The historic, white-pillared home at 1515 South Park Avenue, Alexandria, has long been a landmark in the community. As visitors travel north into town on Indiana Highway 9, they are welcomed by this house on the east side of the highway just south of the intersection of 11th Street.
(Editor’s Note: Madison County Historian Stephen Jackson has been asked by the Madison County America 250 Steering Committee to provide historical facts about Madison County to local newspapers. The submissions support the Celebrate America 250 imitative, which began on June 14 and culminates on July 4, 2026 in honor of the country’s Semiquincentennial.)
The Madison County 4-H queen contest was held on July 12 prior to the official opening of the 2025 fair. Since then, the crowned queen Emma Kelich has spent every day between July 12 and July 26 at the 4H fairgrounds.
Are your clothes too clean? We would like you to meet Lint Roller, a 3-month-old male kitten with a sleek coat, sass, a big purr-sonality.
Alexandria Police Department Detective, Cody Anderson, joined the department as a full-time patrol officer in July of 2019 after serving the department as a reserve officer for a year.
For several decades, the names of Azimow and Culbertson have been associated with the long-time scrap metal business in Alexandria. The story of one of its founders, Ben Azimow, is a wonderful example of an immigrant who built his local business into a thriving enterprise in the 20th century.
Dominic Bedell of Alexandria participated in 4H for the first time this year. He entered three projects and all three of them will be going to the State Fair. His B-17 model airplane and Forestry Leaf Collection each won Champion and Grand Champion.
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