Kyle Goodwin will no longer have the moniker of Fishers High School Interim Principal if the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board puts its stamp of approval on the administration recommendation at tonight’s meeting. Goodwin would assume the position of permanent Fishers High School Principal as of February 13. Also, Interim Associate Principal Chrissie Sturgill will assume the permanent job if the board approves.
The board will also be asked to approve Janie Ulmer as Permanent Principal at HSE Intermediate & Junior High, where she has served in an interim capacity.
The board will also be asked to approve school calendars for the 2026-2027 and the 2027-2028 school years. The proposed calendars before the board tonight are shown below.
The National Weather Service continues to have a Winter Weather Advisory in place for the Fishers area beginning at 1pm today through 4am Thursday.
The latest update from the forecasters indicates Fishers will be very close to the line between snow and rain in this weather system. NWS says icy conditions are more likely in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis, which obviously includes Fishers.
Because the forecast is a bit uncertain, any movement of this weather system a little north or south can change everything. Stay in touch as you plan your evening rush hour and evening activities today.
Below is the latest update from the National Weather Service, issued at 10:36am today:
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Ice accumulations up to around a quarter of an inch. Total snow accumulations up to three inches in far North Central Indiana. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and west central Indiana. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesday evening commute. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Greatest area of uncertainty exists along the I-70 corridor where the transition line from plain rain to freezing rain will set up. Impacts may widely vary over small south to north distances throughout the Indianapolis Metro area and along I-70. The northern Indy suburbs have a greater threat of freezing rain and icy conditions. A difference of just one degree can mean the difference between plain rain and significant ice. Stay tuned for updates as the latest winter storm evolves today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. Be prepared for slippery roads. Slow down and use caution while driving. If you are going outside, watch your first few steps taken on stairs, sidewalks, and driveways. These surfaces could be icy and slippery, increasing your risk of a fall and injury.
The Orr Fellowship has announced four local students selected to be awarded the honor.
New Orr Fellows from Fishers as well as their respective universities and partner companies are:
Isabel Chalfant, Purdue University, TPMA
Jack Kenny, Indiana University Bloomington, dormakaba
Olivia Lux, Indiana University Bloomington, Stitch
Kayla Malmquist, Taylor University, The Heritage Group
74 total college seniors are receiving the fellowship. Orr Fellowship is an early career development program for high-achievers and businesses in Indiana. The program recruits, assesses and matches university graduates with high-agency roles in growing Indiana businesses.
If your musical era is the 1980s, the Fishers Event Center has a show coming for you Tuesday, June 17. Rick Springfield is the headliner for four acts, including John Waite, Wang Chung and Paul Young.
The announcement emphasizes that all four acts will perform a full set of music.
Springfield has plenty to show in his recording career, including 25 million albums and 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.”
Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 14 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com.
Sarah Donsbach wrapped up her 4 years of service on the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board last December. She chose not to run for another term.
She discusses her decision not to seek a second term, dealing with COVID as a board member, hiring superintendents redistricting and much more in this podcast interview, available at the link below.
Mayor Fadness provides State Of The City address at Fishers Event Center
When Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness presented his State of the City address last week, he looked back ten years, when Fishers transformed itself from a town to a city and he assumed the office of mayor in 2015. As I watched the speech, my thoughts went back even further, to 1991.
That was the year I married Jane Johnson Lannan and moved to a small ranch home in Sunblest. That was a time when Fishers was a good place to construct a starter home. Those days are largely gone, as Fishers is a much different place now compared to 34 years ago, and that is not an altogether bad thing.
Fishers was a town 34 years ago, governed by a seven-member town council and the day-to-day operations overseen by a town manager. The 1990 census counted just over 7,500 souls residing in Fishers at that time, but the area was already beginning to grow.
The Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) Schools were starting a growth in students at that time that is just now starting to level-off. My wife Jane assured me that Fishers, while a small town in 1991, would grow into something special over time. It has.
When my twin daughters entered the HSE Schools and started playing sports, that is a time when bonds and friendships blossom in a community, and that happened with me. Helping out with the Dad’s Club and other activities are special memories.
I have watched as Fishers went from being a bedroom community of Indianapolis to become its own place, with parks, first-class infrastructure, economic development creating local jobs and the efforts to provide a special place for a family to grow.
Scott Fadness saw this when he first joined the Town of Fishers as an intern, then a staff member and eventually the Fishers Town Manager. When I retired from my civil service job and started this volunteer news blog in 2012, Fishers was beginning one of the most important political campaigns in its history – a referendum on what type of municipality the citizens of Fishers wanted.
We had a very complex ballot, but it boiled down to three choices – Do we remain a town? Do we become a “reorganized” city that looks and feels a lot like a town? Or, do we choose to be a traditional second-class city under Indiana law with a strong mayor’s office?
The vote was not even close. The people voted for a second-class city with a strong mayor. Once that was decided, the question was, when do we become a city and who will be the first mayor?
