WARSAW — Kosciusko County and much of Indiana saw the number of unemployment claims in March skyrocket in late March. Kosciusko County saw a huge jump in claims filed for the week ending March 21 with 468 initial claims – a 1,237% increase from last year, according to … Read More
WARSAW — While the jobless rate increased slightly in Kosciusko County in January, the rate is still below the national and state average. According to the January 2020 statistics released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Kosciusko County had a 3.1% unemployment rate. This is a .4% … Read More
WARSAW — Kosciusko County ranks among the counties in northeast Indiana with jobless rates below the national and state average. According to December 2019 statistics released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Kosciusko County has a 2.7% unemployment rate. The county ranks with many counties in the … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — A Warsaw man was ordered to repay more than $30,000 to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development earlier this month. Leroy Konkle, 67, pleaded guilty to unemployment insurance fraud in Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 on Jan. 4 and was sentenced to four years of probation. … Read More
SYRACUSE — In the fall, the Wawasee school board approved the donation of the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Chicago Street in Syracuse to the school corporation.
Read MoreWARSAW — The Indiana Department of Workforce Development receives wage reports and new hire data from Hoosier employers documenting who is employed and receiving compensation. The agency’s unemployment insurance fraud investigation taskforce examines claims of individuals who intentionally provide false, misreported or unreported information in order to fraudulently … Read More
INDIANA — The US Bureau of Labor Statistics had some good news for Indiana for June: The state’s unemployment rate dropped .2 percent to 4.8 percent. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported June was the second consecutive month Indiana has seen a decrease in unemployment. The department … Read More
WARSAW — Charges of welfare fraud have been filed against Kelly J. Nichols, 55, 1138 E. 300S, Warsaw. Nichols was booked at the county jail Sunday morning, May 8. The charge is a class C felony. Filed April 25, the affidavit of probable cause was filed by Monica … Read More
CLAYPOOL — Joshua J. Bradley, 29, 208 S. Clay St., Claypool, was arrested on a class C felony of welfare fraud Monday, March 21. He was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:12 p.m. The charge states he knowingly concealed information for the purpose of receiving public … Read More
WARSAW — Cheyenne D. Ritenour, 36, 1829 Nye St., Warsaw, has been arrested on a charge of welfare fraud, a class C felony. Documents state he received $14,394 in unemployment compensation benefits he was not entitled. Documents filed in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 on Oct. 26, by Indiana … Read More
WARSAW — Mary J. Rico, 50, 7534 N. SR 13, North Webster, was sentenced Monday, Feb. 8, after she plead guilty to welfare fraud. She will spend the first year of her sentence on probation, followed by 1 1/2 years in jail. Her jail time will begin Feb. … Read More
WARSAW — John L. Cantrell, 51, 809 E. Clark St., Warsaw, was arrested Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, on charges of welfare fraud, a level 5 felony. Documents filed in Kosciusko Superior Court 1, on Nov. 25, state on Dec. 2, 2010, Cantrell applied for unemployment compensation benefits. He … Read More
By JOE FRANK Indiana Workforce Development INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined again in August by 0.1 percent to 4.6 percent. Last month marked the lowest rate of unemployment in the Hoosier State since August, 2007. Additionally, Indiana’s labor force increased by 5,629 individuals last month … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percent to 4.9 percent in June due mostly to a 2,200 worker increase in the labor force and a sizeable decrease in the number of unemployed Hoosiers. June marked the first month since February of 2008 the rate of unemployment in … Read More
The Hoosier State is nearing record-level private sector employment, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics released data today, June 19, by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. “The Indiana economy continues regional leadership in job creation, which emboldens our economic development efforts,” said Victor Smith, Indiana … Read More
Indiana’s unemployment rate declined by 0.1 percent to 5.8 percent in March. The unemployment rate in the Hoosier State is now down by 2.4 percentage points over the past two years, and the labor force has grown by roughly 72,000 individuals. Although Indiana’s labor force participation rate declined … Read More
