Updated: As the year comes to a close, and loose ends are tied up, Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District has finally received news that allows it to move forward with planning the Syracuse Lake sewer project (often called NEAR project by locals).
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Updated: Milford Town Council will have an additional $232,875.18 for the improvement of streets thanks to its 2020 Community Crossing Grant from INDOT, according to Street Superintendent Steven Marquart, who made the announcement at the Monday, Dec. 14, council meeting.
Read More Updated: Milford Town Council held a special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the community building, during which it voted to hire Commonwealth Engineers Inc. to validate the town’s upcoming water audit and assist with asset management plans for water and wastewater. The council also voted to authorize Commonwealth to apply for a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development to study Milford’s drinking water system.
Read More Updated: MILFORD — At the end of its last public meeting of 2019, members of Milford Town Council took some moments to reflect on the year ending, as well as the one to come. All of the members agreed with President Doug Ruch who said, “We want to keep … Read More
Updated: MILFORD — Milford Town Council’s Nov. 18 meeting featured representatives of two companies hired by the town to streamline operations and bring local government into compliance with the state. James Higgins of LWG CPAs & Advisors and Michael and Karen Williams of MicroByte Enterprises were on hand to … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees held its monthly public meeting August 21. Among the items discussed was an August 15 lift station control failure along CR 600 East, resulting in a spill of approximately 6,500 gallons of sewage. According to Mike Rippey, LRSD treatment … Read More
Updated: NORTH WEBSTER — A crowd of 250 attended the official public hearing on the petition to form the Tippecanoe-Chapman Regional Sewer District tonight, Wednesday, June 26. The number was less than those who attended a public meeting Sept. 29, 2018 when attendance was estimated close to 400 and information … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — Judge David Cates will hear the case of the Town of Syracuse has against Triad Engineering and Severen Trent. Paperwork was filed in Kosciusko County Court May 1. A trial date has yet to be set. The Town of Syracuse is seeking to have Severen Trent … Read More
Updated: SYRACUSE — Robin Merchant, public works superintendent, provided an update on the wastewater treatment plant to the Syracuse Town Council during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, March 20. Merchant said plant flow was very heavy after the snow melt and heavy rain experienced at the end … Read More
Updated: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the 10th in a series continuing to look at proposed sewers around Tippecanoe Lakes.) LEESBURG — The possibility of two entities attempting to have sewers installed around Tippecanoe Lakes may be known Tuesday morning following the Kosciusko County Commissioners meeting. The commissioners tabled a … Read More
Updated: MILFORD — Ryan Brauen of Wessler Engineering was present at Milford’s monthly public town council meeting Monday evening, Oct. 9, to oversee the opening of bids on the town’s wastewater plant renovation project. The bids, in order they were opened, were: R.E. Crosby Construction, $648,900; Kleenco, $634,900; Mason … Read More
Updated: MILFORD — The Milford Town Council held an unusually short and sparsely attended public meeting Monday, Aug. 14, where it heard good and bad news about the upcoming wastewater treatment plant renovation. The good news, according to Ryan Brauen, Wessler Engineering project manager, is the construction permit was … Read More
Updated: MILFORD — Milford residents concerned about derelict properties may be happy to know the town now has a new building commissioner. At its monthly public meeting Monday, April 10, the council voted to hire Scott Mast to fill the position. “Anything I can do to help,” affirmed Mast, … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Every five years, the Warsaw Department of Parks and Recreation prepares a master plan for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The plan serves as a guide, a budgeting tool and a means of acquiring grant funding. “Not everything will be accomplished in five years,” said … Read More
Updated: NORTH WEBSTER — “We can see the end of the tunnel,” said Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees member Bob Sanders at a special meeting held Monday, Oct. 17, at the North Webster Community Center. The special meeting was held because asphalt plants close in the next … Read More
Updated: Ryan Brauen, project manager for Wessler Engineering, left the members of Milford’s Town Council in a considerably better mood Monday, Sept. 12, than he did back in June. Then, Brauen’s answer to Milford’s wastewater plant upgrades, mandated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to meet new requirements … Read More
