ELKHART, Ind. –  Early this morning, officers of the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department’s S.T.A.R. (Sheriff’s Teenage Alcohol Reduction) team, responded to an underage drinking party at arrested 60 individuals for illegal consumption. It happened at 12:45 a.m. at the old Farmer’s Market, located at 27919 CR 26, in Elkhart. Police say of the 60 subjects arrested, 24 …read more.

[weaver_youtube Z-sWBXQuOqQ rel=0] NORTH WEBSTER – It was the dawn of a new era at the Shoop Sports & Youth Foundation-sponsored Tournament of Champions as two new champions were crowned. Kelsie Peterson and David Johnson, neither of which had ever participated in the event, both won first place to claim the top scholarships at the …read more.

SYRACUSE – There will be some welcomed changes to the fields and gyms at Wawasee High School at the start of the next school year. Construction and renovations will begin this summer that will offer a fresh look to most of the athletic complexes at 1 Warrior Path. Last year the softball team received a …read more.

WARSAW – The road to the 78th IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals goes through the Lake City as one of Indiana’s premier golf courses will play host to the Warsaw Regional this week. Eighteen area teams and a crop of individual players will arrive at Stonehenge Golf and Country Club on Thursday with hopes of …read more.

SYRACUSE – Having served as an assistant athletic director for three years, Cory Schutz was given his chance to officially call the shots Tuesday evening. Eastern (Greentown) High School’s school board officially approved Schutz to take over as its high school athletic director during a vote by the board Tuesday. Schutz served as Wawasee High …read more.

[weaver_youtube DnQX5KM0-bM rel=0] FRANKFORT – Josie Wood was a one-woman wrecking crew Saturday. Fortunately for North Miami, Wood was unbelievable while unfortunately for Triton, Wood put an end to its softball season. Wood hit two homers and was a beast in the circle as North Miami eliminated Triton from the IHSAA Class 1-A softball tournament …read more.

WARSAW – Regardless of what has happened in the regular season the sectional provides a rebirth for every team. It is a time to forget about the rest of the season and hopefully bring the best performance of the year to the table. It does not matter what the sport is, sectional time is a …read more.

SYRACUSE – It’s not like these two haven’t been here before. Standing idly along the fence line at Warrior Field Tuesday, Clayton Cook was surrounded by three coaches and two teammates. As the group laughed and carried on during the light training session, Wawasee boys track head coach Scott Lancaster regained form and ushered, “Hey, …read more.

WINONA LAKE – On June 20th, the Kosciusko County Basketball Hall of Fame will host its fifth induction banquet. The event will be held at the OCC on the campus of Grace College. The evening will start at 6 p.m. with dinner followed by the induction ceremony. This year’s speaker will be former Indiana high …read more.

BOURBON – Triton’s historic run in softball this season has plans formulating for another chance at glory. The Lady Trojans, which beat South Central (Union Mills) 4-0 Tuesday night, will play in the Clinton Prairie Class 1-A Semi-state Saturday against top-ranked North Miami. Triton, which is 23-6 this season, has set the single-season record for …read more.

SYRACUSE – A couple of Super Bowl MVPs, superstars and a whole bunch of excitement will accompany the third annual Sleepy Owl Golf Outing and Fundraiser. The event will kick off Friday night, June 13, at 6 p.m. with a pre-party dinner and live auction at the Syracuse Community Center. Entertainment for the event will …read more.

GOSHEN – It was another banner year for the Northridge Raider softball program, while Concord stepped forward as a team to beat heading into next season. The Raiders and Minutemen headline the Northern Lakes Conference All-Conference softball list for the 2014 season. Northridge, which finished 13-1, had eight total players make the list. Haley Nixon, …read more.

This week’s Pets of the Week come from the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County: Taffi is a 1-year-old female Border Collie mix. She has a beautiful longer, solid black coat and medium in size. Taffi is energetic, loves to plan and loves attention. Taffi’s adoption fee is $130. Minnesota is a large male, 3-year-old cat which …read more.

[weaver_youtube QU2HknqgZhg rel=0] SYRACUSE – It was an environment unlike any Wawasee softball has ever seen. And one that Leo is glad it is leaving in high spirits. A crowd of well over 600 wrapped around the Wawasee softball diamond Tuesday evening for the softball regional between Leo and Wawasee. The visiting Lions, taking advantage …read more.

SYRACUSE – Navigating all of the adventures and stresses that is the high school experience often takes a moment of sound decision. Wawasee senior Katy Ashpole found herself at a crossroads, and one more tough decision had to be made before she graduates this weekend. Ashpole, tabbed as the 2014 Wawasee High School salutatorian for …read more.

