By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
The Examiner
The National Archives and Records Administration, which oversees the U.S. presidential libraries, has started to allow some of those sites to reopen on a limited basis, including the Dwight Eisenhower Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
The Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence. closed since the end of July 2019 for a massive, $30 million renovation project, has not yet received that go-ahead.
As workers continue to put the finishing touches on new exhibits, Kurt Graham, the library’s executive director, says it probably will be “still a couple weeks” before the National Archives gives a thumbs up.
May 17, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - A woman is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after her house on the southeast side of Grand Rapids caught fire Sunday morning.
Firefighters were sent to Delaware Street near Eastern Avenue and rescued her before 7 p.m.
The cause remains unknown.
Downtown Construction Tackles Numerous Projects
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Jill Sheridan WFYI
The Indianapolis Department of Public Works invested about $15 millio in a few key projects in the heart of Indianapolis. That work resulted in the closure of four blocks along Market Street and numerous lanes on other blocks challenging many businesses and residents. WFYI s Jill Sheridan spoke with Department of Public Works Director Dan Parker about the construction and its goals.
Dan Parker: The Delaware Street project is interesting because we re doing a full reconstruction. We re taking out the trolley tracks, you ve probably seen those out. We saw the railroad ties come out and totally reconstructing the street.