CLAYPOOL — Burket/Seward Township Fire Department with the assistance of other area fire departments responded to a residential fire south of Burket, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19. At about 2:36 p.m., Burket/Seward Township Fire Department received a call for a residential fire at 8324 South CR 700W, Claypool, just south of Burket. According to Beacon, the …read more.

CLAYPOOL — Claypool Fire Chief Bob Haines has retired after 37 years of fire service. Haines started his fire service career with Winona Lake Fire Department in 1982. In 1985, at the age of 23, he moved to Tippecanoe and became chief at Tippecanoe Fire Department until he moved to Etna Green Fire Department in …read more.

CLAYPOOL — The Claypool Fire Department will be hosting a pancake, sausage and egg breakfast from 7-10 a.m. (or until sold out) Saturday, Oct. 5. The breakfast will be held at the fire station, located at 101 N. Main St., Claypool. Freewill donations will be accepted.

CLAYPOOL — Units from the Claypool Fire Department were dispatched at 8:01 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 to Louis Dreyfus Commodities at 7344 SR 15. Units at the scene called for backup. It is unknown at this time the seriousness of the fire or the cause. Officials at the soybean-processing facility denied access to media and refused …read more.

  CLAYPOOL — Claypool Fire Department is hosting a pancake, sausage and egg breakfast from 7-10 a.m. (or until sold out) on Saturday, Oct.7, at 101 N. Main St., Claypool. FREE WILL DONATION

UPDATE: CLAYPOOL –The fire is reportedly under control at this time Emergency personnel are currently responding to Louis Dreyfus located at 7344 South SR 15, Claypool, to a reported fire in a prep area of the building. Warsaw Fire Department has been called for an assist.

  Emergency personnel are currently responding to a residential fire located at 301 S. Main St., Claypool. All occupants are reportedly out of the structure. Though assistance was called for from Warsaw and Silver Lake Fire Departments, the fire was extinguished quickly. The fire occurred in a two story residence just down the street from …read more.

Please note emergency personnel are responding to 408 South Graceland Avenue, Claypool for a report of a possible gas leak. Those traveling may want to avoid the area at this time.

Atwood Fire Department responded to a fire at approximately 5 a.m. today on Crystal Lake Road that resulted in the deaths of thousands of chickens. According to Mike Harmon, Atwood Fire Department Fire Chief, the fire was located in a building owned by Egg Innovations, which reportedly purchased the property about a year and a …read more.

The Claypool Fire Department is hosting an open house from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, for retiring firefighter Dennis Rowland. Rowland is completing 40 years as a volunteer firefighter. Cake and punch will be provided and the public is invited to attend and honor Rowland’s service. The open house will be held …read more.

Update: Claypool Fire Department, with assistance from Warsaw Fire Department and Multi-Township EMS, have the chimney fire under control. When this reporter arrived to the scene there was no longer smoke coming from the chimney and emergency personnel were beginning to disperse. Claypool Fire Department are continuing to inspect the house for damages, but the …read more.

Members of the Kosciusko County Sheriffs Department, Multi-Township EMS, Silver Lake Fire Department, Burket Fire Department and Claypool FIre Department have located a woman who went missing this morning in Silver Lake. According to Sgt. Chad Hill of the Kosciusko County Sheriffs Department, Delores C. Corbett, 78, of Elwood, went missing from Hill Lake Campground …read more.