WARSAW — It’s one thing to design a residential landscape used by a family and their friends. But it’s something entirely different to design and create spaces for the public to use. As assistant city planner for the city of Warsaw, who works in the planning department in city hall, Justin Taylor has a hand …read more.

SYRACUSE — A beautiful fall day with the temperature in the low 70s brought a large crowd to the sixth annual Fall Festival at Brook Pointe Resort. A free shuttle service brought festival visitors from the parking lot of Wawasee High School. There were many vendors selling a wide range of items, including food. Free …read more.

SYRACUSE — More than three miles of trails were available for exploring during the third annual Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Falltastic Trail Walk Saturday, Oct. 21, on the WACF property south of Syracuse just off SR 13. Two new events were added this year including geocaching and a Dog Boo contest where participants were encouraged …read more.

SYRACUSE — As the old saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Many people are looking for good bargains and one place to find those is a garage sale. Syracuse Parks Department hosted its annual Community Indoor Garage Sale Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Syracuse Community Center. For about five hours Saturday, the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s Key Club will be holding its annual non-perishable food drive, Stuff The Bus, the week of Nov. 13-18. The goal is to stuff a school bus full of food to be donated to the Syracuse, North Webster and Milford food pantries. The bus will be at the high school every …read more.

SYRACUSE — A request for a variance for CVS was approved at the regular meeting of the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals Thursday, Oct. 19. The engineering firm, Foresite Group, requested the petition for a variance. It wants to allow 64 parking spaces, where the property was previously approved for 67 spaces, per a previous …read more.

WARSAW — Junior and senior Warsaw Community High School students are building a new house from the foundation up southeast of Warsaw. A total of 24 students — 12 in the morning and 12 in the afternoon — are participating in the building trades program through the Warsaw Area Career Center. Twenty-three are Warsaw students, …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster Town Council voted to approve the purchase of a new police car to replace a 2006 model at its meeting Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, at the North Webster Community Center. The low bid was submitted by Kerlin Motor Co., Silver Lake, for $23,799.46. The new vehicle will replace a Ford …read more.

SYRACUSE — During its “Experience Chautauqua Series” held from Sunday, Oct. 15, through Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Oakwood Resort, Syracuse, Chautauqua-Wawasee brought acclaimed Hoosier historical fiction author James Alexander Thom and his wife, Dark Rain, to speak. She is also a writer and respected elder of the Shawnee of Ohio. During the Monday morning presentation, …read more.

SYRACUSE — During an unusually short Wawasee school board meeting lasting less than half an hour, the board heard a brief report about the student count for the school district from Joy Goshert, assistant superintendent. The regular monthly meeting of the school board was held Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Syracuse. As of Sept. 15, the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School will be hosting a fundraising event from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. The event will be run by the Wawasee Leadership Committee, headed by members Conner Lucas and Nick Lesko. It will be a broadcast on 93.7 FM The Mix, during which they will advertise a CrowdRise …read more.

WARSAW — Two petitions by the Etna Green Mobile Home Park were among those considered by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Warsaw. An exception was approved by the BZA to allow mobile homes to be replaced in the park on Main Street in Etna …read more.

SYRACUSE — Beginning with the 2016-17 school year, 1:1 electronic devices were made available for students and teachers in the Wawasee Community School Corporation. Now the school corporation is able to implement virtual learning days, known as eLearning, which it is doing this school year as some other school corporations in the state have done …read more.

SYRACUSE — School accountability letter grades for the 2016-17 school year were officially released publicly Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, by the Indiana Department of Education. Locally, two schools in the Wawasee Community School Corporation improved their letter grades compared to the previous school year, two schools remained the same and one was a grade lower. …read more.

WARSAW — After much input, both for and against, the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission recommended approval for a rezoning petition submitted by AR Engineering. The petition involves rezoning a tract of ground on Black Point Road, west of East Wawasee Drive in Turkey Creek Township and near Enchanted Hills from residential to commercial. The …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation released a statement Thursday afternoon, Sept. 28, regarding the Raptor Visitor Management System to be used in each school building in the corporation. “A priority of the Wawasee Community School Corporation is the safety of our students and staff. As a district, we have updated entrances, added additional cameras …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — It is almost time for the biggest social event of the fall and the largest fundraiser annually for the North Webster Community Center. The Heart of the Community Charity Auction & Raffle will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, at the NWCC, 301 N. Main St. (SR 13). The event is from 5 …read more.

BLOOMINGTON — In the not too distant future, it is conceivable Courtney Linnemeier will be saluted on a regular basis. The 2015 Wawasee High School graduate, a junior at Indiana University who is actively involved in the university’s Army ROTC program, is seeking to become a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. For one day …read more.

