MENTONE — Clerk-Treasurer Nicki Norris updated the town council on an online payment system for the town, March 4. Norris said she is ready to set up the town to accept online payments through pay.gov, a government payment processing service. Once active, town residents will be able to pay their town utility bills through pay.gov. …read more.

MENTONE — The town council announced plans to expand the Mentone Community Farmer’s Market and bring more events to the town in a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Councilmember Shelley Krueger oversees the Mentone Community Farmer’s Market in Mentone. The market operates on Saturdays starting in May until October from 8 a.m. – noon in …read more.

From left: Tim Croy, Town Council Member; Barb Ross, Clerk-Treasurer; and Jill Gross, Town Council President. InkFreeNews photo by Kory Stoneburner-Betts. MENTONE — The Mentone Town Council rejected a fee-for-service agreement from the Kosciusko County Economic Development Corporation (KEDCo) at its monthly meeting, Nov. 6. During the council meeting on June 5, KEDCo proposed that …read more.

MENTONE — The Town Council approved the 2020 salary ordinance Wednesday night. The salary ordinance will see utilities’ employee Josh Shepherd’s pay rise to $50,000 and the salary of fellow town utilities employee Corbin Hudson rise to $40,000. The ordinance also allows Clerk-Treasurer Barb Ross to receive her current pay of $15 an hour while …read more.

MENTONE — The Mentone Town Board is close to a decision to end its annual spring clean-up, depending how the event goes this year when it’s held May 15. The town allows residents, with certain restrictions, to do their spring cleaning during the annual event and the town’s trash collector, Valley Sanitation, facilitates the extra …read more.

MENTONE — The town of Mentone will be on the lookout for a new town attorney and also prepares for a hike in employee insurance prices. At its regular monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 4, the town’s board of trustees heard presentations from President Jill Gross regarding the retirement of Town Attorney Larry Beeson, as well …read more.

MENTONE — The town of Mentone is taking steps to thwart what it says has been a history of delinquency when it comes to residents paying water bills on time. “It’s been chronic, people just never pay on time,” said Town Board President Jill Gross. “It’s getting worse, too, it seems like,” said Board Member …read more.

MENTONE — The town of Mentone is planning to crack down on unauthorized dumpster use. “It’s actually called theft of service,” said Town Marshal James Eads at the town’s regular board meeting Monday, Sept. 10. Eads, along with town board members Tim Croy, Jill Gross and Shelly Krueger and Clerk-Treasuer Barb Ross discussed people using …read more.

MENTONE — For residents of Mentone, putting out the trash will occur on a different day this week due to the upcoming holiday. “Trash pickup this week will be Thursday, July 5, instead of Wednesday,” said Town Board Member Tim Croy at the town’s monthly town board meeting Monday, July 2. Trash pickup will resume …read more.

MENTONE — The monthly meeting of Mentone’s Town Council featured all the elements that would be expected from a community steeped in chicken industry tradition — potential town-saving ideas being hatched, baseball board members flying the coop and even feathers being ruffled. Hatching an idea Local artist Bob Hudson addressed the board with an idea …read more.

MENTONE — The town of Mentone is currently dealing with unauthorized trash dumping and vandalism at one of the town’s most popular parks. The Town Board of Mentone heard a report on Monday night, March 5 from Street Superintendent Josh Shepherd and Town Marshal James Eads about problems with the the town’s sewage treatment plant …read more.