SDI pledges $1.5 million to Trine engineering expansion
ANGOLA â The Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc. has pledged $1.5 million toward Trine University s engineering facility expansion, the university announced Monday.
In honor of Steel Dynamics support, the 40,000-square-foot expansion will be named the Steel Dynamics Inc. Center for Engineering and Computing.
A longtime supporter of Trine University, the Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc. has provided major gifts toward the Steel Dynamics Inc./Keith E. Busse Athletic and Recreation Center and the Thunder Ice Arena.
Enrollment in the Allen School of Engineering and Computing has risen 72% over the past decade to nearly 1,000 students, with engineering students accounting for more than 40% of Trine s main campus student population.
ALBION â Noble County Sheriff Max Weber told the Noble County Council Monday that he plans to ask for additional manpower when budget hearings come around this August.
âI want to plan on adding a couple of officers,â Weber said. âI donât want any less than two.â
Weber provided the council with a detailed report comparing Noble County to counties with a similar population, and then compared that to the number of deputies those communities have.
The Indiana counties of Henry, Noble, Lawrence, Dubois, DeKalb, Marshall, Jackson and Shelby all have populations between 40,000-50,000, according to data provided by Weber. Noble County ranks No. 1 in population of those counties at 47,945.
⢠improved county roads;
⢠a complete update of the countyâs fleet of vehicles.
Next up? The countyâs culverts.
âOur culvert inspection plan is non-existent,â Smith told the Noble County Council Monday afternoon. âOur goal at this point is to get better information.â
Smith did not ask for any funding, but he did make the council aware he was going to be making a six-figure ask to get the countyâs more than 700 culverts cataloged and inspected.
Culverts are required at every point a regulated drain crosses a county road.
Currently, Smith said, the highway department budgets approximately $100,000 per year for work on culverts.