Updated: Several individuals were recognized at the 2012 Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department Awards Banquet held Dec. 8. Names of the award winners along with awards they received are as follows. Those honored are also pictured above in the order listed here. In front row, from left: Lydia Karns … Read More
Updated: Warsaw Community Schools is proud to announce that Harrison, Jefferson and Lincoln Elementary schools have achieved the Reward Schools Status. Per Indiana’s NCLB Flexibility Waiver, Reward Schools are Title I-served schools that show high growth or high achievement. This year, the IDOE awarded Reward school status to elementary, … Read More
Updated: Trine University, Angola, has hit a high note by adding a major in music option for those earning a Bachelor of Science degree. The new four-year degree option is intended to provide students with a personalized learning environment and to foster experiences in the performance, understanding and appreciation … Read More
Updated: The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is promoting policies and practices aimed at increasing the number of Hoosiers who complete college on time and do so with minimal student debt. Indiana college students borrow more than $27,000 on average to finance a four-year degree, and the state’s student … Read More
Updated: Despite U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations requiring generic medications to carry identical warnings to those on corresponding brand-name products, a study by Regenstrief Institute researchers has found that more than two-thirds of generic drugs have safety-warning labels that differ from the equivalent brand-name drug. The investigators reviewed … Read More
Updated: Members of the healthcare team at the Warsaw Women’s Center recently presented the Kosciusko County Community Foundation with a check for $600 to help low income women access mammograms through the Good Samaritan Fund. The donation represented proceeds from the center’s sale of Hope bracelets. The Good Samaritan … Read More
Updated: Members of the Kosciusko County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #149 recently volunteered their time to assist in “ring the bell” for the Salvation Army red kettle at the local Warsaw Big R. Ten local law enforcement officers took turns rotating during their off-duty time between noon and … Read More
Updated: On Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, the Noble County Zoning Board of Appeals plans to meet in Albion, Ind., to review six dog breeding kennel Use Variance and Special Exception applications. Kennel operators are requesting to kennel more than four dogs and dog advocates are petitioning the zoning board … Read More
Updated: The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana Department of Child Services are encouraging community members to report incidents of suspected methamphetamine production and use. Kosciusko County is among those Indiana areas battling a high number of meth labs, along with a rise in illegal prescription drug use. … Read More
Updated: Eli Lilly and Company today provided an update on the next steps planned for solanezumab, its Phase 3 monoclonal antibody being studied as a potential therapy for patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease. Following discussions with regulators in the U.S., Europe and Canada, Lilly plans to conduct an additional … Read More
Updated: The Indiana Department of Transportation is advising motorists that there will be additional intermittent lane restrictions on U.S. 30 in Kosciusko County for the remainder of this week. INDOT maintenance crews will be working on westbound U.S. 30, between SR 13 at Pierceton and Old U.S. 30 in … Read More
Updated: The Indiana Commission for Women is extending the deadline for its annual Torchbearer Awards to Dec. 21. The state of Indiana’s most prestigious recognition of women, Indiana Torchbearers are those women who have stepped forward as leaders by breaking down barriers to women’s full participation. Recipients will be selected … Read More
Updated: Registration is going on now for Kosciusko County YMCA youth basketball where children in grades 2 through 4 can learn basic skills in a positive environment. The YMCA emphasizes participation, fitness, teamwork, sportsmanship and having fun over winning. Basketball games are played on Saturdays, with practices on Tuesdays … Read More
Updated: The following American Red Cross blood drives in Kosciusko County have been rescheduled: Monday, Dec. 17, at Warsaw Wesleyan Church has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at the church, located 2402 West Old Road 30 Thursday, Dec. 20, at Wawasee Bible Church … Read More
Updated: Grace College’s Kosciusko Lakes and Streams center received $25,000 from Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. to promote water resource education. KLAS will use the money to improve and expand its efforts to increase environmental literacy in Kosciusko County and the northern Indiana region. “It’s encouraging to get such a … Read More
Updated: CTS Corporation in Elkhart announced on Tuesday that it has completed the sale and leaseback of its Singapore facility for proceeds in excess of the underlying book value. CTS received net cash proceeds of approximately $17.5 million. An estimated $10 million of the total $14.5 million pre-tax gain … Read More