SYRACUSE — For anyone who takes care of a child in school and that child rides on a bus, it is a scary and unsettling thought, to say the least, a vehicle driver would disregard an activated stop arm of the bus and drive on through. But it does happen and statistics indicate it occurs …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — It all came down to about $200 for the North Webster Town Council. Severn Trent Utilities Manager Mike Noe presented bids for a 2018 Ford truck for the department at the monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Sept. 19 at the North Webster Community Center. Burnworth Zollars Ford, Ligonier, got the nod with the …read more.

CROMWELL — The regular monthly meeting of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District was relatively short yet thorough Monday night, Sept. 18. Although the district had no new business to attend to, board members and employees of the district heard updates on the many projects going on throughout the district. The board has closed out …read more.

SYRACUSE — Fall officially begins this week and one of the sure signs of the season is homecoming week. Wawasee High School has activities planned throughout the week to celebrate its homecoming. Students will have spirit dress up days Monday through Friday. Following is a list of other activities: • Tuesday, Sept. 19, a talent …read more.

SYRACUSE — Middle school students interested in learning more about natural resources, how plants and animals work together, food science, food safety and more agriculture related topics can now get a head start. Because an agriculture class is now being taught at a middle school in the Wawasee district, middle school students are allowed to …read more.

SYRACUSE — The first “Indiana Gets Girl Powered” event will be held from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. Middle and high school girls are invited to network with each other and make contact with women mentors in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The event …read more.

SYRACUSE — Kabrea Rostochak, Wawasee High School senior, wants to be a civil engineer. Keyanna Clevenger, also a senior at Wawasee, may or may not pursue an interest in interior designing but she is involved in the building trades program. McKenzie Keaffaber, a junior at Fairfield High School, likes hands-on activities and is in the …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — North Webster Elementary School is having the fifth annual Parent Teachers Organization Walk-A-Thon fundraiser Friday, Sept. 22. All of the money raised by the students is given back to the school via field trips, classroom funds and educational enhancements. Students will walk with their class around the newly paved track and stop …read more.

SYRACUSE — Twelve Wawasee High School students who study Spanish were able to practice what they have learned during a trip to Costa Rica this summer. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Sept. 12, in Syracuse, the board heard a report about the nine-day trip from Rikki McCann, Spanish …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — An email will be going out in the next week about officer and board member nominations for 2018 for the North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce. The organization learned this from Jen Ducey, Tippecanoe Township, nomination chairman, at its regular monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 11, at the Tippecanoe Township Building. Anyone who …read more.

WARSAW — During the regular monthly meeting of the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Warsaw, two petitions from Etna Green Mobile Home Park were tabled until the Oct. 10 meeting. One petition is asking for mobile homes to be replaced up to within 3 feet from an interior road, 4 …read more.

SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released results of spring 2017 ISTEP+ Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 6. The controversial test, which may be administered for the last time in the spring of 2018, has often frustrated administrators, teachers and students throughout the state. ISTEP+ assesses English and language arts and math for grades three to eight …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 5:06 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1600 block East CR 200N, Warsaw. Jorge Castaneda Castro reported damage to a window and a grill. 3:44 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 200 block West Main Street, Warsaw. Dan Lee Neer reported the theft of a wallet. 1:28 …read more.

SYRACUSE — There will be a community prayer service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. Please enter the building through the front doors. Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association has held similar prayer services in the past at the high school, noted Pastor Brad Cox. He said this year’s prayer service, though …read more.

WARSAW — During its regular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 6, in Warsaw, Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission recommended approval to rezone the technology park at SR 13 and US 6. Dan Richard, area planning director, noted when the technology park project began the zoning was according to Elkhart County standards because the property was …read more.

SYRACUSE — An open house will be held at the new Syracuse Elementary School, 12877 N. Kern Road, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. It will begin with a grand opening ceremony involving several VIPs, followed by cake, drinks and giveaways. Student-guided tours will allow members of the community and surrounding communities to …read more.

NAPPANEE — Hall School Reunion will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Nappanee Church of the Brethren, 301 Mack Drive. Lunch will be held at noon. Bring a dish to share. All former students and families are encouraged to renew friendships. This might be the last attempt for this …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community Schools is taking an additional step to protect the safety of its students. A new security system, Raptor, is being installed in each of the school buildings in the corporation. Visitors to each school will still be buzzed in as they have been in the past, but now must stop at …read more.

SYRACUSE — Registrations are being accepted now for fall 2017 continuing education classes on the Wawasee High School campus. Fall classes will begin the week of Sept. 6 and continue for the number of weeks or days designated for each class. Classes are one day a week unless stated otherwise. Fees will be returned if …read more.

