WARSAW — With Republican incumbents Mayor Joe Thallemer and Clerk-Treasurer Lynne Christiansen heading to election day unopposed, all of the contested races in the city involve City Council. Three Republican City Council incumbents, Cindy Dobbins, Jack Wilhite (both at-large) and Jerry Frush (District 4), are unopposed in their bids for re-election. Below are summaries of …read more.

WARSAW — Jim Zachary defeated incumbent Thelia Banta in the Winona Lake Town Council Republican primary race for the District 1 seat Tuesday night. Results for the lone contested race in Winona Lake were announced shortly before 7 p.m. — just an hour after polls closed. Zachary had 73 percent of the vote total with …read more.

WARSAW — Given what was likely his final chance to speak before a large crowd prior to Tuesday’s election, mayoral candidate Ron Shoemaker tossed aside prepared remarks and ad-libbed a short two-minute speech at the Kosciusko County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner Thursday night, May 2. Instead of providing a vision for what he intends to …read more.

WARSAW — Mayor Joe Thallemer has maintained a significant financial advantage against Republican challenger Ron Shoemaker two weeks before the primary election. Thallemer, seeking a third term in office, built up a large amount of money last year and has retained a large amount of cash on hand. Shoemaker, a first-term city councilman, began fundraising …read more.