First County Maintained Concrete Road
LEESBURG — Kosciusko County Highway Department maintains approximately 1,200 miles of roads. Every year crews put down fresh layers of asphalt on roads throughout the county.
Read MoreLEESBURG — Kosciusko County Highway Department maintains approximately 1,200 miles of roads. Every year crews put down fresh layers of asphalt on roads throughout the county.
Read MoreKOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Highway Department has announced the following roads will be closed due to flooding: CR 625W between Summy Road and CR 800N Summy Road between CR 500W and CR 600W Waco Drive between CR 650E and Ideal Beach Drive CR 500N between CR 200W and … Read More
By 1ST SGT. CHAD HILL Public Information Officer, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Officials, including Kosciusko County Commissioners, council members, administrators and sheriff’s department officers, were present yesterday, May 17, at the Kosciusko County Highway Department as they toured the newest county building. The Kosciusko County … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Kosciusko County Highway crews were hitting the roads shortly before 4 a.m. this morning, but it is slow moving. Scott Tilden, county highway superintendent, reports it is “Slow going because of the wet and heavy snow.” But it could also be said the slow moving … Read More
WARSAW — Though many have grumbled over the wheel tax, according to Kosciusko County Commissioner Ron Truex, the funds raised from the wheel tax are paving a brighter future for the county’s highway department. Faced with ever decreasing funding from the state for highway repairs, the county highway … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Highway Department reports two roads remain closed to traffic as of 1 p.m. this afternoon. Scott Tilden, county highway superintendent, notes these roads are closed due to downed trees and a utility pole with power lines. Once power company repair crews remove … Read More
WARSAW — Scott Tilden, superintendent of the Kosciusko County Highway Department, has announced Kosciusko County Bridge No. 209, which carries Country Club Road over Eagle Creek, will be closed starting Sept. 14, until approximately Nov. 25. The closure will be to replace the bridge structure due to advanced deterioration of the structure.
Read More“As winter was ending, the roads thawed out pretty quick,” says Kosciusko County Highway Department Superintendent Scott Tilden. “It left severe potholes. We’re going to be dealing with them for quite awhile.”
Read MoreAt its March 24 meeting, the Kosciusko County Commissioners heard a number of Area Plan Commission items, namely a vacation of a public right of way in the Indian Hill neighborhood near Syracuse Lake in Syracuse. A related matter came before the commission in May of 2011. At … Read More
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Kosciusko County Commissioners approved an ordinance that instates a registration fee for violent offenders and sex offenders. The ordinance was requested by Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine at the commissioner’s Jan. 13 meeting. With the acceptance of the ordinance, sex offenders and … Read More
Cliff Wolf had just fueled up his pickup truck. He replaced the nozzle, looked at the pump total and said with a satisfied smile, “Yeah, I like that.” A lot of folks are smiling these days. True, some of them are reveling in the spirit of the season, … Read More
At a special meeting of the Kosciusko County Council on July 24, local communications company R.R. Donnelley received the tax abatement it requested at the July 10 meeting. No members of the public were in attendance to object. The motion for abatement passed unanimously. John Pierog of R.R. … Read More
At a special meeting of the Kosciusko County Council on June 19, the council passed a wheel tax ordinance with a vote of 5-1. Attendance at the meeting must have been an all-time high. The courtroom chambers were standing room only. People from all over the county came … Read More
At the Kosciusko County Council meeting on the evening of May 8, Kosciusko County Commissioner Ron Truex presented the council with some disturbing data. “I’m once again coming to you guys to ask for money for the highway department,” he told the council. “We’ve got enough money to … Read More
Biomet is asking the county for a tax abatement to expand its Warsaw campus, which is a multi-million dollar plan. At the Kosciusko County Council meeting this evening, Biomet legal counsel Richard Helm said, “We’re here for a tax abatement,” explaining that the medical device company plans to … Read More
The Kosciusko County Highway Department has re-opened a number a county roads today after melting snow and rains from late last week resulted in local flooding. The only roads that remain closed are: CR 450 East from CRs 850 South to 900 South CR 550 North from CRs … Read More