Traveling Exhibit About Indiana Auto Industry On Display At City Hall
Auto Indiana, a traveling exhibit, is being featured at Warsaw City Hall beginning Monday, Sept. 19.
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Dillinger Raid IV To Be Held Sep. 10 At Warsaw Old Jail Museum
He was here in 1934. Now he’s back.
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Historical Society Banquet Includes John Dillinger Presentation
A presentation about the life of notorious gangster John Dillinger was the main event at the Kosciusko County Historical Society’s annual banquet Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Center Lake Pavilion.
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John Dillinger Rides Again With Two-Day Event
Old Jail Museum, located at the corner of Indiana and Main streets in downtown Warsaw, will host a two-day commemoration of John Dillinger’s bold 1934 invasion of the local police station, in which his gang stole three bulletproof vests and two service pistols, on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 11 and 12.
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Kosciusko Historical Society Seeking New Members
Representatives from the Kosciusko County Historical Society sought support from Kosciusko County Commissioners’ Tuesday, June 22, for their membership drive.
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Timeline From The Past: Gang Fight, Train Derailment and Arsenic Poisoning
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews. May 7, 1979 — No suspects have been apprehended in the murder of a Marion man and the wounding of another in a … Read More
City Approves Agreement For Vehicle Charging Stations
Warsaw’s Board of Public Works and Safety approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the city and MACOG for two electric vehicle charging stations during a meeting Monday, April 5.
Read MoreTimeline From The Past: Murder-Suicide And Pickwick Block Fire
From the files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society This is a history column that will appear a few times a month. Jan. 2, 1971 – Flames erupting in the early morning New Year’s dawn swept through the Pickwick block in downtown Syracuse, destroying everything in the quarter-block … Read More
Jail Museum Closed To Public Until March 2021
According to a Facebook post by Kosciusko County Historical Society Director Greg Steffe, the Old Jail Museum in Warsaw will be closed to the public for the remainder of the year.
Read MoreTimeline From The Past: Hoffman Lake Armed Robbery And A Tax Hike
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews. Nov. 22, 1974 – The Local Government Tax Control Board granted a property tax collection increase of about $256,000 to the city of … Read More
Timeline From The Past: Moose Lodge Fire, Murder Of Florence Potter
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews. Oct. 13, 1967 – More than 125 volunteer firemen waged a four-hour-long battle last night to bring under control a blaze that razed the three-story, … Read More
Timeline From The Past: Ivy Tech Started Locally In 1978
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society This is a retrospective series that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews. March 23, 1978 — Total enrollment of the first Indiana Vocational Technical College courses offered in Kosciusko County has been estimated at 250 by Ivy Tech … Read More
Timeline From The Past: The Disappearance Of Frank Tucker
Editor’s note: This special edition of Timeline from the Past chronicles one of Kosciusko County’s longest unsolved mysteries. WARSAW — One of Kosciusko County’s unsolved mysteries occurred 93 years ago in 1927, according to records kept by the Kosciusko County Historical Society. Frank Tucker, a 58-year-old cigar store … Read More
Timeline From The Past: Boice Building, Including Theater, Burned In 1974
From the files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society: This is a retrospective column that will run a few times a month on InkFreeNews.com. Jan. 5, 1974 — Firemen battled near zero degree temperatures and a stubborn blaze that completely gutted the quarter-block Boice Building at the intersection of … Read More
Timeline From The Past: More Snow And A VD Epidemic
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society This is a retrospective series that will run a few times a month on Ink Free News. Dec. 19, 1973 — Venereal disease reached epidemic proportions in Kosciusko County, according to the Indiana Board of Health as it tracked cases … Read More
Uniform From Korean War Era Donated To Historical Society
WARSAW – A Korean War uniform that belonged to a native of Warsaw has been donated to the Kosciusko County Historical Society. The uniform belonged to Charles Wiard, who was born in Warsaw but ended up living much of his life in Mishawaka. Wiard was drafted into … Read More