The recently passed Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act from August of 2022 expands and extends eligibility for VA health care for Veterans with toxic exposures and Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras.

The Wabash County Commissioners in partnership with the Imagine One 85 initiative and Grow Wabash County have launched the Wabash County Broadband Task Force.

This is the first step in fulfilling Imagine One 85’s initiative in significantly expanding access to high-speed broadband.

By Amanda Redman
aredman@thepaperofwabash.com

Several local drug and alcohol program representatives asked Wabash County Council for portions of the opioid settlement in a Feb. 20 meeting.
National Opioid Settlement will provide the county with $934,780 in abatement funds through the state. The compensation is

Metropolitan School District of Wabash County has announced dates for the 2023 Kindergarten Round-ups. These are events for children who will be entering kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year. Children who will be at least five years of age on August 1, 2023, are eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the upcoming school year.
MSD of Wabash County has open enrollment, which means children do not need to reside within the district to attend its

By Amanda Redman
aredman@thepaperofwabash.com

Wabash City School board approved several upcoming staff changes at a meeting Monday night, Feb. 6.
The board accepted the resignation of Apache Academy special education teacher Jen Smith effective Feb. 3. Smith has decided to take a position outside of education, superintendent Amy Sivley told the board.

The Southwood Lady Knights are sectional champions.
Southwood ran through the field of Class 1A Sectional 53 last week, defeating Canterbury, Northfield, and Lakeland Christian Academy by an average of 27 points on their way to the championship after defeating LCA, 59-39, Saturday, Feb. 4.
 

By Amanda Redman

aredman@thepaperofwabash.com

Rosa Fast Horse died in April 1885 at Josiah White’s Manual Labor Institute.

The 14-year-old Sioux girl is one of an untold number of Native Americans sent to the school in rural Wabash County between 1882 and 1895 under a federal program meant to “Americanize” them.

Rosa was buried in a small cemetery in a wooded area on the campus grounds along with 5-year-old Reba White.
In November, Josiah White’s, now a residential facility providing foster care, family services, substance abuse and behavior treatment, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR.)