The River church will be holding a special easter egg hunt on Saturday 14th April at the Lapel High School from 11am onwards.

Town Employees at the request of the Lapel Fire Department are reviewing the Fire Hydrants in Town for possible replacement or improvement.

The Madison County Council of Governments has been discussing the issue of Food and Beverage Tax.

This is a community paper and from time to time we ask our readers to help out and submit articles. This is one such article submitted by Deb Osza.

The Town has uncovered that changes at the Owens - Illinois Glass Factory in Town have led to a reduction of waste being sent to the waste water treatmant plant.

Enjoy a romantic meal with the ones you love in a relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere. Let us prepare and cook your valentines day meal for you. All you have to do is show up and enjoy the delicious food with the people you love!

Make Valentines Day a special event with a delicious meal from the Station.

Doug Andersons representative Clay Parkison attended the LCA meeting last night to discuss the logistics and finer points of hosting a free concert during the Lapel Village Fair.

The LCA held its first meeting since December's Optimist Club Fire last night and voted in favor of donating $1500 to the Optimist Club.

Bob Mink owner of M.D.I and Tony Mullet`s boss has just presented Tony with a check for $6,300 dollars to cover the purchase of two new electronic scoreboards.

Both the Lapel Boys Baseball and Girls Softball have applications for this season.

Regal Computer Services recently won a contract to design a website for a new charity that Elizabeth Shatner (wife of William Shatner and well known equestrian celebrity in her own right) started called the All Glory Project.

The ashes from the Optimist Club Fire last month may have long since been put out but the fire is still there in the hearts and minds of everyone who supports the Optimist Club.

We are looking for donations of items or merchandise to be used in a benefit auction for the Lapel Optimist Club.

The Lapel Optimist Club is holding a ham and bean dinner at the Eagles building on 9th St. All proceeds from this event will go towards the Optimist Club.

A 2 vehicle accident near Rickers on SR32 led to one lane being closed for a short period of time around 4pm Friday afternoon.

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Waste Management has released its 2012 holiday / trash delay schedule.

Yesterdays winter weather brought traffic chaos throughout the county. With I69 hit particularly hard as some motorists failed to reduce their speed in the difficult driving conditions.

The Town Council of Clay Parkison, Tim Munro, Tony Pearson, Deb Wainscott and Gary Shuck met last night at the Eagles on 9th St for the second scheduled meeting of the month.

The Town of Lapel discovered this week that the property tax settlement they should receive as indicated by the State of Indiana of $189,267 would not be received in its entirety. Instead the Town received $157,530 which amounts to a $30,000 (17%) shortfall.

Mardi Gras and the Madison County Federal Credit Union have formed a donation match scheme that will see the MCFCU match any donation that Mardi Gras can raise towards the Optimist Club.

A few days ago the Lapel Fire Department responded to a call for a vehicle fire near Rickers.

The Town of Lapel and the Lapel Police Department took a step forward in technology with the installation of a new audio-visual in both the Town Hall and the police station.

Phil Troyer, Architect from the firm working for National Oil and Gas was at the Planning meeting last night with preliminary drawings of the new gas station.