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City to break ground today on Ohio River walkway - 06/07/2010
TELL CITY - The public is invited to join in an official groundbreaking for the Tell City Riverwalk today. A ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Sunset Park. The project will create a paved path nearly a mile in length... Read More...
City to Break Ground on River Walkway - 06/03/2010
TELL CITY - The public is invited to join in an official groundbreaking for the Tell City Riverwalk Monday. A ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Sunset Park... Read More...
Community Foundation Awards More Than $28,000 - 12/17/2009
TELL CITY - The Perry County Community Foundation handed out checks totaling more than $28,000 at its grant awards Dec. 8. The awards luncheon, held at the Evangelical United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall... Read More...
William Tell Principal Completes Half-Marathon - 11/30/2009
TELL CITY - William Tell Elementary Principal Laura Noble has completed the Big Sur Half-Marathon, the fourth of five half-marathons she is participating in for her Eli Lilly Fellowship grant... Read More...
Youngsters Explain Logic of Giving Back to Community - 11/24/2009
TELL CITY - "Have you admired the beautiful landscaping around the Lutheran Church on 12th Street (or) walked the new Perry County Greenway?" asked Tell City High School senior Alex Flynn. Have you "sat in the spectacular amphitheater at Celina Lake... Read More...
More Tell City Parks Going Tobacco Free - 09/14/2009
TELL CITY - Despite one councilman's concern that the ban would be difficult to enforce, the Tell City Common Council voted Tuesday to prohibit tobacco products from another four parks. The move comes just months after the same group banned cigarettes... Read More...
Grab Your Schweizer Running Shoes - 07/27/2009
GUEST COLUMNISTS - As we approach the 2009 Schweizer Fest, many of us start planning to meet up with friends, host members of our family or welcome others from out of town who come back to celebrate our town's heritage. We plan to attend the fair... Read More...
Tri-State Health Series - 07/06/2009
Download the first of five reports including sound bits from Rebecca Fenn and Marty Brewer... Read more... Download MP3...
Ewing's interview to air this week - 07/06/2009
TELL CITY -Mayor Barbara Ewing's interview by Micah Schweizer and Jessica Naudziunas of radio station WNIN will air this week on WNIN 88.3 FM. The interview was part of a five-part weeklong Tri-State Health Series... Read More...
Bike tour raising funds for lanes - 06/27/2009
PERRY COUNTY - Imagine cycling through the scenic rolling hills of Perry County on a beautiful summer morning with family and friends. Now, imagine that you are helping create bike lanes in Tell City as you ride... Read More...
Evansville radio station to profile Windy Creek Trail - 06/27/2009
TELL CITY - Mayor Barbara Ewing was recently interviewed by Micah Schweizer and Jessica Naudziunas of radio station WNIN for a five-part weeklong Tri-State Health Series. The series will air the first full week of July on WNIN 88.3 FM... Read More...
Greenway help sought by city - 06/01/2009
CANNELTON - The city of Cannelton is looking for people willing to serve on a committee to help with a proposed greenway project. Anyone interested can contact the mayor's office at 547-8994... Read More...
William Tell students taking on triathlon Saturday - 05/11/2009
TELL CITY - William Tell Elementary School first- through fifth-grade students will run, bike and swim in a triathlon Saturday. The rain date will be May 23. The event begins at William Tell, and students will run to the Tell City-Perry County Public Library...Read More...
Tell City hosting cycling grand prix - 04/16/2009
TELL CITY - Tell City's downtown streets will test the mettle of more than 100 bicyclists Saturday for the William Tell Grand Prix. The Perry County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the county's greenway committee and the Ohio Valley Velo-Elite Development Cycling Team are sponsoring... Read More...
Noble hitting the road for fitness trail - 03/12/2009
TELL CITY - One Tell City principal is taking the community's recent wellness initiative and running with it - literally. Laura Noble, William Tell Elementary School principal, plans to participate in five half-marathons starting this summer... Read More...
Wellness 2009: It's up to us - 02/09/2009
GUEST COLUMNIST - The Tell City Common Council, with Mayor Barbara Ewing and a panel of concerned citizens, are about to embark on a new project all of us hope will improve the lives of area citizens... Read More...
City kicks off '09 health initiative - 02/05/2009
TELL CITY - A Tell City councilman was joined by the city's mayor and others Monday in announcing a six-month wellness initiative open to anyone wanting to lead a healthier life in 2009 and beyond... Read More...
Walkways funding mounts - 11/17/2008
TELL CITY - An anonymous $10,000 donation will boost an effort to get people walking, William Tell Elementary School Principal Laura Noble reported at a regular school-board meeting Tuesday... Read More...
Tell City in line for more sidewalk funds - 11/13/2008
VINCENNES - The Indiana Department of Transportation has awarded the City of Tell City $212,000 in Local Public Agency funding to pay for a new sidewalk on Tell and 19th streets that will connect the Tell City-Perry County Public Library with a new greenway... Read More...
Ceremony opens already-popular trail - 11/10/2008
TELL CITY - Although the Oct. 29 ceremony was a ribbon-cutting in the official sense, the Windy Creek Trail has already been blessed with countless feet over its ribbon of cushiony asphalt. A ceremony at the trailhead off of Indiana 37 served as the official opening... Read More...
Greenway ribbon cutting this week - 10/27/2008
TELL CITY - A dedication ceremony for the new Windy Creek Trail, part of the Perry County Greenway Initiative located in Hagedorn Park, is scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday... Read More...
Welborn grant to promote lifelong wellness - 10/20/2008
TELL CITY - A three-year wellness grant awarded to William Tell Elementary School will prod students and their teachers to lead healthier, longer lives through regular exercise, better nutrition, health education and disease prevention... Read More...
Greenway already a big hit - 09/04/2008
TELL CITY - Meeting in the dining room of Twilight Towers Tuesday, the Tell City Common Council heaped praise on a greenway project that has already developed a strong base of fans even before its formal dedication... Read More...
State highways to be designated bike routes - 04/28/2008
PERRY COUNTY - Indiana highways 37 and 145 have been approved as a bicyclists' route from Tell City to French Lick, Bob Ramsbottom reported at a county council meeting Thursday. The county councilman is also on the Indiana Bicycle Coalition Board of Directors... Read More...
Walk for Health program Saturday at Perry Central - 04/10/2008
LEOPOLD - A Walk for Health event Saturday at Perry Central Community School will kick off a series of events supporters hope will promote exercise as a key to healthy living... Read More...
Safe Routes to School grant worth $250,000 - 11/15/2007
TELL CITY - A $250,000 Safe Routes to Schools Grant was awarded to Tell City this week, federal money that will fund construction of a 1.2-mile walking and bicycling sidewalk system along Tell Street leading to William Tell Elementary School... Read More...
