Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer Monday night publically thanked NIPSCO, local department heads and residents for working together during Friday’s storm.
Thallemer said he worked with Angie Nelson, NIPSCO public information officer, to set up a mobile relief station Saturday at Pete Thorn Center.
Thallemer thanked Larry Plummer, parks superintendent, for assisting with the mobile relief station.
The station was run Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and was extended Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thallemer said NIPSCO contractors came into Warsaw, and 6,200 Warsaw residents were affected by the storm.
He said there were 50 NIPSCO trucks that were in Warsaw Saturday morning, and another 35 trucks came into the town Saturday afternoon.
NIPSCO provided food, ice and water.
“NIPSCO stepped up and went above and beyond on the mobile relief station,” Thallemer said.
Jerry Frush, councilman, said Oakwood Cemetery employees locked the gates at the cemetery Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. because of damage to trees in the cemetery.
Thallemer thanked all department heads for their work in storm cleanup efforts.
“I feel very fortunate the way our department heads, NIPSCO and the community reacted,” Thallemer said.
Tom Allen, Warsaw resident, thanked councilman Jeff Grose for riding through his neighborhood checking on residents’ safety during the storm.
