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By Emma Rausch

 

The MSD of Wabash County Board of Education listened to a report on a possible future wastewater treatment plant project at Southwood elementary and high school on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

 

The project would update the Southwood facilities’ two existing sanitary system, according to Keith Bryant, of United Consulting.

 

“They’ve both been in service since the ‘60s, so quite some time,” Bryant said. “The last major improvement that we’ve seen there was, I believe, 1979 to 1980. So they’ve been in need of service for a long time.

 

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Duke Energy power line poles lay in a field on Country Road 150. Duke Energy began construction on it’s five-mile, 69-kilovolt power line the week of Jan. 16. Photo by Emma Rausch

 

By Emma Rausch

 

Construction on Duke Energy’s Wabash Chippewa transmission line project began the week of Jan. 16, according to Angeline Protogere, Duke Energy communications manager.

 

Work began on the east end of the project near County Road 100 East, Protogere told The Paper of Wabash County.

 

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Dr. Corey Martinez prepares to care for two children. Martinez is Dr. Mary Anne Bain's successor at Wabash Dental Services, which was renamed Brush Dental. Photo provided

 

By Emma Rausch

 

After 35 years in the profession, Dr. Mary Anne Bain, of Wabash Dental Services, retired Jan. 16 and, in her stead, Dr. Corey Martinez will take over the practice.

 

“I have been honored to serve as a dentist here in Wabash,” Bain said in a letter to her patients. “I have been blessed with great patients in a great community and I would like to thank everyone who has trusted their oral health to us for all these years.”

 

Bain, a Wabash native, admitted she happened into the profession by accident.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By Emma Rausch

 

Wabash County school corporations released their spring enrollments Wednesday, Feb. 1, and Manchester Community Schools’ (MCS) count increased since the fall, according to Dr. Bill Reichhart, MCS superintendent.

 

MCS reported 1,601 average daily membership (ADM), an increase of 22 students since the fall count day.

 

“Very seldom do we se an increase in the number of students from the fall ADM count day to the spring ADM count day,” Scott Bumgardner, MCS business manager, said. “For an increase of 22 students from the beginning of the school year until now is a testament of our staff, students, parents and our community.”

 

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By David Fenker

 

WARSAW -- A North Manchester man has been arrested after allegedly forging a check stolen from a Warsaw business.

 

Court documents show that Andrew Michael Tolson, 25, of North Manchester was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail on Jan. 31, along with Kelsie Ella Music, 23, of Warsaw. The official charges against both are forgery, a level 6 felony, and theft, also a level 6 felony.

 

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By Emma Rausch

 

Drug-related arrests increased by 227.38 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to Sheriff Bob Land.

 

“Those are total charges that came in,” Land told The Paper of Wabash County. “Last year’s numbers, it may look out of proportion, but we started counting multiple charges on individuals.”

 

On Monday night, Jan. 23, Land updated the Wabash County Council on the Wabash County Jail’s year-end report.

 

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State Rep. David Wolkins (left) makes a point while newly appointed State Sen. Andy Zay looks on during the Wabash County Farm Bureau's Third House Session on Saturday morning. Photo by Joseph Slacian

 

By Joseph Slacian

 

Local lawmakers are split on whether the Indiana Legislature should approve a 20 percent gas tax increase.

 

The tax hike, called a “user fee” by some legislators, calls for a 10-cent increase per gallon, estimated to cost the average Hoosier about $48 per year. The measure also includes a 10-cent increase per gallon on diesel fuel, as well as $15 per year fee on every vehicle registered in the state, while electric vehicles would pay $150 per year. Money raised by the increase would go toward funding local roads. With the $15 registration fee, the average Hoosier will pay $63 more in road funds.

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