News Release SYRACUSE — Kosciusko County Circuit Court has ordered the Indiana Natural Resources Commission to hold a public hearing and receive evidence on a petition to establish the Turkey Creek Dam and Dike Conservancy District. The petition was filed under cause number 43C01-1912-MI-00249. The hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at …read more.

News Release WARSAW – Looking for a ragtime gal to spend some summertime fun?  Look no further than Shimmy!  She is an eleven-year-old, spayed female, Boxer mix.  She has a lovely red and white coat with soulful brown eyes. She weighs 54 pounds.  Shimmy may be a senior but this girl has enough pep in …read more.

Syracuse can now “push the play button” on three years’ worth of street paving, crack sealing and ADA-compliant sidewalk renovations, according to Doug Burgess, capital program management director for the Fort Wayne district of the Indiana Department of Transportation. Burgess and Mark Ober, the district’s project manager, presented a certificate acknowledging a $352,688 state grant …read more.

MILFORD — Milford is among 121 Northern Indiana cities, towns and counties receiving funds from the Indiana Department of Transportation as part of the state’s Community Crossings matching grant fund. The town received $41,911.62 for use in road surfacing, bridge rehabilitation, road reconstruction and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance in connection with road projects. “Northern …read more.

WINONA LAKE — “Summer time and the living is easy,” so says the song. Well, not if you’re a town’s park and recreation director. Summer is usually pretty busy and Holly Hummitch, director of the Winona Lake Parks and Recreation Department and Senior Center, wouldn’t have it any other way. “Just the mass chaos is …read more.

Temporary no parking on Colfax, agreements, contracts, and pay applications on projects were among items of business for Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday morning, Feb. 5. The board unanimously passed a resolution establishing temporary no parking on the west side of North Colfax Street, between Center and Clark streets, and the east …read more.

ORLANDO — Dressed as Anna from the Disney movie “Frozen,” 9-year-old La’Aisa Taylor couldn’t wipe the smile off her face.

WARSAW — Warsaw Fire Department and Lutheran EMS are responding to a car vs. pedestrian accident that happened near the intersection of Colfax Street and Center Street.

NORTH WEBSTER — Syracuse resident Brock Hawthorne says he has contacted every department necessary to get answers as to why his special needs son, Deklan, was assaulted while on a parked bus in front of North Webster Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 4.

By MARY ANN LEINHART CROSS County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — Warm weather sure makes a difference when it comes to growing tomatoes. I will be honest and share in the rainy month of June I was thinking we might not have our wonderful Indiana tomatoes, but once again Mother Nature came …read more.

WARSAW — Anna Linn of Warsaw will celebrate her 95th birthday Aug. 17.

By SUMMER ZIMMER Director of Communications and Social Responsibility, Kosciusko Community YMCA The first swim in the Parkview Warsaw YMCA lap pool was at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17. Corinne Hodges purchased the first swim at our Annual Support Campaign silent auction last week and shared the opportunity with six other Y members: Mark Shirey, …read more.

Students at Wawasee High School will be performing “Get Smart,” a play paying homage to the American comedy TV series of the same name. The original TV series ran from Sept. 18, 1965, to May 15, 1970, and satirized the secret agent genre with success. The play version of “Get Smart” will follow Agent 86 …read more.