Sweet Tree Farms, a three-generation family business, concluded its 17th harvesting season in March. The Enser family, which includes (clockwise from left) Jim, Sheere, Mike, Debbie, Cayla, Alma and (not pictured) Zach Reed, hosted an open house event for area and state residents alike to learn more about locally-made maple syrup. Photo provided

By Emma Rausch

Locally produced maple syrup is back on the menu as Sweet Tree Farms harvest season finished Tuesday, March 28.

Located at 2095 E. 400 S. in rural Wabash County, the Enser family has collected syrup from their land’s maple trees for 17 years.

“In 1999, we were making a pan on the stove,” founder Jim Enser told The Paper of Wabash County. “We were making out first one and in 2000, I told the kids we were ready to go out and play in the snow.”

By Joseph Slacian

Bill Konyha, executive director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), has resigned.

Konyha told The Paper of Wabash County that he submitted his resignation on March 28.

“Twenty-seven months of government service including reorganization of the agency and a transition to a new administration were enough to make me value my weekends spent in Wabash, my home,” he said. “I’m anxious to live here again full time and seek my next challenge.”

A truck was stuck in a field last week along the site that Duke Energy is installing new power lines. Photo by Emma Rausch

By Emma Rausch

Duke Energy’s transmission line project across Wabash County farmland north of U.S. 24 is progressing, but not without creating a few ruts.

By Joseph Slacian

A stop work order was issued last week to officials of the Wabash River Trail, Wabash County Plan Commissioner Mike Howard told The Paper of Wabash County.