With temperatures on the rise this week, Mayor Joe Thallemer is urging people to stay away from city beaches.

WARSAW — Canoeing and other water excursions are popular activities in the summer. The Warsaw Parks Department is offering free paddle boarding and canoeing this summer. Free canoeing is offered at Center Lake Beach, on the east side of swimming pier, behind the pavilion. Paddle boarding is offered at Pike Lake Beach. Last year, a …read more.

WARSAW — The city of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department is offering free Community Canoeing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at Center Lake Beach, (east side of the swimming pier, behind Pavilion). No registration is required. An annual waiver and rules sheet must be signed by each participant, (must be signed …read more.

The city of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual free Kids Fishing Derby from8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday May 30, at the Center Lake Beach, located in Central Park. Registration is free and open to ages 3-16 years of age. Register at the Pete Thorn Center, between 8 a.m. and 4 …read more.

Pike and Center Lake beaches in Warsaw will open for the year on Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24. Lifeguards will be on duty from 11:30 a.m to 6:30 p.m. On Memorial Day lifeguards will be on duty at both beaches from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. No lifeguards will be on duty Tuesday …read more.

The following results are from water samples taken from each public beach in Kosciusko County. Each reading represents the most probable number of E. coli colonies per sample. In order for a public beach to be closed, both readings must exceed 235 colonies before a public beach is closed. These samples are taken each Monday …read more.

The following results are from water samples from each public beach in Kosciusko County. Each reading represents the most probable number of E. coli colonies per sample. In order for a public beach to be closed, both readings must exceed 235 colonies before a public beach is closed. These samples are taken each Monday by …read more.

Each week, the Kosciusko County Health Department tests the waters of local beaches to determine if they are safe for swimmers. Although most of Indiana is in a severe drought, the lack of rain is actually keeping the bacteria levels in the local waters down. Health department engineer Bob Weaver told StaceyPageOnline.com that the lack …read more.

Drought conditions that are ravaging crops and landscaping across Indiana are also responsible for keeping area beaches open. Bob Weaver, administrator and chief scientist for the Kosciusko County Health Department, theorizes that the lack of rain has actually kept E. coli bacteria levels in area lakes down because there has not been the runoff associated …read more.

Staci Young of the Warsaw Parks Department has announced this morning that Center Lake Beach is re-opened today. The beach was closed Tuesday due to high E. coli levels, but new test results show the levels are now safe for swimming.