Tag: Centennial

Zollinger family receives centennial farm award

Apr. 12—GOSHEN — A farm in Goshen is celebrating a state honor. The Hoosier Homestead Award was presented by Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb on March 22. To be a recipient, families must show ownership of the land for at least 100 consecutive years and have 20 […]

$122M in state funds eyed for Centennial Park

Mar. 6—Documents submitted by the city to a federal agency in 2022 suggest Mayor Robert Restaino’s administration would be banking on $122 million in state funding to help build his proposed arena and “events campus” known as Centennial Park. The documents, acquired by the newspaper through a Freedom of Information Law request filed with the […]

Bomb threat interrupts Iowa speech competition at Ankeny Centennial High School

A bomb threat interrupted an Iowa High School Speech Association competition in Ankeny on Saturday. Police evacuated Ankeny Centennial High School and told parents and students to go home. The rest of the event was postponed. A news release from the Ankeny Community School District says building administrators were “made aware” of the bomb threat, […]

Centennial Park, Niagara Digital Campus battle for ‘Parcel 0’ (No. 5)

Dec. 26—On one side is Centennial Park, Mayor Robert Restaino’s proposed $150 million “events campus.” On the other is Niagara Digital Campus, a $1.5 billion data center proposed to city landholders Niagara Falls Redevelopment. As it turns out, the two projects can only be built on the same plot of land — “Parcel 0” — […]