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Year-banded assembly from the banked legs' dated record and the O-9 sweep; each entry sourced to its leg
2015. Penn Township Trustee Doris Portolese is in office from 2015 (Government leg). No other dated entry for 2015 stands in the banked legs reached; the band prints thin because the record is thin.
2016. Daniel Lee of Osceola holds the Indiana Legion 3rd District baseball chairmanship in the 2016 handbook (Sports leg). At boundary: the Pokagon Band's trust land is taken at South Bend in 2016 (Tribes leg) — a valley event, printed as boundary.
2017. The Martin family builds the Crystal Springs Creamery processing plant on the Ash Road farm; yogurt and cheese curds begin (Businesses leg). Heather Short becomes PHM assistant superintendent for instruction (Schools section).
2018. At boundary: Four Winds South Bend opens in February 2018 on the Pokagon trust land (Tribes leg). No in-town dated entry stands for 2018 in the legs reached.
2019. Glass-bottled milk joins the creamery's line (Businesses leg).
2020. The census counts the town at 2,590 and Penn Township at 68,698 (Population leg). The Farmer's Exchange profiles the creamery on May 29, 2020, at roughly 600 acres and 300 cows (Businesses leg).
2021. The music festival is renamed and turns all-local (Arts section).
2022. Farm-fresh ice cream launches in spring 2022, completing the creamery's 2017–2022 build-out (Businesses leg). The Farm Flavor / ISDA profile of November 18, 2022 gives the farm at roughly 700 acres of row crops — against the Exchange's 600, printed whole (Businesses leg).
2023. OBSA's Form 990-EZ shows revenue of $61,976 (Sports leg). Bus Kelver, at 96, is still running the frog-jumping contest he started (Arts section). Cornerstone Family Therapy Center receives its IRS ruling in November 2023, seated at 1415 Lincolnway West, Suite Q (Fairs-Civic leg).
2024. The festival's 40th edition falls in August 2024 (Arts section). Three more civic-register rulings land: the Granger Exploration and Robotics Studio in April 2024 at 200 Lincolnway West, Beyoutiful Minds in March 2024, and the Michiana Concert Band in December 2024 (Fairs-Civic leg). The town council's current terms begin January 1, 2024 (Government leg).
2025. The $1 million federal rail planning grant is announced January 21, 2025 (Current-Today leg). Superintendent Thacker's retirement is announced in March 2025; the PHM board appoints Heather Short unanimously, 7-0, on May 27, 2025, and she takes office July 1, 2025 (Schools section; Current-Today leg). The Speicher Educational Services Center renaming follows in October 2025 (Schools section). The county approves the 320 Lincoln Way East acquisition on November 12 and 18, 2025 (see the Development article above). Save Baugo Bay holds its first plan public meeting December 5, 2025 (Development article).
2026. The Baugo Bay Sediment Removal Plan issues in January 2026, with the second public meeting January 17 (Development article). On March 24, 2026 the fire-territory vote joins Clay, Penn, Harris and German townships with Osceola, Roseland and Indian Village in an expanded Clay Fire Territory, effective 2027 (WNDU, March 24, 2026; Tribune, March 13, 2026). The 2026 LARE award lists, announced in the March cycle, carry no Baugo Bay sediment award (Development article, tested). The Basin Commission drafts its qualified support letter May 28, 2026, and the Redress column follows May 29, updated July 27 (Current-Today leg). Rail-study listening sessions sit at Moran Elementary June 9–10, 2026. The festival's 42nd year runs in August 2026 (Arts section). The PHM teachers' contract is approved unanimously October 12, 2026 (Schools section), and the FDA's October 2026 IMS list renews the creamery to March 31, 2028 (Businesses leg). In the November 3, 2026 elections, Commissioner District 1 goes to Bill Redman (D), 16,735 votes (58.4 percent) over Carl Baxmeyer (R), 11,924 (41.6 percent), 68 of 68 precincts reporting; Redman takes office January 1, 2027 and prints until then as commissioner-elect, with the sheriff's office passing to Ruszkowski on the same date; Gratzol defeats Rogers in Senate District 11 (Current-Today leg). Certified PHM precinct results were not retrieved and remain GAP-O9-1, settler the County Clerk's certified summary.
Sources:
- Banked legs as cited per entry: Government, Sports, Tribes, Businesses, Schools, Population, Arts, Fairs-Civic, Current-Today; O-9 sweep results as consolidated in Osceola Today.
- Development article of this section (LARE 2026 award lists; county resolutions; rail study) for the 2025–2026 project entries.