The emergency order restricting motorized watercraft to idle speed on the Barbee chain of lakes in Kosciusko County has been lifted. Normal boating operations may resume.

Floodwaters on several lakes are high enough that officials are banning motorized watercraft from above idle speed.

NORTH WEBSTER — A long time rumor the Webster Lake Dam controls the water levels on the Barbee Chain of Lakes was brought to this writer’s attention by more than one reader recently. After some research, the verdict is it is very indirectly related and has little affect on water levels on the Barbees. One …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Some residents of the local lakes and river areas have felt a kinship to the Johnny Cash song “Five Feet High and Risin’” during the past week. While Goshen, Elkhart and Plymouth and parts of Warsaw received the major portion of media coverage, the rivers, lakes and streams of Tippecanoe, Van Buren …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Change orders and construction progress were the talk of the evening for the Lakeland Regional Sewer District board during the regular monthly meeting held at the North Webster Community Center.

NORTH WEBSTER — The four contracted areas of the projects are quickly approaching the substantial completion date of Dec. 27, with final touches being added to each area. Contract A, bid by Selge Construction, covers Shoe Lake, Irish Lake, Sawmill Lake and part of Sechrist and Barbee lakes. Casey Erwin, DLZ project engineer, estimated this area to be 59 percent complete with the majority of laterals installed and grinder stations being placed, as well.

NORTH WEBSTER — With $28 million invested around the Barbee chain of lakes, the board placed pressure on Crane Systems and Pumps to extend the warranty on the type one grinder stations and to do so in a timely manner.

NORTH WEBSTER — The board wanted to know how long Crane would stand behind their repairs, requesting the company extend its five-year warranty to something more substantial. Walt Erndt, vice president and general manager of the Municipal Group said the team would take the idea back to the president and present an option to the board by Friday, May 13.

NORTH WEBSTER — The Lakeland Regional Sewer District board met for its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening, May 5, but added a few more important dates to the agenda. During the 6 p.m. meeting at the North Webster Community Center, the board also agreed to hold another public meeting Tuesday, May 10, beginning at 5:30 …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Although Lakeland Regional Sewer District has seen great progress with the sewer system going in around the Barbee Lakes chain, progress has been slower in helping the public and getting some customers on board. Last month, the board worked with Jennifer Ransbottom of JPR to create a plan for delinquent customers who …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Lakeland Regional Sewer District met Thursday evening, March 3, at the North Webster Community Center to hear updates and discuss progress on the large sewer project covering the Barbee chain of lakes in North Webster and Leesburg. Casey Erwin, DLZ project engineer, noted the entire project has reached about 43 percent completion with …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Lakeland Regional Sewer District met for its regular monthly meeting at the North Webster Community Center Thursday evening, Sept. 3. The board opened the meeting with the opportunity for public questions, but quickly ended that after none of the public present offered thoughts.

WARSAW — Indiana Conservation Officers announce the temporary speed restriction effective immediately for motorboats to idle speed on the Barbee Chain of Lakes. This includes Big and Little Barbee, Banning, Kuhn, Sechrist, Irish and Sawmill lakes. Wawasee Lake and Tippecanoe Lakes were placed under idle speed restrictions late Friday afternoon. Due to hazardous high water …read more.

Sonya Lynn Armontrout Sonya Lynn Fick will be approximately 75 1/2 years old when she is released from prison after serving two consecutive sentences: attempted murder and murder. She is expected to be transferred to Pendelton Diagnostic Center Wednesday morning. Fick was sentenced this afternoon in Kosciusko Circuit Court by Special Judge Curtis Palmer, Marshall …read more.

Sonya Lynn Armontrout Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Detectives have now released additional information regarding a fatal shooting near the Barbee Lake Chain that happened Wednesday night. (See related) Steven Carman, 51, of 44 EMS B10 Ln., Pierceton, died from multiple gunshot wounds sustained in what police say began as a report of a domestic dispute. A …read more.

Officers of the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and North Webster Police Department were called to B10 Lane near North Webster where they now say two people were shot and a woman is in custody. The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating the shooting incident that occurred at a residence located south of North Webster …read more.

A crash on I-69 near Marion Tuesday afternoon left one woman dead and two communities mourning. Dixie Burgauer, 57, of Seminole, Fla., and also of Sechrist Lake, Warsaw, was killed when her vehicle left the interstate and crashed into trees where it erupted in flames. Burgauer was following a second vehicle, driven by her husband, …read more.

Barbee Lakes Neighborhood Watch will hold its first meeting of the summer from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Tippecanoe Township Building, 102 S. Morton St., North Webster. Attendees are asked to park in the west parking lot and come into the building through the back door. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department …read more.

An investigation by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources into the alleged beating death of a mute swan on Sechrist Lake has still not been concluded. A Saturday meeting among property owners of the Barbee Chain of Lakes where it happened is expected to see a large attendance. Public outrage followed when Jack and Linda …read more.