SYRACUSE — They could be described as rolling billboards for Wawasee Community Schools. Two new buses for the school corporation’s fleet are already attracting attention and will see plenty of use during the coming school year. Using additional funds in the bus replacement fund, Wawasee purchased two 46-passenger activity buses from Kerlin Bus Sales in …read more.

MENTONE — Monday, Aug. 7, marked the beginning of the 2017-18 school year for Tippecanoe Valley schools. Students are filling classrooms from the elementary through high school levels, though a disturbing trend during the last 10 or so years has been less state funding for the more rural and smaller school districts in Indiana. Dr. …read more.

SYRACUSE — Beginning sometime after Labor Day, visitors to any of the schools in the Wawasee Community School Corporation will experience something much different than they’re used to. Security upgrades will mean visitors will be greeted by Raptor, a new camera system. The Wawasee school board was given a brief report about Raptor during the …read more.

SYRACUSE — A teacher before he became a superintendent, Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corporation, shifted gears and went into the learning mode while visiting China earlier this summer. He was one of 10 superintendents from across the United States, and the only one from Indiana, to take the 12-day trip …read more.

WARSAW — The ongoing case of James Plummer, who has petitioned the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals multiple times, appeared again during the regular monthly meeting of the BZA Tuesday, Aug. 8, in Warsaw. Plummer has a pole barn in which he operates The Property Company LLC in the Woodland Acres subdivision on the …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Month after month, the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission, depending on the agenda, can consider rezoning petitions, preliminary or final plats or also possibly road or lot vacations. During the planning commission’s most recent meeting Aug. 2, one petition stood out somewhat due to its historical significance. Gary and Cristy Young petitioned …read more.

WARSAW — Growing Kids Learning Center operates several day care centers in northern Indiana and wants to put a new one in Warsaw. During the regular monthly meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission Wednesday, Aug. 2, in Warsaw, Growing Kids petitioned to have property on CR 200N in Plain Township rezoned from industrial …read more.

SYRACUSE — During a special Wawasee school board meeting Tuesday evening, Aug. 1, in Syracuse, the board approved the hiring of Michael Casey as assistant principal at Milford School, effective Wednesday, Aug. 2. He replaces Ryan Connor, who left to become the physical education teacher at North Webster Elementary School. Casey is returning to the …read more.

SYRACUSE — What used to be the Veterans of Foreign Wars post at 307 W. Chicago St. in Syracuse will in just a couple of months be transformed into a place where valuable, in demand skills can be learned. In November, the VFW donated the building, originally built in 1966 according to county property records, …read more.

WINONA LAKE — If it has something to with bicycling or the trails especially in Winona Lake or Warsaw, chances are Greg Demopoulos is involved one way or another. An avid cyclist who grew up riding BMX bikes in northwest Indiana, he is actively involved in the care and promotion of local trails. Demopoulos has …read more.

SYRACUSE — During an unusually brief meeting Tuesday evening, July 11, in Syracuse, the Wawasee school board awarded two construction bids. R. Yoder Construction’s bid of $536,942 was accepted to transform the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Syracuse into spaces to be used for vocational purposes including welding and gone boarding classes. R. …read more.

SYRACUSE — Those who will be fourth, fifth and sixth grade students during the upcoming 2017-18 school year and who returned their 1:1 device from last year may pick up their device for the next school year from 3 to 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening in July at Wawasee High School. Students must be accompanied …read more.

WARSAW — During a brief meeting lasting less than half an hour Wednesday, July 5, in Warsaw, the Kosciusko County Area Planning Commission approved a preliminary plat petition for Rodney Delong. Delong is platting a two-lot agricultural subdivision on his property along CR 650E at the intersection with CR 400S in Washington Township. There were …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — InkFreeNews.com has officially reached 57,000 likes on its Facebook page. Ink Free News continues to prove itself as Kosciusko County’s breaking news leader. Ink Free News has been providing breaking news to Kosciusko County since April 30, 2012. The news operation has changed names and editors since 2012, but has always striven to deliver …read more.

SYRACUSE – Lakeside Park in Syracuse was busy the Fourth of July with people enjoying the beach and swimming, others sitting and talking in lawn chairs, kids burning energy in the playground area, sand volleyball games, vendors serving ice cream cones, shaved ice and more. Begun about 7:15 p.m., the Lake Area Community Band performed …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation’s “wish list” of construction projects and renovations is occurring, in part, this summer, but other items won’t be finished until the fall or will wait until next summer. One of the big projects being done and already underway is removing the grass field of Warrior Field at Wawasee High …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Water is a valuable resource worth protecting. But monitoring water quality and involving the public in water related issues just doesn’t happen automatically and that’s where the Hoosier Riverwatch program helps.