BOURBON – Across the board, Triton pretty much knew its 2013 softball regional would be a rough one. Having to deal with state powerhouse Lakewood Park Christian at home and its juggernaut program, head coach Steve McBride and his Lady Trojans were almost ‘just happy to be here’ given the mood following the 9-0 loss. …read more.

SYRACUSE – Any coach will tell you getting a tournament game at home is a blessing. For a team with so much state tournament inexperience as Wawasee has, playing Tuesday’s regional game at home can only be considered a blessing. “Getting to play a game at home surely is a benefit for us,” said Wawasee …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The NorthWood baseball team is good. For the second time in as many games the Panthers have rallied from behind to take the lead and the win from their opponent. On Thursday night NorthWood used a 10-run fourth inning to deflate Tippecanoe Valley. The Panthers followed up their first round antics by …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Wawasee baseball team finally ran out of magic on Saturday afternoon. A team that had made a habit of playing close games and sealing walk-off wins during the regular season met its match in a very strong Fairfield team in the semifinal round of the IHSAA Sectional 21 Baseball Tournament at …read more.

ELKHART – The Warsaw baseball team had a week to prepare for sectional play after receiving a bye. The Tigers turned a great week of practice into an outstanding effort on the field Saturday to say bye-bye to Northridge. A focused, energetic and opportunistic Warsaw squad sidelined the Raiders 7-3 in a semifinal clash at …read more.

At the May meeting of the Winona Lake Town Council a smoking ordinance was discussed. During the course of the discussion electronic cigarettes were brought into the discussion. What became clear, as the discussion went on, was that the council and the citizens in attendance didn’t know much about these devices, ultimately the reason the …read more.

An antique walking stick capped with gold bands now hangs in the Jail Museum in Warsaw and holds a unique message of lasting love and marriage. Given as a 50th wedding anniversary gift to Calvin and Isabelle Beagle of Oswego in 1887, the cane became a cherished family heirloom that was handed down through generations of the …read more.

[weaver_youtube K1GztthmqsU rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – “Play like a sectional champion today.” A sign with that inscription was attached inside the fence of the Whitko dugout throughout the regular season. On Friday night the Wildcats took their first step in accomplishing that goal by claiming a thrilling, bottom of the ninth 4-3 victory over Lakeland …read more.

SYRACUSE – There will be a few opportunities for the little ones to hit the gymnastics equipment this summer. The Wawasee Gymnastics Club is hosting its summer gymnastics sessions. The first summer session will take place June 9-13 at Wawasee High School, with age and skill ranges from preschool to advanced levels. The second summer …read more.

[weaver_youtube 4IDzttW6P2s rel=0] BENTON – The ‘big plans’ Wawasee has for its softball postseason will now involve one more game on its home field. Wawasee played a complete game Thursday evening against Lakeland in a 8-0 win in the championship game of the Fairfield Softball Sectional. The victory gives Wawasee its fifth title in program …read more.

[weaver_youtube _YYShnZ5H04 rel=0] BENTON – Bob Shea may have become the architect to Wawasee softball’s tournament success. Shea, the author of the children’s book ‘Big Plans’, diagrams what it could be like to make it big through the eyes of a child. As Wawasee head coach Jared Knipper, a kindergarten teacher at Syracuse Elementary, read …read more.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School will hold its 2014 Warrior Open July 7 at Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse. There will be morning and afternoon sessions for the event, which raises money for the general athletic fund at Wawasee. The Open, which is in its 20th year, will have shotgun starts at 7:30 a.m. and …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer coach Michael Voss will do his part to help the Haitian Women’s National Team qualify for the 2015 FIFA World Cup over the next week. Voss, an assistant coach for Haiti, will be on the sidelines for Haiti’s three World Cup qualifying matches as part of the Caribbean Football …read more.

GOSHEN – Warsaw’s Jonny Hollar and a pair of Wawasee golfers made the list of the All-Northern Lakes Conference boys golfers following the conference tournament. Hollar finished third at the NLC with a 77 and has been a consistent number one for the Tigers, which finished second in the conference after its second-place tally at …read more.

We are currently in the thick of sectional week for both baseball and softball and it is madness, games started on Monday for local softball teams and the fields are thinning daily. I debated what to do for my picks this week and have decided to go ahead and pick the remaining games on schedule …read more.

WARSAW – Repeat. Record. Redemption. The Warsaw girls track team added up those important “Three R’s” Tuesday night to equal another impressive regional championship. The host Tigers repeated as team champions for the third straight year. Warsaw totaled 67 points to outdistance runner-up Penn, which finished with 60.5 points. It was quality depth that made …read more.

BENTON – It’s one down and two to go for the Wawasee softball team. The Lady Warriors opened up postseason play against Tippecanoe Valley on Tuesday night and shut out the Vikings 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the IHSAA Softball Sectional 21 at Fairfield High School. Wawasee starting pitcher Amber Lemberg was the beacon of …read more.

