WARSAW – As City Council works to line up the ability to retain its own attorney, one thing is clear: Individuals on council won’t be able to just pick up the phone and get some quick thoughts. On Monday night, Dec. 16, council decided to take a step back … Read More
WARSAW – The holidays came a little early for Warsaw city taxpayers on Monday, Nov. 25. That’s when Mayor Joe Thallemer informed City Council that the state had confirmed the city tax rate would drop nearly ten cents next year. The rate will drop from 1.2797 to 1.1822 … Read More
WARSAW — City Council continued a conversation about hiring its own attorney for legal counsel during its Nov. 18 meeting. Discussion on hiring an attorney specifically for city council first surfaced in March after several council members expressed concern with an incident involving Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker. … Read More
WARSAW — Warsaw City Council passed a resolution supporting establishment of two residential TIF districts during a regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 18. City Plan Director Jeremy Skinner presented the resolution to council members. Warsaw’s Redevelopment Commission and Plan Commission both approved the resolution in recent meetings. “It’ll … Read More
WARSAW — Officials are moving closer to expanding a TIF district on the east side of Warsaw that would help in trying to eventually clean up what is commonly known as the Arnolt property near Argonne Road. City Council on Monday, Sept. 16, approved a request to expand … Read More
WARSAW — Customers who use Indiana American Water are seeing their monthly bill rise twice in the next year. The overall 7.9 increase is coming in two steps, including one that kicked in July, according to information provided by the utility. The announcement came in a presentation to … Read More
WARSAW — On Monday night, city council reviewed numerous tax abatement agreements with seven companies, including three — Biomet, Torrent Holdings and Alpha Manufacturing — that have been annexed into the city in the past year and have new agreements for city tax payments. In each of those … Read More
WARSAW — Three Republicans are vying for two at-large seats on Warsaw City Council Tuesday, May 7. The following are recaps from the three candidates, incumbents Cindy Dobbins and Jack Wilhite and challenger Juergen Voss. Cindy Dobbins Dobbins is finishing her second term on city council. She said … Read More
WARSAW — City Council moved forward with implementing programs that better assess requests for money from non-profit groups, and how the city oversees its finances. Council President Diane Quance presented a plan on assessing how to review requests for funding from non-profits proposed by a new committee made … Read More
WARSAW – Sara McNeal Strahan-Lenfestey is all about inclusivity. That sense of inclusion begins with her name as she prefers to include her maiden name and two names through marriage. And it extends to her political outlook as well. “My campaign is all about a sense of togetherness … Read More
WARSAW – After living near Des Moines, Iowa, most of her life and in Shanghai, China for a two-year stint, Roxanne Coffelt said transitioning to a life in Warsaw took some getting used to. She and her family moved to Warsaw nearly 15 years ago and she recalls … Read More
WARSAW — Plans for the city council to meet in an executive session Tuesday, March 5, have been canceled, according to a notice from city hall. Council had planned to meet at 5 p.m. today, March 5, to discuss police matters in a closed meeting. The move to … Read More
WARSAW — Warsaw City Council became the latest to sign off on the Kosciusko County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, during the meeting held last night, March 4. But what does that mean exactly? The plan has been assembled by Ed Rock, the county’s emergency management agency director, with the … Read More
WARSAW — Despite preliminary approval two weeks ago, city council balked Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the idea of providing Warsaw police officers with a dedicated cell phone for work. Officers currently have their own cell phones for personal needs while at work and depend on either tablets or … Read More
COLUMBIA CITY — A second woman in northern Indiana has surrendered her newborn baby in recent days with help from Safe Haven Baby Boxes. The Woodburn-based group announced last week that one of its counselors reached through a hotline had assisted a woman in Kosciusko County with the … Read More
WARSAW — Supporters of Safe Haven Baby Boxes got what might be a one-of-a-kind endorsement of its program last week ahead of Warsaw City Council’s vote Tuesday on whether to install a box in the city. Representatives of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, based in Woodburn, don’t like to publicize … Read More