Under the normal political cycle, the election of the new city council, city clerk and mayor would have happened in 2015, and the new city would start in 2016. But state lawmakers threw Fishers a curve.
The legislators provided for a one-year transition period. The first city election was in 2014, for one-year terms, then the four-year terms would be decided in the normal 2015 balloting.
That set the stage for our first Fishers city election in 2014. No Democrats ran for mayor in 2014, so the Republican primary election would elect our first mayor. There were a total of six candidates.
There were two front-runners. There was Walt Kelly, the former Fishers Town Council President that had been away from politics for several years, but still had strong ties to the local community. Then there was Scott Fadness, the Town Manager, the candidate with the support of the local Republican establishment and the most campaign cash.
It was a close election between the top candidates. Fadness was the winner, but by only 393 votes out of 9,191 cast.
Scott Fadness wasted no time in getting to work once he was mayor-elect. He made clear to me in those early months what his plans would be and he went to work. He has never stopped over the past ten years. If you don’t believe me, talk to any current or former member of his staff.
Fadness pointed to his many accomplishments when presenting his 2025 State of the City address, and who can blame him? The venue for the address in itself is an accomplishment. The Fishers Event Center is a very nice facility. When I talk to people attending Fuel games from out-of-town, they are all highly complimentary of the Event Center.
The mayor did have a lot of other points to make, such as Fishers having the lowest property tax rate among Indiana’s ten post populous cities. Then there is the economic development job growth, restaurant and retail expansion, a new west-side AgriPark, Plug & Play development for Launch Fishers, and, of course, the biggest news of the speech, the new Target store coming near Exit 210, next to IU Hospital.
Mayor Fadness says the State of the City is strong. He makes a compelling case.
Fans throw socks for the homeless on the ice following the Fuel’s first goal
Kyle Maksimovich found the perfect spot to score his second goal of the night, in overtime, to provide the Indy Fuel a big 3-2 win over the Kansas City Mavericks, before a Fishers Event Center sellout crowd of 6,564 Saturday night.
The Fuel had a big challenge, taking on one of the best teams in the ECHL. The Mavericks had the second best record in the Western Conference and had won 8 out of their last 10 games going into Saturday night’s contest.
The Fuel started strong with 2 goals in the first period, by Maksomovich and Kevin Lombardi. KC’s Cade Borchardt picked up a goal later in the first period, making the score 2-1 at the end of the first stanza.
There was no scoring, but plenty of action in Period 2.
About halfway through Period 3, Luke Loheit picked up the tying goal for the Mavericks and the score was tied at the end of regulation.
The Fuel killed a penalty that went from regulation into overtime. KC’s Max Andreev picked up a tripping penalty with more than 2 minutes remaining in the extra period, leading to Maksimovich’s winning power play score.
This was an important win for the Fuel, putting their record above .500, with 19 wins and 18 losses.
The Fuel return to the Fishers Event Center Wednesday to face the Florida Everblades at 7pm, the first of 3 home games with the team from Florida.
You may have already noticed potholes are already becoming a problem with the weather we have experienced in recent weeks. State Road 37 will be seeing lane restrictions as road crews work on areas of that highway. Also, be aware of lane restrictions coming on Southeastern Parkway in the area of 113th Street.
There area number of other details contained in the weekly road construction report, as provided by the City of Fishers and provided below:
When 3 Fuel players were suspended after a penalty-filled contest Sunday at Fort Wayne, Indy knew it would be a tough Friday night. It was. Without Cam Hausinger, Nathan Burke, and Lucas Brenton in the lineup, the Fuel lost to the Wheeling Nailers 6-3 at the Fishers Event Center.
The Fuel’s Kyle Maksimovich found the back of the net first with only a half-second remaining in the first period, giving the home team its first and only lead of the night, 1-0.
The second period was all Nailers as they scored 3 goals, two of them short-handed. Period 3 had Wheeling score two quick goals in the first minute. To make matters worse, the Fuel had two penalties, giving Wheeling a 5-3 advantage, and providing the Nailers with yet another goal.
Jordan Martin came up with a short-handed Fuel goal halfway through the final period, Colin Bilek added one more score for the home team nearly 16 minutes into the period.
The Nailers registered 30 shots on goal, the Fuel had 19.
The Fuel now must regroup and prepare to face the Kansas City Mavericks Saturday night at the Fishers Event Center with a 7pm faceoff.
One of the responsibilities assigned to the Fishers Arts & Culture Commission is to evaluate funding requests from local organizations to finance projects related to the arts. Thursday evening, the commission approved the funding requests for 11 local groups.
A rubric template was established and each commission member judged each request using that measure. 11 of the 13 grant applications were approved, providing the funding requested. The Commission did not pass out the entire amount in the 2025 budget of $75,000 and will decide later how to handle the money remaining.
