WARSAW — The Ranch Road railroad crossing is scheduled to be closed Friday, Oct. 19, to allow Norfolk Southern to finish the rail crossing. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes, including CR 200S. CR 200S will be open on Friday with crews finishing some work.

WARSAW — The City of Warsaw Public Works Department is planning to close the Ranch Road railroad crossing on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 15 and 16, contingent on weather. Lane restrictions are also expected on Wednesday, Oct. 17. City crews will tear out, reform, and re-pour new curbing. This work is in anticipation of Norfolk …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident: 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, North Parker Street, south of Husky Trail, Warsaw. Drivers: Manuel A. Rodriguez, 20, East Hovey Street, Atwood, and Andrea L Reed, 30, East Main Street, Atwood. The Rodriguez vehicle struck the back of the Reed vehicle. Damage up …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident: 12:41 a.m. Friday, May 12, North CR 100E, north of East CR 300N, Warsaw. Driver: Sandra Blagojevic, 18, Kuder Lane, Warsaw. Driver stated she observed a male walking in the road. She advised she swerved to avoid striking the male and went off …read more.

Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents: 10:24 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Diana L. Albert, 67, East CR 250S, Pierceton. Albert hit a parked vehicle in a parking lot. Damage up to $5,000. 3:04 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, East Center Street, west of Robmar Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 6:29 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, South CR 1000W and West CR 800S, Mentone. Driver: Dylan R. Stimeling, 21, South Maple Street, Akron. Stimeling drifted off the road, over corrected, and slid into a KREMC power pole. Damage up to $25,000. 7:05 a.m. Wednesday, …read more.

Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents: 7:19 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at 1039 East Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Brian J. Mccleary,57, Country Club Road, Warsaw. Mccleary struck a parked car in a parking lot. Damages up to $5,000. 5:38 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Ranch Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Juan R. Borja, 42, Wooster …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 6:08 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, at North CR 350E and East Rookstool Road, Milford. Driver: Benjamin T. Jackson, 23, West Jacskon Hole Drive, Syracuse. Hit a deer. Damage up to $2,500. 3:03 p.m. July 19, at West SR 14 and South CR 800W, …read more.

Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents: 10:31 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, at 1801 E. Center St., Warsaw. Driver: Christopher A. Macon, 22, Wilber Street, South Bend. Macon was driving a dump truck and caught overhanging wires from a NIPSCO pole and proceeded to snap two poles. One pole came down …read more.

WARSAW — The City of Warsaw has been updated by Norfolk Southern on the repairs to its railroad tracks at Ranch Road. Work will continue through next week. Weather dependent, Norfolk Southern is anticipating paving on Wednesday, June 1.

WARSAW — Ranch Road will be closed Monday, May 23 through Friday May 27 and will not be open to emergency vehicles. The City of Warsaw has been notified by Norfolk Southern they are planning on closing down Ranch Road to repair the railroad crossing.  They are anticipating crews will begin work Monday, May 23. …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 10:34 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, East Defreese Road, south of EMS D17 Lane, Syracuse. Driver: Michael J. Shenefield, 50, North SR 13, Syracuse. A tree fell onto Shenefield’s vehicle while he was driving on DeFreese Road. Damage up to $5,000. 9:29 a.m. Sunday, …read more.

North Webster Officers with the North Webster Police Department investigated the following accident: 6:56 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, North SR 13, north of East CR 500N, North Webster. Driver: Robert R. Marshall, 27, North Front Street, Syracuse. Hit deer. Damage up to $5,000. Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents: 7:16 …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident: 8:28 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, East CR 750N west of North CR 300E, Leesburg. Driver: Kevin E. Anderson, 35, West North Street, Syracuse. Anderson’s vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, going off the road and hitting a dirt embankment, coming to rest in …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident: 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, West US 30 and North CR 650W, Warsaw. Driver: Lillian R. Meredith, 88, West Old Road 30, Warsaw. Meredith’s vehicle missed the turn, and went into the ditch. Damage up to $2,500. Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Traffic Safety Commission tabled any decision on parking and speed limit issues on Park Ridge Drive until more information is received from a Michiana Area Council of Government traffic study. The commission met today, Wednesday, Nov. 4. Warsaw Police Lt. Kip Shuter presented photos he took where concerns were expressed by Michal …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 7:31 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, East Old Road 30, west of North CR 300E, Warsaw. Driver: John R. Carpenter, 57, South Eastridge Drive North, Warsaw. Hit deer. Damage up to $10,000. 8:04 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, South SR 19, south of West CR …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 12:21 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, North Old 15, south of East 900N, Milford. Driver: Ashton R. Wharton, 25, Lura Circle, Milford. Passenger Jason D. Huston, 34, Brookside Manor, Goshen, suffered minor bleeding to the face and was transported to KCH. Wharton was arrested …read more.

Motorist should be aware the railroad crossing on Ranch Road will be closed until sometime Wednesday. Officials with Norfolk Southern are repairing the crossing.

Dear Editor, (I’m) Agreeing with Klondaris about the paving of Ranch Road, good job – well done. But the railroad repair is a joke, the first time of repairing it was nothing but bad, and then they come along for the second time and it is much worse. Anyone not knowing about the railroad can …read more.

Ranch Road at the railroad crossing is closed for an undetermined amount of time. It appears that the railroad crossing is being reconstructed. This morning, city of Warsaw officials learned that Norfolk & Southern Railroad maintenance crews had shut down the Ranch Road crossing with no notice to the city, and no advance warning signs …read more.

A decision has been made by administrators of the Wawasee Community School Corp. to build a new Syracuse Elementary School somewhere, but exactly where has not been finalized yet. Since November, discussions have been held with the Eagles organization in Syracuse and Sunday the local Eagles membership voted to approve selling 15 acres of Eagles …read more.

We’re receiving reports of slide-offs all around Kosciusko County. It seems after steady snowfall since early afternoon, the roads are becoming rather treacherous. Several of our readers reported that US 30 is slick, and there was a wreck west of Columbia City. Chatter on the police scanner indicates there were slide-offs on Old Road 30 …read more.

The house at 1405 Ranch Rd., Warsaw, currently has a demolition order on it, but a potential buyer has delayed the demolition. (Photo by Stacey Page) A Warsaw man intends to purchase a condemned house and make the estimated $60,000 in repairs. Gene O’Hara appeared before Warsaw Code Enforcement Officer Larry Clifford today to say …read more.

Warsaw Code Enforcement Officer Larry Clifford, left, and Warsaw Building Commissioner Todd Slabaugh inspect the interior of a house at 1405 Ranch Rd., Warsaw, that will be demolished unless the owners come up with funding for repairs in the next 30 days. (Photo by Stacey Page) The owners of a dilapidated property at 1405 Ranch …read more.

The living room ceiling in the home at 1405 Ranch Rd., Warsaw, has caved in rending the home uninhabitable. (Photos by Stacey Page) The owner of a dilapidated home on Ranch Road had a hearing today with Warsaw Code Enforcement Hearing Officer Larry Clifford on the fate of a property that has plagued neighbors for …read more.

Although a discussion on dilapidated properties was not on Warsaw Common Council’s agenda, the matter of a property on Ranch Road was addressed during Monday night’s meeting. City resident Michael Alspaugh attended the meeting to inquire about one specific property at 1405 Ranch Rd. “Do we have a criteria for when a property becomes dilapidated …read more.