WARSAW — Beaman Home Executive Director Tracie Hodson announces that the Phase I construction of the new Beaman Home Emergency Shelter and Outreach Center facility at 603 Parker St., is nearing completion. Despite the unfinished look on the outside of the building, final remodeling on the inside is nearly finished. Administrative staff and outreach advocates …read more.

  Weather has caused delays in the progress of the East Market Street Project between Bronson and Colfax streets, but work is progressing. Workers have now moved from Colfax to Lindberg streets. The area between Bronson and Lindberg is closed to through traffic. Attempts are being made to provide local access, as much as possible. …read more.

The City of Warsaw, Department of Public Works has been notified road construction on East Center Street will begin Wednesday, May 27. Crews will begin road preservation/crack sealing at 8 a.m. Center Street will remain open, but expect some delays between Detroit Street and Argonne Road.

More than a few Ink Free News readers have asked what’s being built at the corner of US 30 and Parker Street, in front of the Menards, in Warsaw. Well, to quell their curiosity, I stopped by the construction site and got the scoop. A Discount Tire is going in at the location. According to …read more.

A new monument will be erected this summer at James Dean’s birth site in Marion, with a dedication ceremony to be held Sept. 30, the 60th anniversary of the actor’s death. Loretta Walker, director of Main Street Marion, and David Loehr, owner of James Dean Gallery, have been developing plans for the proposed tribute. It …read more.