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🌱 Seymour approves vehicle bond as health insurance costs strain budget

Seymour, Indiana Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hey there, Seymour! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Seymour approves vehicle bond as health insurance costs strain budget
  • Seymour’s Bailey Tabeling helps Ohio stay unbeaten
  • Youth grants support free therapy and affordable camp near Seymour

Also on today's calendar: Covered Bridge Health Campus: Community Open House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Thursday: A couple of showers possible, temps: high: 52, low: 35.
  • Friday: Mainly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City council approves rezoning, general obligation bond (tribtown.com) — Seymour’s council approved a three-year bond to buy a fire engine and police cars, continuing the city’s borrowing cycle for those purchases. Separately, Clerk-Treasurer Darrin Boas requested $750,000 from rainy day reserves for over-budget health insurance costs and transit staffing needs, saying insurance spending had already surpassed its typical $5 million annual level.
   

2. Ohio women's basketball defeats Otterbein 68-44 on Education Day (athensmessenger.com) — Seymour’s Bailey Tabeling grabbed five rebounds as Ohio’s women beat Otterbein 68-44 on Monday to improve to 2-0. The Bobcats overcame a slow first quarter and pulled away after halftime, with four players scoring in double figures. Ohio next hosts Georgia on Saturday, Nov. 14.
   

3. Jackson County-area organizations receive youth-focused grant funds (tribtown.com) — Reins to Recovery in Seymour received $99,942 to support horse-assisted mental health sessions offered free to young people with referrals. The Indiana Youth Institute also awarded $323,875 to Lakeview Ministries for outreach and enrollment efforts and $225,000 to Brownstown’s PYOCA to sustain its low-cost day camp.
   

4. Find Out The Surprising Career CMA Nominee Stephen Wilson Jr. Had Before Country Music (countryrebel.com) — Seymour native Stephen Wilson Jr. worked as a food scientist before trading the lab for country music. He helped develop dog dental chews at Mars, then left science in 2016 to pursue songwriting. Now he has four CMA nominations and a performance scheduled for the November 18 awards show.
   

5. Southern Indiana woman arrested on child battery charges (whas11.com) — A Seymour woman faces a felony domestic battery charge after investigators examined a child’s report of an August incident at a Jackson County home. Indiana State Police said Carrie McCoy, 33, turned herself in Tuesday and was held at the county jail pending her initial court appearance.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Seymour

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Seymour

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.