Lagro volunteer firefighters and personnel from five other area fire departments assisted Noble Township Fire Department in dousing a house fire that devastated two Roann residences on Wednesday, May 31. Photo by Emma Rausch

By The Paper staff

Seven fire departments responded to a house fire on Wednesday, May 31, that devastated two Roann residences.

According to a press release by Chief Nathan Zinn, of the Noble Township Fire Department:

At approximately 4:22 p.m., the NTFD responded to a structure fire at 7244 W. County Road 250 N. in Roann.

Lagro firefighters prepare to cut a hole in a roof of a Washington Street home. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Emma Rausch

Three area fire departments responded to a house fire in Lagro Wednesday, May 30.

At approximately 2:15 p.m., the Lagro Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire at 510 Washington St., according to Scott Siders, Lagro fire chief.

The fire “mainly burned one room while smoke and water damage (affected) the rest of the house,” Siders told The Paper of Wabash County.

Parkview Wabash Hospital President Marilyn Custer-Mitchell and Construction Manager Adam Whitmer go over details at the site of the new Parkview Wabash Hospital. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Joseph Slacian

As it stands now, the future Parkview Wabash Hospital is a lot of steel, concrete and bricks, with a little wood being put together bit by bit. By April 2018, the building will be complete and will be open for business in June of that year.

Construction is on schedule, Hospital President Marilyn Custer-Mitchell and Adam Whitmer, construction manager for the Hagerman Group, told The Paper of Wabash County during a May 23 tour of the facility.