[weaver_youtube xI1aWeg-4p4 rel=0] BOURBON – It’s a moment in Triton softball history that has never happened before. The Lady Trojans took care of business Tuesday night, blitzing Hamilton 10-0 in a five-inning sectional championship that gave Triton its first back-to-back sectional titles in school history. Triton started off slow but soon found a lot of …read more.

LEESBURG – The Warsaw boys golf team turned in a season-best performance Tuesday night. It still was not good enough to catch NorthWood or Fort Wayne Dwenger though. The host Tigers shot a season-best team total of 303 to place third in their own Bob Turner Classic at the Tippecanoe Lake Country CLub. NorthWood fired …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Whitko will have a little representation at the IHSAA Girls Track State Championships in June. Junior Elaine Warner joined an amazing nine jumpers from the Fort Wayne Northrop Regional to meet the state standard in the long jump, clearing exactly 17-6.5 to meet the mark good enough to reach the state finals. …read more.

WARSAW – Every great athletic team needs unsung heroes. The type of athletes who go about their business successfully without attention and adulation. The Warsaw boys track team is blessed to have a pair of those kind of standouts in brothers Ryan and Chad Goon. The senior twins have played a huge part in helping …read more.

BOURBON – The Triton softball team will get to play for another sectional championship. The host Trojans opened postseason play Monday by blanking Bethany Christian 4-0 in their own Class 1-A Sectional. Triton, which won the program’s second-ever sectional title in 2013, will meet Hamilton Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the championship contest. Hamilton …read more.

ELKHART – The outcome may have been the same, but the effort was much better Monday for the Warsaw softball team. The Tigers saw their season come to an end with an 8-1 loss to Concord in the semifinal bye game of the Class 4-A Elkhart Central Sectional. Warsaw, which lost twice to the Minutemen …read more.

WARSAW – Ann Harvuot has a love and a passion for horseback riding. Maybe that’s part of the reason that the Warsaw senior runs like a thoroughbred on the track. Harvuout, a standout sprinter for the Tigers, will run on her home track one final time Tuesday night. Harvuout has plenty of motivation for the …read more.

By RICK BRADLEY SFC U.S. Army (retired-disabled) The month of May reminds me of sunshine; of beautiful spring flowers of all shapes and sizes, each with its own special sweet scented fragrance. It reminds me of a beautifully cultivated neighborhood of home gardens sprouting with an assortment of vegetables, ornamental shrubs, and trees; and of …read more.

SYRACUSE – Zero is not always a good thing, but the Wawasee Warrior junior varsity softball team has had a love affair with the number all season. The Warriors ran the table from day one of the 2014 season and hosted its year-end tournament Saturday afternoon to complete the historic campaign. Wawasee picked up win …read more.

[weaver_youtube hDGSgt4QZdQ rel=0] SYRACUSE – Just call them the cardiac kids. For the third time this season the Wawasee baseball team managed to stun a conference opponent with a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Northridge fell victim to the resilient Warriors on Thursday night as Wawasee overcame a 6-0 deficit to top the …read more.

[weaver_youtube znqB71HD-EM rel=0] BREMEN – The moment was so big, the Bremen fire department was called in. The Bremen girls tennis team, which slayed the dragon Wednesday when it defeated 13-time defending sectional champion Plymouth, took care of business Friday in the Bremen Girls Tennis Sectional final, defeating Triton 4-1. In winning its first sectional …read more.

BOURBON – Triton’s softball program had another banner day Friday as two of its senior stars committed to play collegiate softball at Manchester University. Pitcher Mallorie Jennings and catcher Allyson Brown both had their day in the sun Friday afternoon in verbally committing to Manchester. The uniqueness of the opportunity of a pitcher-catcher combo signing …read more.

[weaver_youtube meXAPWhbFQ0 rel=0] GOSHEN – The path is clearly marked at the beginning of the track season. Conference, then sectional, then regional, then state. After Wawasee took its steps Thursday night at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional, the path is yet to be defined for several athletes. Wawasee head coach Scott Lancaster, using his famous line, …read more.

[weaver_youtube qhCOKGjIqAo rel=0] GOSHEN – To say Warsaw was the cream of the crop at the Goshen Boys Track Sectional would be putting it lightly. Warsaw won 11 of the 16 events Thursday and went one-two in three of those wins to clobber the sectional field with 170 total team points, earning its fourth straight …read more.

MIDDLEBURY – If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. The Wawasee softball team came face-to-face with the Northern Lakes Conference’s best team for the second, and final, time on Thursday night. Class 4A No. 5 ranked Northridge had an outright NLC title on the line and had no intentions …read more.

