan Jastrzebski • Jul 2, 2014

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4:30 p.m. UPDATE:

Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton says negotiations on the expansion started around the first of the year and seemed all-or-nothing in nature.

Barton says if Crawfordsville hadn’t landed the additional jobs, it was likely the plant would have closed entirely as Penguin Random House streamlines its operation.

The company now has two national distribution centers. The other is in Maryland.

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Security Concerns Dictate Montgomery Co. Courthouse Changes

By Stan Jastrzebski • Jun 12, 2014

Hoping to prevent violent actions like those at the Tippecanoe and Howard County courthouses, Montgomery County officials are trying to expedite security upgrades to their courthouse.

County Commissioner Phil Bane says a judge recently received a phone call threatening his life, leading to discussions about how to make the structure and its inhabitants safer.

Crawfordsville helping to redevelop former hospital

By Mike Loizzo • Sep 9, 2013

The City of Crawfordsville and Montgomery County are working with a developer who wants to acquire the Culver Hospital building, which has been vacant for nearly 30 years.

The city is pledging $150,000 to Sustainable Solutions to buy one of the three parcels that make up the property. The county is helping the nonprofit with the other two parcels, which have issues with back-taxes. The plan is to rehab the building for affordable housing.

Study examines Montgomery Co. history

By Sam Klemet • Jan 9, 2013

The history of Montgomery County is highlighted in the Indiana Archeology journal.

A group from Ball State received a nearly 50-thousand-dollar grant from the Historic Preservation Fund to examine 915-acres of agricultural land northeast of Crawfordsville.

Archeologist Christine Keller says the information offers details on how early inhabitants of the area lived.

Old jail to offer fresh seafood

By Sam Klemet • Jan 4, 2013

A Crawfordsville facility that once housed inmates will now house White Pacific shrimp.

The Montgomery County jail is being converted into a fresh seafood business.

James Leaming and his family now own the property.

He plans to use it for raising and selling the shrimp.

"It is very suitable for raising fish, because of the walls being cement block stand well to humidity, which there is a lot of humidity in raising fish," said Leaming. "There are a lot of drains, so, I decided that it would make sense."

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