KYLA Project Brings Together Teamwork And Community Outreach
One of the community service projects highlighted during the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy graduation, held May 1, was called Warming Hearts.
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Boat Overturns At Shock Lake
SYRACUSE — Emergency personnel from Syracuse and North Webster are responding to a boat overturned in Shock Lake, located in the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area. The boat operator was thrown out of the boat and was in the water yelling for help. A boat from one of … Read More
Renovation Plans Proceeding For Turkey Creek Fire Stations
Architects are drawing up plans for renovations to Turkey Creek Fire Territory stations 1 and 2, township attorney Andrew Grossnickle reported at the Monday, Aug. 16, fire board meeting. “I reached out to the architect, who sent someone to look through Station 2 a couple weeks ago,” he … Read More
Fire Board Welcomes New Member
Members of the Turkey Creek Fire Board welcomed Larry Martindale to their ranks at their Monday, Jan. 9, meeting. The board has interviewed Randy Cox and Cindy Taylor to serve as its fifth member but has made no nomination to the Syracuse Town Council, which must approve the … Read More
Board Takes Budget Proposals Under Advisement
Turkey Creek Fire Board Monday, July 11, heard Fire Chief Mickey Scott’s operations and equipment replacement budget proposals and voted to discuss the numbers further before its state imposed Aug. 1 deadline to take final action. Scott requested $1,653,535 for the department’s 2017 operations, a 2.5 percent increase … Read More
Board Approves New Firehouse Doors
The Turkey Creek fire board Monday, May 9, unanimously approved a $27,000 allotment to purchase nine new overhead doors for Fire Station 1 in Syracuse. “The current doors and openers are more than 30 years old with parts no longer available,” said Fire Chief Mickey Scott. “We are … Read More
Department To Replace Aging SCBA Equipment
Turkey Creek Fire Territory executive board unanimously approved $30,000 to replace the fire department’s 20-year-old SCBA equipment. The funds will come from the department’s equipment replacement fund. Changes in the governing National Fire Protection Association standards necessitate the upgrade. The standards now dictate the low pressure alarm on … Read More
Fire Chief Issues Ice Safety Guidelines
SYRACUSE — Turkey Creek Fire Chief Mickey Scott issued a public service announcement at the Monday, Feb. 8, meeting of the territory’s fire board. “Due to the recent changing conditions with the warm weather and rain in our area, we would like to remind everyone that even though … Read More
Record Number of Runs, Under Budget
Turkey Creek Fire Chief Mickey Scott reported Monday, Jan. 11, his department used only 89 percent of its allotted 2015 budget. The taxpayers got their money’s worth. The department finished the year with 1,363 emergency runs, an average of 114 runs per month and the most in the … Read More
Fire Board Welcomes New Deputy Chief
Turkey Creek Township Fire Board Monday welcomed Brian Richcreek, a full-time member of the fire department since 1998, to the recently created position of deputy chief of operations. Richcreek said he will “design and develop a full training system to use throughout the whole fire department to meet … Read More
BREAKING: Accident At SR 13 and CR 850N
NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, Turkey Creek Fire Territory and EMS responded to a personal injury accident this morning around 8:35 a.m. The accident occurred at SR 13 and north of CR 850N, north of North Webster. KCSD Officer Chris Francis reported that … Read More