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. Dec. 2, 1987 — Saturday, Nov. 7, was an exciting day for six outstanding Kosciusko County soccer players who traveled to South Bend … Read More
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. Dec. 2, 1983 — Eight officials in the Hodges administration have been ordered to repay the city of Warsaw $7,972.67, according to an … Read More
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. 25, 1969 — The owners of farms that have been in their families for a century or more to a certain degree … Read More
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. 17, 1970 — Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson following a quarter-million-dollar blaze that gutted the posh Petro’s Restaurant at the … Read More
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. 5, 1981 —The present Etna Green Fire Station will be torn down and another will be built in its place sometime next … Read More
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. Oct. 29, 1977 — A six-car derailment on north-south ConRail line (old Big Four) through Warsaw early today ripped up tracks and backed … Read More
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. October 1968 — Steve Cumberland won the annual Kosciusko County Cross Country meet for the second straight year to lead Akron to its first … Read More
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. 1999 — Elder-Beerman officially opened its doors at 9 a.m. Oct. 15. The 56,000-square-foot department store is a prototype concept for the Dayton-based … Read More
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. Oct. 9, 1963 — Kosciusko County Sheriff Howard “Sam” Holbrook, 48, has been named “Indiana Sheriff of the Year” by colleagues attending the annual … Read More
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. Oct. 1, 1984 — There were three major fires in the county over the weekend, and two are still under investigation. Arson is … Read More
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. September 1976 — It has gone through many changes, including the transition from a Roman Catholic to an Episcopal Church, and the color … Read More
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. Sept. 18, 1991 — Kelly Loughlin and Ryan Long crushed existing course records as they led Warsaw’s boys and girls cross country teams … Read More
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. September 1992 — With the addition of more than 30 inmates to the population of the Kosciusko County Jail Wednesday, Sheriff Al Rovenstine … Read More
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. The following is information from a 1934 article. Sept. 6, 1934 — North Webster, until the early 1870s, was known as Boydston’s Mills. … Read More
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. Aug. 16, 1977 — Regular business was overshadowed Monday night as the Warsaw Common Council voted in last minute business to annex two … Read More
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. Aug. 21, 1971 — Flames engulfed the old Winona Inn Hotel after firemen set fire to the building at 7:15 this morning. A … Read More
