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Real winter weather apparently on its way tonight
Updated on: 12.20.12

From the National Weather Service:

...A VERY POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. SUSTAINED
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
OVERNIGHT...AND WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AT TIMES.
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DIFFICULTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...AND LIGHTWEIGHT CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY OR DESTROYED. WITH RAIN CHANGING
TO SNOW...THE HIGH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE THE
WET PAVEMENT TO RAPIDLY FREEZE...CAUSING SLICK ROADS. RUSH HOUR
TRAFFIC THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT...WITH THE WORST
EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONGER AND SNOW BEGINS
TO FALL...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE. 

Obituaries
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Diana J. Harden, 44, Columbus
  1986 graduate of Brown County High School

Woodrow T. "Woody" Curry, 96, Columbus
  Brown County native

Sharon (Rider) Flokowitsch, 69, Nashville
  Wife of Peter Flokowitsch of Nashville

  • May 27
    CLOSED - Town Hall and county government offices
  • May 28
    Area Plan Commission
    6 p.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • May 28
    Brown County Commissioners
    4:30 p.m. County Office Building, second floor, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • May 29
    Brown County Commissioners
    4:30 p.m. County Office Building, second floor, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • May 29
    Board of Zoning Appeals
    6 p.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • May 29
    Sheriff's Merit Board
    4 p.m. Law Enforcement Center, Sheriff's Department, State Road 46 W.
  • May 30
    Gospel jam session
    6:30 p.m. Country Gospel Music Church, Gnaw Bone
  • June 3
    B.C. 4-H Council
    7 p.m. BC 4-H Fairgrounds Community Room, 802 Memorial Drive
  • June 3
    Gnaw Bone Sewage District
    5:30 p.m. Brown County Public Library, 205 North Locust Lane
  • June 4
    Nashville Redevelopment Commission
    6 p.m. Town Hall, 200 Commercial St.
  • June 4
    CSCD Building Commission
    7 p.m. CSLOA Clubhouse, 8751 Nineveh Rd.
  • June 5
    BC SWCD Board
    6:30 p.m. SWCD Office, 802 Memorial Dr., 4-H fairgrounds
  • June 5
    Brown County Commissioners
    6 p.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • June 6
    Gospel jam session
    6:30 p.m. Country Gospel Music Church, Gnawbone
  • June 6
    CSCD Ecology Commission
    7 p.m. CSLOA Clubhouse, 8751 Nineveh Road
  • June 6
    B.C. Schools Board of Trustees
    5 p.m., 6 p.m. Brown County High School, 234 School House Lane
  • June 11
    CSCD Roads, Security commissions
    6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. CSCD Office, 8377 Cordry Drive, CSLOA Clubhouse, 8751 Nineveh Drive
  • June 11
    B.C. Fair Board
    7 p.m. Community Room, 802 Memorial Drive (fairgrounds)
  • June 11
    Nashville Parking & Public Facilities
    6 p.m. Town Hall, 200 Commercial St.
  • June 12
    Aging & Community Services board
    3 p.m. ACSSCI office conference room, 1531 13th St., Suite G900, Columbus
  • June 12
    CRC Steering Committee
    6:30 p.m. CRC, 246 E. Main Street, Nashville
  • June 12
    Van Buren TVFD
    6 p.m. Van Buren Fire Station, 6801 Hamilton Creek Road
  • June 13
    BC Convention & Visitors Commission
    8:30 a.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • June 13
    Nashville Arts & Entertainment Commission
    10 a.m. Town Hall, 200 Commercial St.
  • June 13
    CSCD Water Commission
    6:30 p.m. CSCD Office, 8377 Cordry Drive
  • June 17
    BC Public Library Board of Trustees
    6 p.m. Brown County Public Library, 205 North Locust Lane
  • June 19
    Brown County Commissioners
    6 p.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane