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Housing starts 2012 with pick up
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:58:32 -0800
Howard County’s housing market started 2012 with an approximately 48 percent increase in sales compared to a year earlier.
Snow showers make some roads slick
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:10:08 -0800
Roads were slick and caused a handful of minor accidents around Central Indiana Wednesday morning. Read more at www.WISHTV.com
Howard county sees job growth in 2011
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:36:18 -0800
About 900 more Howard County residents had jobs by the end of 2011 than they did a year before.
National bike route could come through Peru
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:58:42 -0800
The Hoosier Rails to Trails Council is working to establish a state bike route that would run through Peru and Howard County, and potentially link to a national biking route stretching from upper Michigan to southern Louisiana.
Government consolidation talks currently stalled
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:43:42 -0800
Four months after Howard County indicated its interest in government consolidation, not activity has taken place.
Police Looking For Semi Driver Who Ran Over Woman's Body
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:51:49 -0800
HOWARD COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- In Howard County a Sharpsville woman is dead, and police are looking for the semi driver who ran over her body.
Eastern celebrates graduation rate improvement
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:21 -0800
The latest graduation rates prove all Howard County schools are offering a quality education, a local superintendent said. That’s how Tracy Caddell, superintendent of the Eastern Howard School Corp., summed up the figures released Tuesday by the Indiana Department of Education.
‘Occupiers’ enter pleas of not guilty
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:58:42 -0800
Two Occupy protesters arrested during a December rally at the Howard County Courthouse pleaded not guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges from the incident.
Former trustee pays another $2,000 to settle debt
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:43:32 -0800
Former Harrison Township Trustee John Harbaugh has paid just over $2,000 to settle the remaining debt he owed to township taxpayers, according to a recent audit released by the Indiana State Board of Accounts.
Slate of candidates set for May primary election
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:58:32 -0800
Republican parties in Howard, Miami and Tipton counties have a number of contested races in congressional and county offices in the May 8 primary election.