Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees voted to extend its suspension of failure to connect penalties to July 31 at its monthly meeting held July 15. The penalties for not connecting to the sewer system will resume Aug. 1.

WARSAW — Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees’ monthly meeting on Nov. 13 ended with the announcement of the resignation of Greg Mitchell, effective Dec. 1, 2019. Mitchell joined the board in 2013, during what Jim Haney, board president, characterized as “difficult times,” when the district was still in the planning stages. Haney thanked …read more.

WARSAW — Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees held its monthly public meeting August 21. Among the items discussed was an August 15 lift station control failure along CR 600 East, resulting in a spill of approximately 6,500 gallons of sewage. According to Mike Rippey, LRSD treatment plant manager, both an ultrasonic level probe …read more.

WARSAW — At its last public meeting of 2018, Wednesday, Dec. 19, Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of trustees agreed to more strictly adhere to its billing ordinance when applying late charges in 2019. The board also dealt with infrastructure issues, including how to mitigate odors associated with sewage. According to Jim Haney, board president, Jones …read more.

  WARSAW — Following a brief hearing Wednesday, May 16, Lakeland Regional Sewer District’s board of trustees voted to adopt an ordinance fining those who fail to connect to the sewer by July 1, 2018. The tiered system of fines was agreed upon at the monthly public meeting held Wednesday, April 18. Property owners who fail …read more.

  WARSAW — Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of trustees will hold a special public hearing on the adoption of a tiered system of fines for property owners failing to connect to the sewer system. The hearing will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, in the administrative building, 5002 E. 100N, Warsaw. The …read more.

WARSAW — The monthly public meeting of the Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of trustees meeting held Wednesday, March 28, ended on a sour note, with public input from a couple possibly facing bankruptcy after their purchase of the Kuhn Lake Rental Property last October placed them in the center of an ongoing lawsuit between …read more.

WARSAW — Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of directors held a sparsely attended monthly public meeting Wednesday, Feb. 21, which dealt with defective electrical panels in grinder pumps, pump station communications and penalties for failure to connect. One item not on the agenda was the regional flooding, one reason for low attendance, as high water …read more.

WARSAW — In its first meeting of 2018, the Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of directors voted for all but one of its officers from 2017 to keep their posts in 2018. The board meeting was also the first held on its new schedule: 6 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month at the …read more.

WARSAW — Thursday evening, Nov. 2, the Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of directors held its first monthly public meeting at its new headquarters at the wastewater treatment plant, 5002 E. 100N, Warsaw. The first item on the agenda concerned malfunctioning control panels in grinder pumps, 29 of which have been replaced to date out …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — On Friday, July 21, the Lakeland Regional Sewer District reached a symbolic milestone with a ribbon cutting at its completed wastewater treatment facility, 5002 E. 100 N., south of the Barbee Lake chain it serves. The ceremony marked the culmination of a nine year process to construct a sewer system providing service …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — The monthly public meeting of the Lakeland Regional Sewer District board of directors Thursday, June 1, at the North Webster Community Center began on a somber note due to the recent passing of Bob Sanders, an original member of the board, formed in April 2008. Board President Jim Haney requested a moment …read more.

Lakeland Regional Sewer District’s monthly public board meeting Thursday, May 4, was largely focused on the issue of whether or not contractors would be able to connect homeowners by the Sept. 1 deadline. After hearing from representatives of Jones Petrie Rafinski, the company overseeing hook-ups, and private contractors in attendance, the board chose to allow …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees held a special meeting Monday, Dec. 19, at the North Webster Community Center to pass a motion authorizing members to sign off on approval of the Indiana Bond Bank payment and U.S. Department of Agriculture loan closing. By doing so before Jan. 1, the board …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — “We can see the end of the tunnel,” said Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees member Bob Sanders at a special meeting held Monday, Oct. 17, at the North Webster Community Center. The special meeting was held because asphalt plants close in the next month due to weather, and the board …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — The Lakeland Regional Sewer District board was once again led through a labyrinth of color-coded pay applications and change orders by DLZ Project Engineer Casey Erwin at Thursday evening’s regular monthly meeting in the North Webster Community Center.

NORTH WEBSTER — The district voted with a five to one yes to put a plan in place for property owners to be added to the project who may have refused to join before, purchased new property within the district, or one of several other possible reasons. Treasurer Mike DeWald was the only board member to vote no.

NORTH WEBSTER — It was no gentle start to the Thursday evening, Oct. 1, monthly meeting of Lakeland Regional Sewer District’s board in the North Webster Community Center, as the meeting kicked off with three bill pay requests of substantial amounts.

[weaver_youtube JnBx__Qj3r4 rel=0] Huntington county commissioners will launch an investigation into what caused a 600 pound piece of limestone to fall from the west end of the courthouse on Jefferson Street early Sunday morning. According to police reports, delivery drivers for the Herald Press were nearby and heard a loud crashing noise, causing them to call …read more.