New Waterways Challenge
The Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors Bureau has released a new digital passport called the Waterways Challenge Passport.
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Lilly Center For Lakes & Streams Adds Birding Basics To Summer Event Calendar
The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams has released their summer event calendar, amongst the events is Learning on the Water: Birding Basics.
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Creighton Brothers Establishes Endowed Directorship At The Lilly Center
Creighton Brothers established an endowed fund at the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams to ensure stable and excellent leadership at the Lilly Center for decades to come.
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Lilly Center Art Contest Accepts Submissions
The Lilly Center’s art contest returns for the 2022-23 school year.
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Lilly Center Activities Include Hiking, Foraging And Insights On Composting
The Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams is hosting three free community events this fall.
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A Lake Buoy In Wawasee To Receive Real Time Data
Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams’ usual lake sampling occurs on 14 local lakes once a week between June and August, a process instrumental for its research.
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Lilly Center Art Contest Winners Announced
This year, nearly 300 students from Kosciusko County schools drew inspiration from local lake and streams to create art for the Lilly Center Art Contest.
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Money From Land Sale Will Help Lilly Center Research
Rather than put the land up for sale, Marylou Hipskind donated a green stretch of open ground on the Lake Wawasee shoreline in the Enchanted Hills development earlier this spring to the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams.
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Lilly Center Hosts Aquatic Invasive Webinar, Offers Kits To Lake Associations
The Lilly Center recently co-hosted an invasive species webinar with the Starry Stonewort Collaborative. David Carr, project manager at the collaborative, presented during the webinar.
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KCCRVC Approves Grants For Visitors Bureau, Old Jail Museum
KOSCIUSKO — The Kosciusko County Convention, Recreation and Visitors Commission approved several grants during its meeting on Wednesday, May 8. Jill Boggs, Kosciusko County Convention Visitors Bureau executive director, discussed malfunctioning issues with the Visit Kosciusko County website. The bureau currently works with Simpleview for its customer-relationship-management, or … Read More
Classroom Lake Experience Program Aids Local Teachers
WINONA LAKE — At the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, over 30, 40-gallon aquariums were taken to classrooms in elementary schools throughout Kosciusko County. More than 2,300 students saw and learned about native fish throughout the school year. Classroom Lake Experience helps enhance an elementary classroom’s existing … Read More
Lakes Festival Invites Small Businesses To Connect With The County
WINONA LAKE — Small businesses throughout Kosciusko County are invited to connect with the region by applying for a spot at the county’s largest Memorial Day weekend festival. The Northern Indiana Lakes Festival is scheduled for May 24 to 26 at Center Lake Park, 117 E. Canal St., … Read More
Lilly Center Hosts 10th-Annual Lake Adventure Days
KOSCIUSKO — The Lilly Center hosted its 10th-annual Lake Adventure Days this week. Almost 600 fourth-grade students from 10 schools all over Kosciusko County attended the two-day field trip. As in previous years, the event focused on hands-on education. Students rotated through five education-packed stations. They used special … Read More
KCCRVC Focuses On Discussing Lakes And Trails
WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Convention, Recreation and Visitors Commission meeting held Wednesday, Sept. 12, mainly focused on lake studies and new trails in the area. Dr. Nate Bosch, director of the Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College, was the first to present information to … Read More
K21 Health Foundation Visits The Complex They Helped Build
KOSCIUSKO — The K21 Health Foundation recently invested $200,000 into the Lilly Center for expanded research on the lakes and streams of Kosciusko County. Part of that funded necessary lab equipment for the Dr. Dane A. Miller Science Complex, and in mid-August, K21 was able to visit the … Read More
Get To Know Your Invasive Neighbors: Zebra Mussels
KOSCIUSKO — Zebra mussels are a consistent problem in Kosciusko County. Fortunately, prevention is fairly straightforward. As you gear up for summertime on the lake, you can also prepare to help stop the spread of invasive species. What are zebra mussels? Zebra mussels are invertebrate animals that are … Read More