Cummins announced Tuesday that it has added a former General Mills executive to its Board of Directors. Kim A. Nelson worked at General Mills for nearly 30 years, most recently as as Senior Vice President of External Relations.

During her time with the company, she served as President of the Snack Food Division where she led the $1.2 billion dollar U.S. operating division, generating more than 10% annual sales growth.

Nelson graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. She earned an MBA in marketing from Columbia University.

A Madison man was arrested over the weekend by Jennings County deputies on drug charges after he was seen driving a stolen vehicle.

Deputies received a report of a stolen SUV out of Jefferson County driving southbound on State Road 3 in the Vernon area and found the vehicle backed into a home in the 300 block of the highway. Deputies found 26-year-old Darren K. Stewart of Madison walking near a pole barn. A search of the vehicle revealed more than 30 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales and packaging materials.

Stewart was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, illegal possession of a syringe and possession of stolen vehicle.

Eastern Bartholomew Water Corp. has issued a boil water advisory for customers along 25th Street from Talley Road to the Petersville area.

Customers should boil any water for five minutes before they consume it or use it for food preparation.

The boil water advisory is in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon. If you have any questions you can call the water company at 812-526-9777.

A professor at Ivy Tech Community College Columbus’ campus is having his poetry featured in the Indiana state poetry archive.

Patrick Nevins, an associate professor of English at Ivy Tech Columbus, was one of 32 poets whose work was added to the archive, called INverse. His poem is “The Divers at Donner Pool Free Swim.” According to the college, the work considers the everyday realities of individuals and how they use diving as a momentary escape.

Nevins said he is honored to have his work accepted for the archive and that “Poetry provides an opportunity to thoughtfully express and examine a range of ideas and emotions.”

The archive is a joint project between the Indiana Poet Laureate, the Indiana State Library and the Indiana Arts Commission.

You can find the archive here.

The Seymour Chamber of Commerce is hosting a debate between candidates for Indiana House District 69 tonight.

House District 69 includes parts of Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Jefferson counties.

Incumbent Republican Jim Lucas of Seymour and Katrina “Kat” Hardwick, an independent, have agreed to participate.

The debate will begin at 6 p.m. this evening at the Knights of Columbus hall on Second Street in Seymour.

The Bartholomew County courthouse will be getting a new security device to help protect courthouse officers from COVID-19.

Bartholomew County Commissioners approved the purchase of a new scanner for bags, purses, backpacks and similar items that will allow those to be searched without a deputy having to touch the bag. John Martoccia with the sheriff’s department said that the security detail now has to touch and search the bags by hand. The new device would be installed in the same security space at the courthouse entrance.

The commissioners opened two bids for the device, but chose the higher bidder because their equipment would better fit the space available. Commissioners chose LAURUS Systems from Ellicot City, Maryland at a cost of just over $30,000.

County Auditor Pia O’Connor said that the expense would be eligible to be covered by federal CARES Act funds the county has available. O’Connor said that recent changes in state guidance indicates that the county will receive its full allotment of CARES Act funds and officials will not have to be as selective on how the funds are used as they have been previously.

A woman drowned in Decatur County Monday while conducting SCUBA training.

Indiana Conservation Officers are reporting that 61-year-old Donna Kishbaugh of Westfield died in the accident that started at about 2:14 p.m. Monday afternoon at Hidden Paradise Campground in Decatur County when she went missing.

Her body was discovered at 2:56 p.m. in 18 feet of water and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Conservation officers, Indiana State Police, Shelby County Deputies, Decatur County Deputies, Shelbyville Fire Department, and Decatur County Fire Department assisted in the recovery efforts.

This investigation is still underway.