The Southwest Indiana Area Corn and Soybean Day program will be held on Tuesday, January 31 at the Vanderburgh County Fairgrounds Activities building on Darmstadt Rd.

This program is sponsored by Purdue Extension from Gibson, Vanderburgh, Posey, and Warrick counties.  The meeting will provide valuable information for area crop producers on weed resistance issues, other corn and soybean production issues, as well as, grain marketing update; all which should be valuable information as they plan their 2012 crops. 

Nearly one in ten households in Indiana’s 8th Congressional District reported difficulty accessing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables in the communities where they live, according to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry.  The 9.6% rate is is above the state average of 8.5% and the national average of 8.2 percent for the same 2008-2010 time frame of the study.    For households with children, 10.9% reported difficulty.

Much attention has been paid in recent years to whether Americans have adequate access to healthy food in their communities, and this new report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) claims to shed  light on such challenges in Indiana and across the nation.

A water main break has forced the Elberfeld Water Department to issue a precautionary boil advisory for customers on Baseline Road from Warrick County Line Rd. to I-164 and customers on Warrick county Line Rd. from Baseline Rd. South to the railroad tracks.

Residents are advised to bring water to a boil for at least five minutes before cooking or drinking until further notice.