State News update, yes, CAFO included
County ‘threatened’ after CAFO denied: Blackford County commissioners felt threatened by the state’s director of agriculture after the county rejected a proposed dairy CAFO. “We were upset because we were kind of threatened (in a letter),” Commissioner Robert O’Rourke said Monday. “I’ve never met the man. He’s never talked to us about anything. I don’t think he had all the facts.” If Blackford County is unwilling to consider CAFOs or other new agri-business, “ISDA is committed to help steer new operations and expansion of existing operations to other counties,” Andrew Miller, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, wrote to commissioners in a letter dated Sept. 9.
Annex option revived for Randolph Courthouse: Now more than three months removed from a controversial decision to demolish the 128-year-old building, county commissioners are left to reconsider an option that would do more than save the courthouse. It also would include renovations and the construction of an annex on the south side Randolph County courthouse might still be renovated
Landfill fight is over: The Indiana Supreme Court has brought an end to plans to build a 354-acre landfill in Porter Township.
