WARSAW — Republicans in four area towns will hold conventions next week to pare down the fall ballot. Etna Green, Pierceton and Silver Lake will have conventions at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 20. Mentone will have its convention at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, according to Kosciusko County Republican Chairman Mike Ragan. Registered Republicans in …read more.

WARSAW — Deadline to file election paperwork is Thursday for anyone interested in running for clerk or town board positions in seven towns in Kosciusko County. Paperwork needs to be filed by noon Thursday with the Kosciusko County Clerk’s office. Towns with populations of less than 3,500 and holding general elections this fall include Claypool, …read more.

      WARSAW — It might have only been a primary election victory on Tuesday, but Mayor Joe Thallemer, a longtime member of the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club, was looking a bit more optimistic early Wednesday. Thallemer was up bright and early Wednesday for the Optimist meeting after celebrating the night before in what …read more.

WARSAW — Joe Thallemer took a decisive step toward re-election Tuesday night by defeating City Councilman Ron Shoemaker in a bruising primary battle for mayor. Thallemer won 63.4 percent of the vote against Shoemaker and will move on to the general election without an announced opponent. Thallemer said he was pleased with the margin of …read more.

WARSAW — City Council’s two incumbent at-large candidates were the top vote-getters in a three-way primary race Tuesday night. Two-term city councilwoman Cindy Dobbins won 40.6 percent of the vote and first-term councilman Jack Wilhite won 32.2 percent, outdistancing challenger Juergen Voss, who collected 27.1 percent of the vote. Dobbins stopped by GOP headquarters afterward …read more.

  WARSAW — Mayor Joe Thallemer fought back a challenge against fellow Republican Ron Shoemaker in Tuesday’s primary election. Thallemer won with 63 percent of the vote. The two-term mayor now heads into the general election with no opponent. Look for a full story later tonight on InkFreeNews.com.

WARSAW — Three Republicans are vying for two at-large seats on Warsaw City Council Tuesday, May 7. The following are recaps from the three candidates, incumbents Cindy Dobbins and Jack Wilhite and challenger Juergen Voss. Cindy Dobbins Dobbins is finishing her second term on city council. She said she originally planned to serve two terms, …read more.

WARSAW — By Wednesday morning, either Mayor Joe Thallemer or City Councilman Ron Shoemaker will wake up and see their political career sidelined. And the other will prepare for the fall election that is currently void of any opposition. Thallemer faces Shoemaker in Tuesday’s Republican Primary for mayor of Warsaw. In numerous ways, the two …read more.

In all of my years in daily journalism, including more than ten covering local elections, I’ve never seen a mayoral candidate shun the media the way Republican mayoral candidate Ron Shoemaker has chosen to do so in Warsaw. Shoemaker, a city councilman who faces fellow Republican Mayor Joe Thallemer in the May 7 primary, had …read more.

WARSAW — Mayoral candidate Ron Shoemaker will host a fundraiser Monday, April 29, and his campaign is making it clear who is and is not invited. The Republican city council member posted on his campaign Facebook page on Thursday an announcement for a fundraiser set for 6 p.m. Monday at the Shrine Building in Warsaw. …read more.

WARSAW — Mayoral candidate Ron Shoemaker has canceled his second listening tour and is instead offering to have one-on-one conversations with Warsaw voters. Plans for his scheduled second listening tour were removed from his campaign website last week after his first event Thursday, April 11. Shoemaker faces Mayor Joe Thallemer in the Republican primary on …read more.

WARSAW — In-office early voting begins Tuesday, April 16, at the Kosciusko County Justice Building, 121 N. Lake St., Warsaw. Hours are 8 to 11 a.m. and noon to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Justice Building. On May 6 — the day before election day — early voting will be available from 8 …read more.

WARSAW – Sara McNeal Strahan-Lenfestey is all about inclusivity. That sense of inclusion begins with her name as she prefers to include her maiden name and two names through marriage. And it extends to her political outlook as well. “My campaign is all about a sense of togetherness and inclusiveness,” she said during a recent …read more.

WARSAW – Mayoral candidate Ron Shoemaker has balked at an invitation to debate incumbent mayor Joe Thallemer. A debate invitation from News Now Warsaw was extended to both Republican candidates on Jan. 18. Thallemer quickly accepted, but Shoemaker was slow to respond and never confirmed. In recent weeks, Shoemaker told News Now Warsaw he would …read more.

WARSAW – After living near Des Moines, Iowa, most of her life and in Shanghai, China for a two-year stint, Roxanne Coffelt said transitioning to a life in Warsaw took some getting used to. She and her family moved to Warsaw nearly 15 years ago and she recalls being struck by the lack of diversity …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — Center Lake Pavilion will be the place to be on Election Day in Warsaw. Kosciusko County Clerk Ann Torpy announced Thursday, Feb. 14, that all voters participating in Warsaw’s primary and general elections will cast ballots at the pavilion. Consolidating the voting location has been done in the past, Torpy said. Officials expect …read more.