Santa Claus, Indiana

Santa Claus, Indiana

Famous Santa Claus postmark selected for 2021

The Santa Claus, Indiana, Post Office selected the special 2021 picture postmark for the upcoming holiday season. On Wednesday, December 1, the post office will begin offering the picture postmark to cancel the postage stamps on holiday mail again this…

ISP issued 40 traffic citations in 2021 pre-Thanksgiving patrol

Wednesday, troopers working from the Indiana State Police Peru Post conducted a saturation patrol targeting aggressive and impaired drivers in Miami, Wabash, Cass, Fulton, Grant, and Howard Counties. During the patrol, officers concentrated their enforcement efforts on the heavily traveled…

Richard Lee Tabler

Richard Lee Tabler, 80, of Logansport, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2021, in the IU Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Born April 10, 1941, in Macy, Indiana, he was the son of the late Ashel and Ruth Marie (Crispen) Tabler. On…

Shirley Ann Martin

Shirley Ann Martin, 92, Logansport, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 22, 2021, in Miller’s Merry Manor. The youngest of eight children, Shirley was born September 27, 1929, in Logansport, to the late John Quincy and Bernice (Thompson) Atwood. Shirley…

Barbara Jean (Wilson) Havens

We are deeply saddened to announce that Barbara Jean Havens (Wilson), age 86, formerly of Logansport, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 5, 2021, due to cancer. She was born in Logansport to Ralph O. Wilson and Helen…

Roger James Storckman

Roger James Storckman, age 89, formerly of Logansport, passed away on November 14, 2021, at Valley View Center in Goshen, New York.  He had resided there since 2011.  Roger is survived by his son, Erick Storckman and daughter-in-law, Jean Porter-Storckman…

Elmer J. Wood

Longtime Logansport Berries #1 sports fan, Elmer J. Wood, age 97, Logansport, passed away at 2:51 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021, at Memorial Hospital. Born August 5, 1924, in Galveston, Indiana, he was the son of Elmer W. and…

Betty Jean (Gearhart) DeWitt

Betty Jean DeWitt, lovingly known as “Grandma B”, age 87, Logansport, passed away peacefully at 4:33 a.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021, at Miller’s Merry Manor. Born in Cass County on June 13, 1934, she was the daughter of John…

ISP increasing patrols to promote safe Thanksgiving travel

Peru, IN. — Thanksgiving travel is expected to rebound to nearly pre-pandemic levels. The American Automobile Association (AAA) predicts that 48.3 million people will be taking to the roads for the holiday. This is an eight percent increase from 2020. Unfortunately,…

IDDC receives $5.6 million in federal grant funding

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Destination Development Corporation (IDDC) has received a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The EDA awarded $314 million in grants to 34 states and the District of Columbia to revitalize travel, tourism and…