SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s science Academic Super Bowl team placed first in their class at the regional meet at Northridge High School Tuesday evening, April 17. Team members are Clayton Hicks, Kala Bailey and Allie Haberman. All other academic teams for Wawasee placed second. … Read More
SYRACUSE — During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, April 17, in Syracuse the Wawasee school board approved new health sciences classes for the Pathways Cooperative based at Wawasee High School. Jon Everingham, director of Pathways, said it was time to update the health sciences curriculum. He said … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster Town Council learned a new park board member has volunteered during its Tuesday, April 17, meeting at North Webster Community Center. Tammy Waliczek, park board secretary, announced Steve Kemp is the newest member of that board. The group will meet soon to elect … Read More
CROMWELL — Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District knows it isn’t just tax refunds that need spending this month. During the regular monthly meeting of the TCRSD board, an estimated $590,000 project was approved while the board continues to tackle remaining SWAP connections and digs into a $1.7 million … Read More
SYRACUSE — A group of Wawasee High School students will be heading south away from the more winter like conditions in northern Indiana. Tate Cowan, Clayton Hicks, Jake Cowan, Jared Krugman, Devon DeWitt and Mercedes Winkleman qualified to attend the International DECA Conference April 20-25 in Atlanta. DECA … Read More
SYRACUSE — Four Pathways Cooperative culinary arts students competed in the Indiana SkillsUSA competition April 13-14 at Ivy Tech and the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Fairfield High School student Joey Davis (the other three are Wawasee High School students) placed third in the culinary arts portion of … Read More
SYRACUSE — Two Wawasee High School students spent spring break in Florida as many local students do, but for these two there was also an educational element involved. Shawn Pinkerton, junior, and Brittney Jackson, senior, were part of approximately 50 students on a marine biology trip to the … Read More
WARSAW — Patrick McGlothin’s petition for a variance to allow an enclosed porch 13.8 feet from the water’s edge on the east side and 15.8 feet from the water’s edge on the west side was approved by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce got down to business at its monthly meeting Monday afternoon, April 9, at the Tippecanoe Township Building. Jim Smith, Loose Moose Motorsports, president, ran the meeting. High on the to do list was the report from the Ambassador Committee. … Read More
WARSAW — David Davidsen’s petition to rezone land from residential to commercial in a residential subdivision was not looked upon favorably by the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission. During its regular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon, April 4, in Warsaw the APC by a 5-1 vote recommended denial of … Read More
SYRACUSE — Anthony Cannon had not taken any of the career and technical education classes offered through the Pathways cooperative prior to his junior year. He wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to pursue after high school. But now the Wawasee High School senior, in his second year … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s FFA small engines team of Alexis Matney, senior, and Joel Nyce, junior, will be competing in the state competition Saturday, April 21, in Greenwood, south of Indianapolis. The two qualified by placing first at the district competition held in early February at the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Since the mass shooting leaving 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, there has been unrest, protesting, school walkouts by the thousands and marches are planned in many cities across the nation Saturday, March 24. Clearly, the concern about school … Read More
SYRACUSE — Locally, gardeners are accustomed to using the soil to grow plants. There is another method of growing plants that is not so common locally, but is used elsewhere and on a global scale. Wawasee High School students are learning about hydroponics, as well as aquaponics, in … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School juniors Morgan Adkins and Lesley Tayagua created a fundraiser to help raise money for the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund. The two are part of the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy and were challenged to create a community service project. Their project, “Hoopin’ for … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster Town Council was approached by representatives from Webster Lake Conservation Association and The Watershed Foundation at its Tuesday, March 20, meeting in the North Webster Community Center. They presented a study done in 2002 by J.F. New & Associates about storm drain run … Read More
