Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating two separate off road vehicle accidents that occurred on Tuesday on the Paperworks Paperboard Group property in Wabash.

Wabash City Police Department responded to the first accident on West Mill Street Wednesday evening shortly after 8 p.m. Heaven Pattee, 10, Wabash, was treated for minor injuries at Wabash County Hospital after she lost control of her dirt bike in the gravel.

by Ashley Flynn

For 28 years, five days a week, Bryan Banister has been delivering mail to Wabash citizens. Banister faces rain, summer heat and snow during his routes, and sometimes he even saves a life.

Pat Fetter moved into Meadowbrook approximately five years ago along a route that Banister has delivered for 10 years. The two had conversations on a regular basis, and Fetter knows just when mail is delivered – right after 11 a.m.

The Roann community will celebrate Independence Day on Saturday, July 6 at the Covered Bridge/Pull Field. The best location for viewing the fireworks is at the Tractor Pull Field on the northwest side of Roann where there is plenty of parking.

by Kalie Ammons

Gerald W. Pankop, Private First Class, Army Veteran, WWII, Belgium, European Theater will be immortalized in National Geographic’s video archives in the months to come.

Mr. Pankop travels to Wabash County high schools to talk about his experiences at the Battle of Bulge in Belgium, where he earned his Purple Heart and Bronze Star the day before his nineteenth birthday.

A motorcycle ride in memory of Ron and Dave Pries, starting and ending at Bass & Bucks, will take place on June 22. There will also be camping at Bass & Bucks starting June 21. 

by Kerri Boggs

Green River Greenhouse, located at 1140 W 300 N, Peru, is owned by Cory Rairigh and Noble Gilbreath. They started building May 9, 2012. The greenhouse uses aquaponics to grow their produce and raise their fish.

Aquaponics is a mix between aquaculture and hydroponics. They have two tanks that, combined, can hold up to 30,000 fish. Each tank currently holds around 7,500 Tilapia.

Green River Greenhouse uses the water from the fish tanks to provide nutrients to the plants. The water is then recycled back into the fish tanks and the process repeats.

Farm Credit Mid-America, an agriculture-lending cooperative serving farmers, rural residents and agribusinesses throughout Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, broke ground for a new office in Marion. to be located near the intersection of W. 44th Street and State Road 9. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 7 and was attended by local officials, Farm Credit leaders and Farm Credit customers.

“I’ve been a customer of the Marion office for a long time,” said Wayne Townsend, a Farm Credit customer who raises pigs in Hartford City, Ind. “The staff here are good people, and this location is a great fit for a new office.”

On June 4, at approximately 11:39 a.m., the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department responded to a personal injury accident at SR 15 and 400 S.

A 2001 Chrysler SUV, driven by Johnathan D. Wade, 17, Wabash, was southbound on SR 15 and crossed the center line and struck a northbound 2006 Mercury SUV, driven by a Chet D. Sites, 35, Peru.