SYRACUSE — The International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 150, out of Countryside, Ill., is now picketing the current Syracuse Elementary and the future elementary site. Two men, one at each site, have been at the locations since late last week. The picketers are on the public right of way and not interfering with …read more.

INDIANA — The US Bureau of Labor Statistics had some good news for Indiana for June: The state’s unemployment rate dropped .2 percent to 4.8 percent. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported June was the second consecutive month Indiana has seen a decrease in unemployment. The department also reported 8,594 Hoosiers found jobs while the …read more.

WARSAW — As upgrades continue on two Warsaw Community School Corporation buildings, hopes are high that things will be ready by the time classes start. The two buildings are Washington STEM Academy and Edgewood Middle School. Both are receiving significant upgrades, including new classrooms and new STEM lab additions. A third WCS building, Lincoln Elementary School, …read more.

WARSAW — Tuesday afternoon, June 14, was busy for the Warsaw Community School Board as members toured the three construction sites, then met for their regular work session. Those driving by the new Lincoln Elementary School will notice exterior block work is done. All structural steel, joists and decking are also completed. In the less …read more.

AKRON — The Akron Fliers have taken off on a new adventure that will eventually lead them to the opening of a new building. Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation and Akron Elementary School officials and students gathered Wednesday afternoon, May 18, for a groundbreaking celebration kicking off the start of the building construction process. Alongside the students were …read more.

WINONA LAKE — A large group of people gathered at the Winona Lake beach on Saturday, April 23, but not just for the sun and the surf. Volunteers and a few city workers toiled under the warm sun, digging holes, setting pipes and connecting slides to the new plastic playground equipment. These people had come …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incident: 10:53 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 8500 block West Old Road 30, Etna Green, D & K Construction reported the theft of numerous power and hand tools from a construction site. Value: $7,310.

WARSAW — By next year, Washington Elementary School students will have an improved learning environment. Work is slated to begin in just a few weeks on the Washington Elementary School construction project and students, teachers, staff and school officials gathered Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, to celebrate with a ground breaking ceremony. Despite frigid temperatures, the atmosphere …read more.

AKRON — The board of directors of the Tippecanoe Valley-Akron School Building Corporation will meet at noon Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Tippecanoe Valley administration office to consider the proposed trust indenture and bond purchase contract and the issuance of ad valorem property tax first mortgage bones, series 2015, by the corporation.