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Lebanon — More than 150 people came to a public forum Tuesday night at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds to learn more about wind energy. Two companies, EnXco and Gestamp Wind North America, are interested in placing wind farms in Boone County. Those attending the forum, hosted by the Boone County Area Plan Commission, heard about the wind energy review process from White County Director of Economic Development Connie Neininger; financial aspects of wind projects from Todd Samuelson and Gary Malone, partners with Umbaugh & Associates; and information on state policies and incentives from Brandon Seitz, director for the State Office of Energy Development in Indiana.
Boone County’s zoning laws prohibit wind farms, and at least one Boone County resident would like to keep it that way. “I think it will destroy the community,” said David Cook, who lives close to the proposed sites in southwestern Boone County. He said wind farms have a negative impact on property values, health and noise. Cook, a captain with the Advance Fire Department, said the battle over the issue is “tearing the community apart.”
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Ounce of prevention
The health department began giving these free vaccinations last April, and as of the beginning of the clinic Wednesday, McNutt said she had about 105 students left to check off.
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Unused seat belt leads to foot chase and arrest by rod rose
Carroll Wethington may be wishing he’d buckled up.
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Community leaders join forces to start mentoring program
The Boone County Mentoring Collaborative, with the help of consultant Tracy Butler of the Indiana Mentoring Partnership, is working to create a high-quality mentoring program to help at-risk children
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McCraw faces four new charges
Charges that he had been using marijuana before he drove a car into a home, killing a woman, have been filed against Joshua McCraw, 22, Lebanon.
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Off-duty cop catches burglary suspect
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Building blocks
Perry-Worth first-grader Ryan Keith counts his fingers to add a math sum while playing an educational computer game Tuesday afternoon as classmate Scout Langley, right, also intently plays during Perry-Worth Elementary School’s intervention block.
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Boone benefits from Indiana’s conservation program expansion
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman recently visited Starkey Farms here to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted an expansion of Indiana’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program , a partnership between the USDA and the State of Indiana to address agriculture-related environmental concerns.
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Leap placed on unpaid suspension
Lebanon Police Patrolman Jason Leap is on unpaid suspension pending the result of an Indiana State Police investigation into allegations he pointed a handgun at a bar patron while off duty.
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West Nile pops up in Boone
The West Nile Virus has been detected in adult mosquitoes in Boone County.
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A cross-country summer
Lebanon resident Richard Lyons flew to the Pacific coast in Oregon in June to explore the area on his bicycle. He told his family he was going to ride around for a while and then head back home.
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