Stories from Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Residents of Switz City will soon receive a letter from the Switz City Town Council advising of exterior home and building inspections which will be completed by town employees “this spring and summer for diversion into the sanitary sewer system, as weather permits,” as stated in a preliminary letter...

White River Valley Schools are in the early stages of incorporating an athletic program to their elementary school. According to WRV Superintendent Bob Hacker, he thinks early exposure to a sport could lead to students being more involved. “It’s important for the kids to have fitness,” Hacker said. “Getting them involved earlier could get the kids more experiences, which could lead to bigger and better things.”...

Selma “Juanita” (Bowen) Provines, 91, formerly of Westphalia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Freelandville Community Home in Freelandville. Arrangements are currently pending at the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel and will be made available to the public as soon as details are finalized. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonpoindexter.com...

Two White River Valley High School students will be giving a presentation at the Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference this weekend. The students, sophomore Haven Baker and freshman Emily Manley, took part in a project titled Sharing Moments In the Lives of the Elderly (S.M.I.L.E.). The two volunteered and spent time at area nursing homes in order to increase social interaction with the residents...

The Bloomfield Police Department recently went beyond the badge on several different occasions when quick-thinking officers were able to help save a life, and compassion shown for a family of bikers was recognized at a meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council on Tuesday evening...

SWITZ CITY - The Shakamak Lakers basketball team accomplished something that had only been done six times in the school’s history since the consolidation opened in 1963. The Lakers defeated the Eminence Eels 53-36 in the Class A Sectional 57 final at White River Valley Saturday for the school’s seventh basketball sectional championship...