Marshall County Council Hears Update from Purdue Extension

Marshall County Council (L to R) Jim Masterson, Nicole Cox, Jesse Bohannon, Deborah Johnson, Will Patterson, Tim Harman, Adam Faulstich

Marshall County Purdue Extension Health and Human Sciences Educator Karen Richey and Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Educator Brieanna Slonaker updated the Marshall County Council on Marshall County Purdue Extension activity and were available to answer any questions the Council might have during their February meeting.

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Marshall County Council Makes Appointments to Boards and Department Liaisons, Discusses Purdue Extension

Marshall County Council (L to R) Jim Masterson, Nicole Cox, Jesse Bohannon, Deborah Johnson, Will Patterson, Tim Harman, Adam Faulstich

The Marshall County Council made several appointments to boards, commissions and subcommittees when they met during their last regular meeting in January.

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Marshall County 4-H Fair Association to Restructure

A restructuring is planned for the organization in charge of the Marshall County Fairgrounds. Over the next few weeks, the Marshall County 4-H Fair Association, Inc. will become the Marshall County Fair Association, Inc. The change was announced Friday by Purdue University, its Marshall County Extension staff, the Marshall County 4- H Council, and the Marshall County 4-H Fair Association, Inc.

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Preparations Beginning for Spring Planting

With the weather warming up, farmers have begun getting their fields ready for spring planting, according to Purdue Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator Phil Woolery. “Farmers are starting to do a little bit of field work, if they’re doing some tillage,” he says. “Ones that use cover crops, they’re going to be looking for an opportunity, when the weather gets right, for terminating those and then for planting.”

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Possible Impact Flooding Could Have on Agriculture

Though much of the high water we were seeing last week has receded, you may have noticed that there are still several fields that are looking more like lakes recently.

Depending on when these flood waters clear up completely, Hoosier farmers may run into some issues this farm season.

Purdue Extension Agriculture Educator Phil Woolery mentioned that the severity of impact will depend on how long a farmers’ field stays underwater. He said fields that dried up rather quickly probably won’t have any issues, while those that are having trouble draining may run into some problems down the line. Continue reading

Marshall County Commissioners Discuss Copier Agreement

The Marshall County Commissioners were presented with a master agreement for the lease or purchase of copy machines for all county departments.

County Councilman Bill Githens worked with Ricoh representative Patrick Nau to formulate an agreement to be presented to County Attorney Jim Clevenger for review. There are five departments who have copier replacement requests in their budgets this year and it is the hope that this contract would save the county thousands of dollars in copier leases or purchases and maintenance and service fees.

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Purdue Extension to Host Local Government Finance Workshop

The Purdue Extension Community Development Program is hosting a local government finance workshop for economic development professionals, local elected and appointed officials and community leaders.

The workshop will be held at the Plymouth Public Library from 1p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Friday, December 15th. It is geared toward community members from a number of counties including Marshall, Pulaski and Starke.

The program will dig deeper into data from our counties and the region in general. Continue reading