Wesley Dehne

In a filler segment for a meet-and-greet with Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Fulton County Republican Party Chairman Mike Canada and County Clerk Dawn Ziemek answer question on this year’s election from Amy Roe, at right.

With state legislators a no-show, attendees of this year’s last legislative breakfast received a mixed bag of federal and local updates from a range of presenters tapped to speak in their absence.

Tippecanoe Valley senior Devin Boggs won first prize at First Pitch By FEDCO’s fifth annual youth business competition Thursday.

The Rochester Summer Parks Program is returning this year and sign-up is underway for children ages 6-12.

From left, Connor Fugate, Landon Markley and Kevin Doss stand next to a raised garden bed ready for weeding and planting at The Outlet Youth Center, recently awarded a $2,000 Environmental Action Grant through NIPSCO to purchase tools, topsoil and basic gardening items for students to grow produce.

“This is where I am meant to be,” says Samantha Sorak, Fulton County’s new animal control officer.

A ribbon is cut Thursday for the grand opening of Fulton County Habitat for Humanity’s new office and storage space at 917 Franklin St. From left, front – Fulton County Chamber of Commerce’s Julie Shriver, Habitat for Humanity’s Ginger Slisher, Daniel Butler, Karmin Reeves, Harley McVay, Sharon Van Sickel, Marci Murphy and Scott Zeyen; back – the chamber’s Amber Basham, TJ Garner, and Lindy Breeden, Habitat for Humanity Board President Andrew Horstman, Rochester Mayor Trent Odell and Chamber Executive Director Jillian Smith.

A Rochester woman was preliminarily charged with seven counts of fraud, seven counts of theft and one count of forgery after allegedly going door-to-door with her children in tow and

All Fulton County schools on Thursday were gifted automated external defibrillators and choking rescue kits from the Fulton County Health Department through the first round of the state’s Health First Indiana initiative funding. From left, front – Health Officer Dr. Kevin Reyburn, Public Health Nurse Denise Ostafin, Akron Elementary School nurse Rachel Farley, Health Department nurse Pamela Moyer, Charlee Schwenk of Legacy Christian Academy, Caston nurse assistant LeAnn Coffing, Caston School Superintendent Angie Miller, Rochester School nurse Beth Stavedahl; back – Akron Elementary Principal Scott Sterk, Jon Stoner, Wyatt Dyson and Kayla Hunter of the health department, Samantha Towne of Legacy Christian Academy, Dawn Risten of the health department, Columbia Elementary Principal Jason Snyder, Carrie Ranstead of the health department, Caston School nurse Lyndsey Ball and Shanna Hazen of Legacy Christian Academy.

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Fulton County recently got a big boost of financial support, thanks to record-breaking proceeds raised at this year’s Rochester Optimist Club breakfast.