Updated: Milford Town Council could vote as soon as May 11 on whether or not to hire Troyer Group of Mishawaka to study town facilities and the possible construction of an emergency first responder station combining fire, police and emergency medical technician personnel. The study would also examine … Read More
Updated: Milford Town Council had its monthly meeting Monday evening to discuss a wide range of issues from an overall Milford town study to the hiring of lifeguards and concessionaires at the town park. The public input session first heard from Trisha Gall, Milford Lions Club representative, who informed … Read More
Updated: Monday night’s Milford Town Council meeting heard analysis from John Julien of Umbaugh and Associates on the financial condition of utilities and recommendations on how to proceed. According to Julien, 2015 marks the final stage of Milford’s incremental 35 percent sewage rate increase. As a result, the utilities’ … Read More
Updated: Monday night’s Milford Town Council meeting started with public complaints about billing, plowing and ended with considerations of how to improve public buildings. Steve Morris of Bio Waste brought what he considered to be billing discrepancies to the attention of the council. “You guys are doubling what I … Read More
Updated: Lakeland Regional Sewer District held a special session Thursday night at the North Webster Community Center, passing a motion to pursue additional funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The initial loan of $23.8 million, received in 2010, fell approximately $4.1 million short of the final … Read More
Updated: Milford’s first town council meeting of the year Monday evening began with the election of officers. Doug Ruch nominated Bob Cockburn for president who accepted, though he did state, “I do believe it should be rotated around.” Cockburn’s nomination was unanimously approved. Ruch remains vice-president. All appointments remained … Read More
Updated: Milford Redevelopment Commission opened its first meeting of 2015 Monday with a unanimous decision to retain officers. Dan Brown will remain as president, Chuck Bird as vice-president. Other members are secretary and treasurer, Joellen Free, Doug Ruch and Charlotte Siegfried. The commission then reviewed its finances for 2014, … Read More
Updated: Milford’s town council held its last meeting of 2014 Tuesday morning. Items on the agenda included a change to election practices as well as a pay raise for city employees. Ordinance 2014-9 changes the election year for town council members to coincide with federal and state elections. Those … Read More
Updated: Milford Town Council President Bob Cockburn is looking forward to doing some house cleaning in 2015. “My main concern is cleaning up these old buildings … eyesores that have been uninhabited for years,” he said. A recent example is the Medina’s Body Repair building gutted by a fire … Read More
Updated: Allen Stewart loves comic books so much that he built a replica of the DC Comics’ Hall of Justice in his backyard to store them all. Since then, the one-of-a-kind Hall of Heroes Museum at 58005 17th St., Elkhart, has amassed around 60,000 comics, with 40 more being … Read More
Updated: Lakeland Regional Sewer District opened bids Thursday evening at the North Webster Community Center for construction of the wastewater treatment plant and section C of the wastewater collection system. Casey Erwin of DLZ Architects, Engineers, Planners, Surveyors, which drew the engineering plans for the project, read the bids. … Read More
Updated: Milford Boy Scout Troop 747 opened the Milford Town Council meeting Monday evening with the Pledge of Allegiance and remained for the duration of a two-hour meeting that addressed water issues, a new method for paying city bills and the health insurance plan for Milford town employees as … Read More
Updated: Milford Town Council held a special public hearing Monday evening and passed resolution 2014-8, giving Chore-Time Brock the tax phase-in it needs to begin the expansion of its Milford facility. The expansion to the northeast corner of the building will, according to Chore-Time Operations Manager Jeff Miller, “revolutionize … Read More
Updated: Milford Redevelopment Commission met Monday morning and passed a motion to support granting a tax phase in request by Chore-Time Group of $7.1 million. The phase in request comes as part of the Chore-Time Group’s planned expansion of its Milford facility, and Jeff Miller, Chore-Time’s operations manager, was … Read More
Updated: Joseph Littlejohn is alive today thanks to Capt. Bob Tinkey and Derek Patterson of the Turkey Creek Fire Territory and Joseph’s wife, Ann Littlejohn. Littlejohn was organizing fishing gear in his garage last weekend when what he described as a “small honeybee” stung his finger. By the time … Read More