SYRACUSE — It was not something planned ahead of time, but Michael Eshbach was contacted through a mutual friend about the opening for a varsity football head coach at Wawasee High School. “It went from there pretty quickly,” he said.

SYRACUSE — It is meticulous or detailed work, but also much needed especially in rural cemeteries. Headstones have fallen over, broken apart or have become embedded in the ground.

PIERCETON — In an era when growing up on a farm isn’t as common as it used to be, more than 200 children were given a taste of farm life during Mini-Farm Day Monday, May 15. The event, now in its 39th year, is offered by the Pierceton Hayseeds 4-H Club and was held at the Roger Studebaker farm west of Pierceton.

SYRACUSE — It was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the Wawasee Community School Corporation. Putting a mobile electronic device in the hands of every student and teacher in the entire school district, not just a few grade levels as in the past.

SYRACUSE — There is a first time for many things and for Wawasee High School, this is the first time an art student has won a national award in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School will host the annual art show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, in the auditorium surge area.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee, Fairfield and West Noble students have worked together to build a house at Syracuse Lake for a building trades project. Now the public will be invited to see their work at an open house.

WARSAW — Purina Mill was granted a variance by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals hearing officer for a 12 x 24 feet addition during the regular monthly meeting Monday, May 8, in Warsaw.

SYRACUSE — The duo of Anthon Anker and Josh Webber finished in first place at the state Academic Super Bowl competition Saturday, May 6, at Purdue University.

SYRACUSE — There is something about big trucks, heavy equipment and emergency vehicles. Kids are fascinated with the bells and whistles and the sheer size of those vehicles.

SYRACUSE — Another group of Wawasee High School students who have excelled academically during their high school years are now part of the school’s Academic Hall of Fame. A group of 42 senior students, or roughly 18 percent of this year’s graduating class, were honored during the Academic Hall of Fame Banquet Thursday evening, May 4, in the high school cafeteria.

SYRACUSE — Some students who don’t live in an agricultural setting may discover they like working with animals. Knowing this, and considering other factors, work began last week on a building at Wawasee High School that will contain not only a chicken coop, but also a horticulture area.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee, Fairfield and West Noble building trades students have been busy using power tools, levels, wrenches, screwdrivers, paint brushes and more to build a house at Syracuse Lake. Tuesday evening, May 2, in the Wawasee High School cafeteria, those students were honored during the annual Wawasee & Fairfield Building Trades Banquet.

SYRACUSE — Joe Sands, 1980 graduate of Wawasee High School and a former FFA member, was the 2017 alumni honoree during the annual Wawasee FFA Awards Banquet Thursday evening, April 27, in the high school auditorium.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School Choirs will be presenting Pops Show 2017, “Disney Spectacular,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13, in the high school auditorium.

SYRACUSE — For the 12th year in a row, Wawasee High School is sending an Academic Super Bowl social studies team to the state competition.

SYRACUSE — Other agenda items during the Wawasee school board meeting Tuesday, April 18, included:

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School’s football field will have a significantly different look by August. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, April 18, in Syracuse, the board approved entering a contract with Cincinnati-based The Motz Group for a new artificial turf field to be installed at the high school this summer.

WARSAW — Judith Walters, Warsaw, has been through a lot of different experiences in her life, some of them very difficult. She decided she could help others going through rough experiences in their lives by writing a book.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Admittedly, numbers can sometimes be manipulated or arranged in such a way as to be misleading. But when it comes to the number of people directly engaged in farming, the story told is one of far fewer people involved in agriculture than a couple of generations ago.

SYRACUSE — Mostly Smart boards and a few other items can be found now in what will be the classrooms of the new Syracuse Elementary School. But only a few months from now, students and teachers will fill those classrooms.

WARSAW — During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, April 11, in Warsaw, the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a petition by Armstrong Holdings to install a drive through for a new business coming to the intersection of SR 13 and CR 500N, south of North Webster in Tippecanoe Township.

NORTH WEBSTER — It was a productive general meeting for the North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce held at noon Monday, April 10, at the Tippecanoe Township Building. President Sue Ward, Sue’s Creations, led the group through the business at hand.

