Fulton County Commissioners on Monday entered into contracts with H.J. Umbaugh & Associates and the law firm Barnes & Thornburg ahead of making a decision on a proposed wind farm in the county.
“Umbaugh is probably the more important contract to address right out of the gate here because their services are, I think, what the commissioners and the public are really wanting to know,” County Attorney Greg Heller said, adding Umbaugh & Associates is tasked with determining the financial impact of a proposed wind farm. “I think, really, that Barnes and Thornburg is going to be more on the back end if things start going forward.”

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Fulton County Commissioners on Monday entered into contracts with H.J. Umbaugh & Associates and the law firm Barnes & Thornburg ahead of making a decision on a proposed wind farm in the county.
“Umbaugh is probably the more important contract to address right out of the gate here because their services are, I think, what the commissioners and the public are really wanting to know,” County Attorney Greg Heller said, adding Umbaugh & Associates is tasked with determining the financial impact of a proposed wind farm. “I think, really, that Barnes and Thornburg is going to be more on the back end if things start going forward.”

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The Rochester School Board has a resolution on the table that would censure one of its own members.

The resolution centers on alleged unethical conduct by Stacey Carvey-Schoenhals. She is in her first term on the board.

The resolution basically states the Rochester Classroom Teachers Association alleges her “unannounced, unescorted and too frequent presence in classrooms is creating a threatening environment.”

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A U.S. Census Bureau report has found that Indiana had 373,000 fewer people without health insurance last year than three years earlier.

The report released last week said about 8 percent of Indiana residents, or about 530,000 people, lacked medical insurance in 2016. That’s down from 14 percent, or 903,000 residents, in 2013.

VOLLEYBALL
The Maconaquah volleyball team ended Rochester’s 26-match Three Rivers Conference winning streak last year.
It decided the TRC as Maconaquah went 9-0 and RHS went 8-1.

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Boys soccer
Peru 2, Tippecanoe Valley 0 (Thursday): Valley had 20 shots on goal in a road loss to Peru Thursday. Peru scored a goal in each half. Jorge Rosas and Fabian Mar each saw time in goal.
Valley dropped to 1-9 overall and 0-5 in the TRC.

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