Hoosiers are known for their humility, but it’s time to stand up proudly and celebrate an extraordinary but little-known achievement: your generosity has put Riley Hospital for Children within the top tier of the nation’s pediatric research hospitals. Thanks to donors who support our fundraising arm, Riley Children’s … Read More
At an event earlier this year, Rep. Luke Messer gave a speech to the IU College Republicans. There, he said that in the Republican primary, he said that the party must send forward its best candidate to face Joe Donnelly in the general election. Without a doubt, the … Read More
Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Grace College School of Business, the Gordon Institute for Enterprise Development and the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce for recently partnering to host the Sixth Annual Executive Forum at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace College campus. This year’s … Read More
Autumn has always been my favorite season but since the mid 1980s it has also been a time that has provoked feelings of sadness because it was at that time, three decades ago, that I listened to a program on Dr. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio … Read More
Dear Editor, It has come to our attention that the Kosciusko County Health Department has conducted an extensive E.coli study on Tippecanoe Lakes, including Tippecanoe Lake, James Lake and Oswego Lake. This study was in response to numerous calls to the Health Department concerning the bacteria levels in … Read More
Dear Editor: I have read with interest this whole situation with Warsaw Community High School and the Military Armed Services Night. It seems rather confusing what happened but my time in the U.S. Army taught me that this would be called a SNAFU. David is a man I … Read More
Dear Editor, The events that transpired in Charlottesville, Virginia over this past weekend bring to the forefront issues of intolerance and bigotry, hatred and violence, and must be addressed by all of us who follow Christ. Indiana ranks 7th in the nation in the number of active hate groups. … Read More
Loyalty is an extremely underrated quality in this world. Very few people actually prove it. Loyalty changes everything. The moment you know you can trust someone is the moment a relationship can move to a deeper level. That’s when you can begin to work together and be more … Read More
Republicans are often considered to be anti-woman. But as a young woman in a republican state who is a republican herself, I am here to say that this could not be less true. I have had great and empowering interactions with so many republicans across the state, and … Read More
Letter To Editor July 1 marks the 5-year anniversary of Indiana’s state smoke-free air law. This law was a milestone for the state of Indiana in protecting thousands of Hoosiers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. Unfortunately, it also left many workers unprotected. In Kosciusko County, we … Read More
As Independence Day approaches I am prompted to consider why it was that our founding fathers, Christian by a very great majority, would establish a decidedly secular form of government. Our Constitution, crafted by Christian lawyers, farmers and others, does not mandate Christian religion, or any other. There … Read More
Dear Patrons of our Public Schools, President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently released their full budget proposal to fund the government in 2018. The proposal includes more than $9 billion in cuts to funding for public schools and postsecondary students that, if passed, would be … Read More
The community of Kosciusko County suffered a major loss with the passing of Bob Sanders. He was a good man dedicated to the service of the community and considered his time on the county council a great honor. He left a hole in the hearts of those who … Read More
Letter to the Editor: The Indiana State Senate stripped a cigarette tax increase from the state budget proposal, which the House of Representatives included in their plan. It is disheartening that the cigarette tax increase was stripped from the budget by the Senate, despite the fact that 70 … Read More
April 6, 1917 the United States entered World War I. One hundred years ago today our “Doughboys” began heading to Europe to fight Imperialism and secure Democracy. It was supposed to be the “war to end all wars”. Actually it was the beginning of the bloodiest Century on record … Read More
Dear Editor, I would like to say just how sad I think it is that an elected county government official who allows drug offenders the opportunity to go to our county’s drug court program, will deny a combat veteran who has not harmed anyone or damaged anything, and … Read More
