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Cherubusco library group seeks private funds to renovate bank building, asks council to forward board nomination

Whitley County Council · January 7, 2026
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Summary

A new ad hoc library committee aims to move the Cherubusco Public Library into the vacant former Cherubusco State Bank, target occupancy January 2027, and is seeking private fundraising and a council nomination for Ben Lovell to the library board.

Lisa Waterman, a Cherubusco resident and new library-board member, updated the council on a campaign to relocate and renovate the village’s public library into the former Cherubusco State Bank building.

Waterman said the bank building is structurally sound but needs significant renovations, including a new roof (estimates she cited near $200,000). She described a partnership model…

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