INDOT Readies for Winter

snow-plowThis is Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Transportation started preparing for the upcoming winter season soon after the last of the snow and ice melted last spring. INDOT officials say their top winter priority is removing snow and preventing ice on more than 11,000 miles of interstates, U.S. highways and state routes. Continue reading

Do Not Call Registry Deadline Looms

do-not-call-registryThe Indiana Attorney General’s Office credits nearly 3,500 complaints filed with his office about an IRS imposter scam for cutting down on the number of phony phone calls. They resulted in a raid in Indiana last month, which broke up the telemarketing ring. Since then Attorney General Greg Zeoller says complaints have dropped from nearly 500 in September to just 67 in October. Continue reading

World Diabetes Day Encourages Advocacy

world-diabetes-day-logoThis is World Diabetes Day. The world’s largest diabetes campaign features a new theme chosen each year by the International Diabetes Federation to address issues facing the global diabetes community. Past topics have covered diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes and the disadvantaged and vulnerable and diabetes in children and adolescents. Continue reading

Veterans Day History Dates Back Nearly a Century

veterans dayIt hasn’t always been called Veterans Day, but we’ve celebrated it as a nation for nearly 100 years. The Nov. 11 celebration originated in 1919 as Armistice Day, which marked the first anniversary of the end of World War I. The truce between Germany and the World War I Allies to end the war was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Continue reading

Construction Begins on Pretzels, Inc. Facility

Marshall County Shell Building in the first phases of construction
Marshall County Shell Building in the first phases of construction

Work on Marshall County’s newest manufacturing facility will get started today. Snack producer Pretzels, Inc. plans to move into the shell building on Commerce Street west of Plymouth early next year. Today the company is assembling 24 contractors, equipment manufacturers and business partners from across the country and locally at the new facility. Continue reading