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Indiana Farmland Assessments Going Up

by: Larry DeBoer             Professor of Ag. Economics at Purdue University At the end of December, Indiana’s Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) calculated the base rate assessment for farmland to be used for taxes in 2015. Predictably, the base rate...

Two Scott County Men Arrested for Child Molesting

Two Scott County men have been arrested for child molesting after two separate investigations, according to Detective Rachel Eickholtz of the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg. Jeffrey J. Sons, 20, of 702 Village Court in Austin, was arrested Friday, Jan. 31,...

Local Candidates Toss Hats Into Ring

Several county residents have filed to seek elective office prior to the deadline at noon last Friday to run in the May 6 Primary Election. Locally, Alisa K. Sweazy of Crothersville filed to run for Vernon Township Board on the Democrat ticket. She is joined by...

Feeding Feathered Friends

A Hairy Woodpecker clings to a feeder while extracting sunflower seeds during the recent snow covered countryside. ~photo by Joseph F. Persinger  

Fire Destroys Home West Of Town

A fire believed to have started from a heat lamp to keep water pipes from freezing totally destroyed a 100-year-old home west of Crothersville last Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters with the Crothersville-Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department were called to 6871 S...