WARSAW — Carson’s is closing all of its stores nationwide, which means Warsaw will lose its location. Bon-Ton Stores, Carson’s parent store, failed to secure a bidder to keep the stores open. As a result, the company’s assets have been sold to two liquidation firms. All Carson’s stores will close after 160 years of business. …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a four-part series on the National Weather Service, Northern Indiana.) A study five years ago focused on where the National Weather Service was going to be in 10 years. The weather enterprise resulted — a private enterprise and a non-profit government side of the weather. …read more.

SYRACUSE — In a recent letter to the editor in our sister publication, The Mail-Journal, Larry Rensberger addressed the local communities with a challenge to give back through volunteer work. Rensberger wrote, “(Seven years ago), 27 percent of all Americans were volunteers. It is down to 21 percent. This trend is unlikely to change unless something …read more.

WARSAW — The Baker Youth Club in Warsaw is trying to spread Christmas cheer with multiple programs and events going on throughout December.

WARSAW — We Inspire Support Empower Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and support of the professional career interests of women, held their year-end Advisory Board meeting.

SOUTH BEND — There are no pins or lanes anymore, but the former Beacon Bowl bowling alley is hoping to revive its place in the community.

SYRACUSE — If you walked in on a regular monthly meeting of the local organization, Women of Today, you may think you had interrupted a social gathering of friends. The women are quite literally “of today,” in their progressive ideas and approach to community service.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Performing Arts Center is holding the Student Choreography Showcase this week to raise money for the Community Closet. The Class Act Dance Troupe performs year-round in the Warsaw area, but for the first time, they are holding an entirely not-for-profit performance. The dance will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, …read more.

By BILL MURPHY Executive Director, RIPEA A state organization for Indiana’s working and retired public employees has kicked off a membership drive to raise awareness and to attract more people. To assist with the effort, its board of directors has identified membership coordinators in four key regions in the state. RIPEA — Retired Indiana Public Employees …read more.

By BRITTANY LYON Director, Kosciusko County Educational Development Each year, the doctors and staff at Masterson Chiropractic come together and select a non-profit to support through donations from free clinics they run over the course of the year. This year, Kosciusko County Educational Development was their group of choice. Their free clinics include screenings that …read more.

Altrusa International of Warsaw initiated the club’s third new member in two months at their Thursday, Jan. 22 meeting. Mary Corwin, a registered respiratory therapist at Kosciusko Community Hospital, shares other club members’ interests in domestic violence and substance abuse prevention, homelessness, and illiteracy. Corwin relocated to the Warsaw area from Fort Wayne a few …read more.

By ALYSSA AHERN Public Relations Associate, Project Evergreen As Project EverGreen’s SnowCare for Troops campaign begins its fifth season, the program is expanding to serve wounded and disabled U.S. veterans in addition to families of currently deployed military personnel with snow and ice removal services during the winter months. The program currently serves more than …read more.

For those unfamiliar with the Both Hands organization, it is a non-profit group that offers assistance to widows, orphans and adoptive families. Through community projects that help widows, the organization raises money to help facilitate adoptions. “The inspiration for Both Hands came as a result a friend of mine wrote to me,” says JT Olson, Founder …read more.

On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, Warsaw Carson’s will host Community Days, an event that allows the business to give back to the community through local non-profit organizations. The 2-day event allows for the store to partner with a non-profit organization to sell coupon booklets for $5 dollars that contain over $400 worth of coupons …read more.