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The Decatur County Sheriff’s Department has one arrest to report;29 year old Alex Pennycuff was arrested on probable cause warrant.

Indiana State Department of Health shows Decatur County with 1496 positive cases (44 new) and 8055 tested (115 new). Bartholomew County has 3915 positives (114 new) and 27,995 tested (268 new. Another resident has died […]

Friday December 4th the North Decatur Girls will travel to South Decatur to take on the Cougars. Listen live on AM 1330 and FM 104.3 or watch the action on Periscope @wtresportssd and @wtresportsnd Saturday […]

INDIANAPOLIS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its quarantine guidance for people exposed to COVID-19, providing two options for shortening the standard 14-day quarantine period. A person who has been exposed […]

$72,978.76. Thats the total in grant money that the Decatur County Community Foundation hasawarded from its final fire department disbursement and large grant cycle distributions of the year.The mission of the Community Foundation is to […]

Auction will be begin Friday, December 4th at 8am and end Sunday, December 6th at 6pm. You can link to the auction by going to Facebook page earlsixstrong. For more information call 812-614-0594.

The Decatur County Board of Zoning Appeals met on Wednesday. Mark Fixmer of BEX Farms requested a special exception in an I-2 zoning classification to operate a landfill of approximately 48.4 acres more or less. […]

The Decatur County Area Plan Commission met on Wednesday. Steve Snyder requested to subdivide 28 acres out of 40.26 acres and rezone 2.99 acres out of that 28 from an A-1 to an A-2 zoning […]

HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 8,527 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 359,430 […]

INDIANAPOLIS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its quarantine guidance for people exposed to COVID-19, providing two options for shortening the standard 14-day quarantine period. A person who has been exposed […]