WARSAW — An employee handbook update and educator’s report were the main topics of discussion during the Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19. Education and Outreach Coordinator Suzanne Stokes was present at the meeting to deliver her report on current and upcoming programs. Several … Read More
WARSAW — Officials from KGP Telecommunications, LLC — both at the company’s two Warsaw locations on 3454 N. Detroit St. and 2000 W. Winona Ave. and at corporate headquarters in Faribault, Minn. have still not responded to requests for information regarding a reported upcoming layoff. However, an attorney representing … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — Elmer “EJ” Kirkpatrick, New Paris, was recognized at the Kosciusko Commissioners meeting held Tuesday, Feb. 19, for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Kirkpatrick, a senior at Wawasee High School, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 726 out of North Webster. Bob Bishop, president of Kosciusko … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — The National Weather Service of Northern Indiana has declared a winter weather advisory for Kosciusko County from 4 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Precipitation will likely begin as snow and then change over to light freezing rain. Total snow accumulations of a half inch … Read More
WARSAW — The Lake City Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the administrative offices connected to Kosciusko Hospital. The monthly meeting will include time for those with the condition to share their experiences and what they have learned. This month’s meeting is … Read More
SYRACUSE — The Conklin Bay project is “shovel ready,” the Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee heard Monday evening, Feb. 18. Now, the committee is just waiting for the additional money to get the project started, possibly this year. Megan McClellan, executive director, submitted an application for the Next Level Connections … Read More
COLUMBIA CITY — A second woman in northern Indiana has surrendered her newborn baby in recent days with help from Safe Haven Baby Boxes. The Woodburn-based group announced last week that one of its counselors reached through a hotline had assisted a woman in Kosciusko County with the … Read More
WARSAW — The meeting room in Warsaw Community Schools’ administration office was packed on Monday, Feb. 18, all for the adulation of Edgewood Middle School seventh-grader Milind Kumar. Family members, school faculty and a host of emergency services personnel, including Sheriff Kyle Dukes attended the regular meeting of … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — Whether a manufacturing business, service provider, retail location, sales distributor or farm – every business in Kosciusko County can gain something from the upcoming Barn & Business Breakfast, hosted by Kosciusko County Community Foundation and Kosciusko County Farm Bureau. The free event will be held from … Read More
WARSAW — Supporters of Safe Haven Baby Boxes got what might be a one-of-a-kind endorsement of its program last week ahead of Warsaw City Council’s vote Tuesday on whether to install a box in the city. Representatives of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, based in Woodburn, don’t like to publicize … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces traffic will be restricted to one lane on SR 13 in two locations in Kosciusko County, weather permitting. The lane restrictions are necessary to allow INDOT contractors to install two new pipe liners. Motorists can expect to see temporary … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Webster Lake Conservation Association is asking the court to settle a dispute with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources concerning the nearly 200-year-old dam. A complaint was filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court on Feb. 7. The latest inspection states the DNR wants the association to buy … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wearing the new crowns of Miss Kosciusko and Miss Outstanding Teen were Naevenya Moore and Jordyn Leininger evening on Saturday Feb. 16. Both were ecstatic, as were other pageant contestants, to be crowned. Moore, a 17-year-old from Warsaw Community High School, held the stage with her elegantly … Read More
WARSAW — With temperatures in the 20s and cloudy skies, locals braved the chilly waters of Warsaw’s Center Lake today, Feb. 16, to raise money for Special Olympics Indiana. More than 50 people, from individuals and pairs to groups decked out in “cool” ice cube costumes, participated in … Read More
CLAYPOOL — A man and woman were transported from a vehicle accident that occurred on CR 600S, near Packerton Road in Claypool, just before 6 p.m. today, Feb. 15. According to dispatch, one individual was bleeding from the head due to the accident. Both individuals were transported from … Read More
WARSAW — The city of Warsaw offices will be closed in observance of President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18. Warsaw residents whose scheduled trash day is Monday will be serviced Tuesday, Feb. 19.