WARSAW — Terry Shepherd, developer of the Candlewood Estates subdivision in Wayne Township, wants to re-plat the second phase of the subdivision from six lots to three. Also changing would be the shortening of a cul-de-sac by a considerable distance and relocating a 20-foot emergency access easement to the western edge of one of the three lots.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — InkFreeNews.com has officially reached 56,000 likes on its Facebook page. Ink Free News continues to prove itself as Kosciusko County’s breaking news leader. Ink Free News has been providing breaking news to Kosciusko County since April 30, 2012. The news operation has changed names and editors since 2012, but has always striven to deliver …read more.

SYRACUSE — Four Wawasee High School students had to think fast in role playing situations during the state DECA competition in Indianapolis in January. But they were able to do so effectively enough to finish second and third and to qualify for the national DECA competition, more specifically the International Career Development Conference, April 26-29 in Anaheim, Calif.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School engineering students, led by teacher Allen Coblentz, are preparing two super mileage cars for the annual Shell Eco-marathon April 26-30 on the streets of downtown Detroit. One of the cars, diesel powered, will have four wheels, is larger and will actually look a little closer to a real life car.

SYRACUSE — A team of five visited Wawasee schools on a “whirlwind tour” and came away with a recommendation for accreditation for the school district. An exit report of the AdvancEd team’s findings was given by Dr. Michael Henry of Springfield, Ore., Wednesday afternoon, March 22, in the Warrior Room at Wawasee High School.

WARSAW — When she is able to “make it happen” for a young person, it’s the best part of Mindy Wise’s job. She is the 4-H youth development educator for the Kosciusko County Purdue Extension Office in Warsaw.

CROMWELL — As Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District wraps up one multi-million dollar project, the board members seemed surprised to find themselves gearing up for yet another one. After several months of attempting to address grievances with bills coming from the town of Syracuse, TCRSD passed a motion to begin a $53,000 study that will help the board determine the process on becoming self-sufficient.

NORTH WEBSTER — News and requests resulting from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management mandated improvements to the North Webster sewer system and treatment plant dominated the Tuesday, March 22, meeting of the North Webster Town Council. It was held at the North Webster Community Center.

SYRACUSE — Among the many reports public school corporations are involved in each year is the annual performance report. The 2016 version for the Wawasee Community School Corp. was recently released by the Indiana Department of Education and is published in its full form in this edition of The Mail-Journal.

SYRACUSE — Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals considered three petitions, two by the same person, during its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening, March 16, in Syracuse Town Hall.

SYRACUSE — Every five years, the Wawasee Community School Corp. goes through an accreditation process where a team visits and thoroughly examines the school district. The school corporation is preparing for a visit from AdvancED next week for the accreditation process.

NORTH WEBSTER — With a tip of the hat to St. Patrick’s Day, North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Chamber of Commerce celebrated at its annual awards dinner Monday evening, March 13, at the North Webster Community Center.

WARSAW — It was a shorter than normal agenda for the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday morning, March 14, in Warsaw.

CLAYPOOL — Several months ago I was driving south of Warsaw on SR 15 up and down the gently rolling hills near Claypool. I noticed an old barn sitting fairly close to the road.

CLAYPOOL — Duncan Campbell, board member of the Indiana Barn Foundation, looked at a photo of the old barn along SR 15, north of Claypool, and said the style has its origins in the English threshing barn, sometimes referred to as the English three-bay barn.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corp. was one of 32 school districts statewide to be awarded a 2017 digital learning grant by the Indiana Department of Education’s Office of eLearning. This grant supports school corporations in providing professional development, developing content and expectations, creating avenues for parent and student communication, as well as purchasing devices.

SYRACUSE — Representatives from the public libraries of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse, Wawasee Community School Corp. libraries and the PTO organizations of each of the three elementary schools gathered to help promote an upcoming community event.

INDIANAPOLIS – House Bill 1494, proposed by State Rep. Dave Wolkins of Winona Lake, was passed by the House of Representatives in the Indiana General Assembly and was assigned to the Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation’s kindergarten roundup is Thursday, March 23. They are ready to welcome the class of 2030.

SYRACUSE — For a couple of hours there was fun, food and dancing and also a time of bonding between fathers and daughters. Lakeland Youth Center held its annual Daddy-Daughter Dance Saturday, March 4, in the Oakwood Events Center in Syracuse.

WARSAW — Mark Dillon is one step closer to being able to expand his Number 1 Stop Bait & Tackle business along SR 13, south of North Webster.

SYRACUSE — From the start, it was noted the middle school meeting held Monday evening, Feb. 27, in the lecture room of Wawasee Middle School was more about seeking input and suggestions to make Wawasee’s two middle schools even better. Rebecca Linnemeier, school board president, said “we are not here to close a middle school.”

SYRACUSE — Wawasee FFA will be hosting its annual member auction at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in the lecture room at Wawasee High School.