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Commissioners approve new vacation earning schedule
By David Fenker
 
Full-time county employees will soon receive more vacation time.
 
At the Monday, Dec. 12 meeting of the Wabash County Commissioners, the commissioners approved changes to the vacation benefits given to full-time employees.
 
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, the new vacation day earning schedule gives full-time county employees more vacation time for fewer years of service.
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 13
Wabash Chiropractic Center welcomes new doctor
Dr. Seth McKinney
 
By Emma Rausch
 
Wabash Chiropractic Center welcomed Dr. Seth McKinney in November, adding a third pair of hands to its caregiving staff.
 
McKinney, a 2009 Oak Hill High School graduate, was formerly a patient at the center, an experience that helped influence his decision to pursue a degree in chiropractic services.
 
“When I was sitting in undergrad at IUK, the Logan Chiropractic (University) came and talked to the class and I knew that I wanted to do something in the healthcare profession and it all clicked,” McKinney told The Paper of Wabash County. “I knew I wanted to do chiropractic. I had success with it and it gave me relief throughout my years of playing sports and it was one way I could give back to the community.
 
“I was able to see firsthand what it could do for the human body, what kind of relief I could get and not have to worry about going and taking a pill or something of that nature. I was able to get relief just from adjusting and letting the body heal itself.”
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 13
Local animal shelter fundraises for paraplegic dog’s wheelchair
Baby Girl is a senior, paraplegic lab mix at the Wabash County Animal Shelter. To offer her the chance at a longer life with a loving family, the shelter is raising funds to purchase the dog a new wheelchair, which she will take to her new home. Photo provided
 
By Emma Rausch
 
The Wabash County Animal Shelter is raising funds to give a paraplegic dog a wonderful Christmas.
 
Baby Girl, a 12-year-old lab mix, has no feeling in her lower body and is in need of a wheelchair, according to Doug Bogert, shelter manager.
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 13
WFD donates ambulance to Parkview Mirro Center
Wabash Fire Chief Barry Stroup (fifth from left) presents keys to an ambulance donated from the Wabash Fire Department to the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation to Parkview Mirro representative Matt Stieber. Looking on are (from left) Assistant Chief & EMS Director Andy Oswalt, Firefighter Matt Long, Inspector Mitch Meyer, Assistant Chief Adam Copeland, and Parkview Mirro representatives Adam Fischer and Chris Lozo. Photo by Joseph Slacian
 
By Joseph Slacian
 
The Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation received an early Christmas present from the City of Wabash and the Wabash Fire Department.
 
On Friday, Dec. 9, representatives from the center received the keys to a used WFD ambulance that will be used in training around the area.
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 13
Witkoske receives national award
By Joseph Slacian
 
Teresa Witkoske received the 2016 Indiana Distinguished Service Award from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS).
 
Witkoske, Extension Educator, Health and Human Sciences for the Purdue Cooperative Extension Office in Wabash County, was named one of two Indiana recipients during the NAFCS’ national convention in Montana over the summer.
 
“The requirements are that you be at least a ten-year member in an Extension capacity,” she said. “They award two per state. Purdue is the only Indiana affiliate.”
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 13
REMC offers reward in substation shooting
By Joseph Slacian
 
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a shooting incident that damaged a Heartland REMC substation on Nov. 25.
 
The substation, located near the Red Bridge Marina on Mississinewa Reservoir Property, lost power at that time, roughly about 6 p.m.
 
REMC personnel discovered a bullet hole in the substation transformer that penetrated the radiator.  Other bullet damage was apparent on the outside of the transformer, but did not penetrate the outside of it.  
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 06
State police probe incident at Lagro
By Joseph Slacian
 
Investigators from the Indiana State Police, with help from the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department, are probing an early morning shooting Tuesday, Nov. 29, near Lagro.
 
According to Sgt. Tony Slocum, Indiana State Police Public Information Officer, at approximately 4:09 a.m. Tuesday, officers from the Indiana State Police, the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department, and the Wabash Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting at 17 N. State Road 524, Lagro.
 
When officers arrived, they found evidence that the exterior of a home at that location had been hit with bullets. 
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 06
Investigation over in NM apartment fire
By David Fenker
 
Businesses and building owners continue to work with local and state officials as the investigation into the Nov. 19 fire on Main Street continues.
 
According to a release from North Manchester Fire Department Chief Cam Kissinger, the cause of the fire at 216 E. Main St. cannot be determined due to the extent of the damage to the structure. 
 
Kissinger said the damage is estimated to cost between $275,000 and $310,000, using data from The Schneider Corporation’s Beacon public access website. A total of five addresses are included in the damage estimate including 214 E. Main St., located across an alley west of the location of the fire.
 
The NMFD received a call around 4:40 a.m. on Nov. 28 reporting a fire at the former location of The Brewhouse, 216 E. Main St. Units on the scene found smoke and fire at the rear of the building. By the time the fire was extinguished, the building was destroyed.
 
Posted on 2016 Dec 06

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