Looking Back – July 11

Mickey Meier, 4, won first place in the Group 1 Division of the Pedal Tractor Pull at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

Columbus Regional Hospital began renovation work on the former Crystal Aire building on Keller Avenue which would be used for its Materials Distribution Department while restoration work was completed in the hospital’s flood-damaged basement.

1995

Ground was broken at the intersection of Interstate 65 and Jonathan Moore Pike for the $53.1 million Columbus Front Door Project.

1970

Unidentified pollution killed nearly all waterlife along a mile stretch of Hawcreek between Fifth and 17th streets.