WARSAW — Armed with measuring instruments, Rory Karczewski is the only person within Kosciusko County trained to measure big game animals for record books.

A local hunter is in serious condition tonight after falling out of his tree stand. Richard Burgess, 56, South Bend, went hunting for deer around 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29 near his home on Portage Road in South Bend. Burgess said his stand, which had been in the tree for several years, broke around five …read more.

John Rimmer, 76, of Largo, Fla., was located at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, alive and well after falling down a ravine and spending overnight in a wooded area. A 911 call was placed at 7 p.m. last evening by a neighbor after Mr. Rimmer failed to return from a deer hunt. Indiana Conservation Officers …read more.

Indiana Conservation Officers responded to calls for help in the area of 1200 North 400 East around 6:30 tonight in Pierceton. Richard Dixon, 67, Warsaw, just finished his hunt. As he climbed down from his tree stand, the stand collapsed and he fell. Dixon was able to use his cell phone to call for help. …read more.

By SGT. RON GALAVIZ Public Information Officer, ISP Fort Wayne District 22 Hunting season is now upon us in Northeast Indiana, and with that in mind, the potential exists that some deer and small game hunters may come across trash left behind by those who have manufactured methamphetamine. The Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Section …read more.

Gary Helman’s last words were, “They don’t want to arrest me, they want to kill me.” Less than 90 minutes later, he was shot and killed in his mother’s Cromwell home. (See related) Was Gary Helman the crazy man police say he was? Or, was it possible Helman had first-hand knowledge of police and judicial corruption so deep that …read more.