ALBION â This one even caught Mr. Preparedness off guard.
Recently retired Noble County EMA Executive Director Mick Newton was presented the Sagamore of the Wabash â the stateâs highest civilian honor â during a surprise presentation Monday morning during the commissioners meeting at the Noble County Courthouse.
âIâm so very proud,â an emotional Newton said. âI donât know what else to say.â
Newton was brought to the commissioners meeting by current EMA Executive Director Justin Stump under the guise of a discussion concerning the EMAâs offices in the new Noble County Annex currently being constructed.
Instead, he was greeted by a room full of family, friends and co-workers.
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image captionTens of thousands of ex-miners draw money from the pension fund
Calls for the government to give £1.2bn of pension funds to ex-miners have been rejected, in what has been described as a slap in the face .
Currently the government gets half of any surplus from the miners scheme, a deal that has made it £4.4bn so far.
A former Nottinghamshire miner said he was devastated by the decision. Take it or leave it
The pension scheme affects tens of thousands of families across the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Wales.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the move would have given a £14 increase to the average weekly pension of £84.
ROME CITY â The Noble County Health Department rolled out the red carpet Thursday night for the 250 volunteers who gave their time and talent since December to vaccinate their fellow citizens against COVID-19 at the countyâs clinic at the Noble County Public Library in Albion.
Volunteers arrived at Sylvan Cellars for a dinner of chicken and pork chops, topped off with cake decorated with âYou made a difference!!â and âTogether we can do so much!â
Packets of coffee from Turning Point Coffee in Ligonier and Country Roads Coffee in Albion were tucked inside insulated travel mugs given to all volunteers when they arrived.
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Commissioners want to wait on new jail
AUBURN â Two out of three DeKalb County Commissioners made it clear Monday that they do not support building a jail right now.
During their weekly meeting at the courthouse in Auburn, Bill Hartman and Todd Sanderson said they want to wait until a spike in construction costs subsides.
The commissioners have been considering a new jail seriously since January, when they chose the Elevatus architecture firm of Fort Wayne to design a jail on property at the west edge of Auburn.
âI think I can make a good decision today. In fact, Iâm not ready to raise taxes to do this,â Hartman said.