Friends and family of Dave Stipe joined Lake County Courthouse staff last Tuesday to celebrate groundbreaking on the new courthouse annex, named after Stipe. Wielding shovels in the front row are members of the Stipe family – Debbie May, Kevin May, Susan Peterson and Taylor Stipe – with Commissioner Bill Barron. Pictured in the back row are Donna Hook, Connie Slocum, Billie Lee, Don Bick, Toni Kramer, Punk Kerr and Commissioner Gale Decker. (Kate Stinger photo)
May 5, 2024
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County breaks ground on new Dave Stipe Annex
Family members of former Lake County Commissioner Dave Stipe helped break ground last Tuesday on the new 15,000-square-foot Dave Stipe Annex. Swank Enterprises is general contractor on the structure, which is going up on the corner of Fifth Ave. E. and First St. W., southwest of the existing courthouse.