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The Itasca County Board met for a regular session at the Itasca County Courthouse on Tuesday. During the meeting, commissioners approved an additional $15,000 in expected legal expenses for relocation efforts related to property acquisition for the construction of the new correctional facilities. Attorneys with Rinke Noonan provided a letter why the budget had gone beyond its initial contract. The county board approved the original contract in August 2020. The board felt the issue was beyond th...

The Itasca County Board of Commissioners officially opposed the parole of James Shane Swanson this week and recommended his continued incarceration.  The recommendation came during the county board’s work session on Tuesday, April 20. The board felt the release of Swanson “would create an extreme safety risk.”  Swanson was convicted of four counts of first degree murder and one count of kidnapping on Dec. 14, 1994. Swanson and his co-defendant admitted to the killing of Car...

Allen Wendell Moore, 91, Kokomo, passed away at 3:08pm, Monday, December 14, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Kokomo.  He was born October 26, 1929 in Anderson to Allen Wayne and Jessie Mae (Whitehouse) Moore.  He married Barbara E. Tilley on October 12, 1951 in Anderson.  She preceded him in death. Allen was a 1947 graduate of Anderson High School.  IN 1951 he graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. degree in business education and English.  In 1952 he received his M.A. ...