SYRACUSE — A few supporters of Jon Everingham, now the former Wawasee High School boys basketball coach, spoke during the regular monthly meeting of the school board Tuesday afternoon, April 16. The meeting was held in the media center of Wawasee Middle School. Jack Beer (Everingham’s father-in-law), Derek Coy, … Read More
SYRACUSE — How do you buy a car and what do you look for when doing so? How do you balance a checking account regularly? Why is a credit score important and how do you fix a poor score? These are all basic financial concepts high school students … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Robotics team 574D has twice qualified for the Vex Worlds Robotics competition, is a state champion runner-up, a five-time tourney champion, and a one time Judges Award winner. This pedigree sets 574D in the family of world caliber competitors. Team members: Cory Dunivan — Senior, … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Warmer weather brings with it the promise of change and new beginnings. It heralded planning for the future for the North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce at its meeting Monday, April 8, at its office in the Tippecanoe Township Building. Jim Smith presided. The Dixie … Read More
SYRACUSE — Forget jet lag. Any effects from flying home from the West Coast probably were set aside, at least temporarily anyway, when the Wawasee High School super mileage car team returned to the school a little after noon today, Monday, April 8. A school bus with a … Read More
SYRACUSE — Twenty years of super mileage cars at Wawasee High School is a cause for celebration. After the Shell Eco-marathon competition April 3-6 at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., there is even more cause for celebration. For the first time ever, Wawasee’s diesel super mileage car, … Read More
SYRACUSE — A few years ago Terrance Egolf saw several homeless people on the streets of Elkhart and South Bend. Some were sleeping on cardboard boxes under bridges in even colder weather. But rather than just shake his head and say “how terrible,” Terrance, now a junior student … Read More
SYRACUSE — One simple question about who put up the blank billboard next to Mud Lake off Cornelius and Pickwick roads has led to a mystery. Four billboards, one empty, gently curve around a gravel area in a highly traveled area to and from Lake Wawasee. The short … Read More
SYRACUSE — Roughly within two months “we will start realizing the benefits of the sun,” said James Flecker, director of personnel and legal services for the Wawasee Community School Corporation. His comment was made during a special meeting of the Wawasee School Board Tuesday evening, March 26, in … Read More
SYRACUSE — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb honored 65 Indiana companies and organizations recently during an event at the Indiana Statehouse, presenting each with the Governor’s Century or Half Century Business Award in recognition of each company’s longevity and service to its employees, community and the state. “Today we … Read More
SYRACUSE — A crew of a little more than a dozen Wawasee High School students, under the watchful eye of engineering teacher Allen Coblentz, is busy putting the finishing touches on two super mileage cars. Diesel and electric powered cars will be entered in the Shell Eco-marathon annual … Read More
SYRACUSE — According to Homeland Security, the average response time for an active shooter incident in a school is about 16 minutes. Often, though, incidents are finished in less than 10 minutes. Technology in smartphones, which more and more people have these days, has been harnessed to hopefully … Read More
SYRACUSE — Because students can attend a school outside of the district they live in, marketing for school corporations has taken on added significance. “School corporations are competing for the same kids,” said Dave VanLue, technology director for the Wawasee Community School Corporation. With increased marketing as a … Read More
SYRACUSE — Roy O. Caywood Jr. of Syracuse will celebrate his 95th birthday April 10. Roy was born April 10, 1924, to Roy Sr. and Helen Caywood. He married Inez (Gordon) Jan. 20, 1945. She passed from this life in September 2015. Together they had three daughters: Jackie … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Usually there may be one person who is not required to be there at North Webster Town Council meetings at the North Webster Community Center. For the past two months, there have been many. For March, the issue at the March 19 meeting was the … Read More
CROMWELL – Due to the slightly confusing wording of the town of Syracuse/Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District agreement, TCRSD will pay one more month than planned of the former sewer rate. During Monday evening, March 18, meeting at the Cromwell office, the exasperated board agreed to pay a … Read More