At the meeting of the Warsaw Park Board on May 20, Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer stopped by to get input on a revitalization project in the downtown area. “We’re just exploring right now what kind of development might work on Buffalo Street,” said Thallemer, referring to a project that would link the downtown area with …read more.

On Monday, May 26, the small Enchanted Hills community in Cromwell will again make media headlines when the tragic story of a senseless murder is investigated in a Lifetime Movie Network special. LMN was granted “unprecedented access” to Paul Gingerich and Colt Lundy who were 12 and 15 respectively when they shot and killed Lundy’s …read more.

[weaver_youtube vReL32avXfw rel=0] WARSAW – Day one of the Warsaw Girls Tennis Sectional went per expectation. Both of Columbia City’s doubles teams were solid and the Eagles needed just one singles court to win. It received two in a 4-1 team win while Wawasee’s one singles player, Katy Ashpole, will move on in the individual …read more.

An Indiana State Police Trooper on routine patrol came across a disabled vehicle near Leesburg late Monday night and found a man wanted for a serious felony. Steven Garrett, 37, of Elkhart, skipped out on his sentencing last month in Elkhart Superior Court 3 after pleading guilty to a Class A felony charge of dealing …read more.

[weaver_youtube Hi8D7jk3xwU rel=0] ROCHESTER – It was a huge night for a pair of local track athletes at the Rochester Girls Track Sectional. Tippecanoe Valley’s Jazzmine Brown qualified for four events and Triton’s Jaela Meister qualified for three events at next week’s Warsaw Girls Track Regional with their showings at Rochester. Needing to place fourth …read more.

NEW HAVEN – Whitko will have four athletes alive for next week’s Fort Wayne Northrop Girls Track Regional after advancing from Tuesday night’s New Haven Girls Track Sectional. Whitko did not have an individual champion, but did have four girls place within the top four places, qualifying for the regional round of the state tournament. …read more.

BOURBON – Triton has scratched a pair of games, per athletic director Mason McIntyre. The junior varsity baseball game today at Concord as well as the Wednesday junior varsity softball game at New Prairie have both been cancelled and will not be made up. Today Triton are playing a pair of make-up games in the …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department announced several official notes this afternoon pertaining to its softball and baseball programs. The softball program’s rescheduled varsity and junior varsity games with Northridge will take place Thursday, May 22, at Northridge. The baseball program will host Northridge Friday, May 23, for its varsity and junior varsity …read more.

Get ready for Milford Fest next weekend. The festival, sponsored by Milford Lions Club and local area businesses, is from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 24. An all-day event, Milford Fest will feature free carnival rides for children, a car and motorcycle show, a cutie contest, and the king and queen coronation. There …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The girls meets at the North East Lakes Middle School Conference Track and Field Championships were dominated by two local schools on Saturday morning. The Rock Pile at Plymouth High School proved to be anything but rocky for the Wawasee and Edgewood girls track teams. Edgewood slipped by Wawasee by a score of …read more.

ROANOKE, Va. – A memorable 2014 campaign for Grace’s softball team ended on Saturday as the Lady Lancers fell 7-2 to Union at the NCCAA World Series. The Lady Lancers (29-30) earned fourth place in the national tournament and concluded the season with the program’s most wins since 1994. After the game, Brooke Shell was …read more.

(Photo provided) On Wednesday, May 7, Travis Marsh, a lieutenant with Milford Police Department, announced his run for sheriff of Kosciusko County as an independent candidate (see related). According to Marsh, though he has served as a Republican town council member on North Webster Town Council in the past, his run and potential tenure as sheriff …read more.

PLYMOUTH- Track and field superiority was up for grabs at Plymouth High School on Saturday as the Rock Pile played host to the 2014 North East Lakes Middle School Conference Championships. The boys meets were exciting and exhilarating for four local schools, Edgewood, Lakeview, Wawasee and Whitko. A scrappy Wawasee team played an underdog role …read more.

[weaver_youtube sxAtPgUmWyw rel=0] WARSAW – Given the spring sports season has been a nightmare in terms of weather and adjustments, it was more than fitting that the Northern Lakes Conference Girls Tennis Championships would last well into the one o’clock hour. That’s right, 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Dealing with the third day in a row …read more.

ROANOKE, Va. – Grace College’s softball team survived its first elimination game at the 2014 NCCAA World Series on Friday to advance to the final day of the tournament. The Lady Lancers (29-29) were bumped from the winner’s bracket by top-seeded Shorter to open the day, but Grace responded with a 3-1 victory over Campbellsville …read more.

ROANOKE, Va. – Grace’s softball team made a major statement in its first national tournament game since 1997. The Lady Lancers (28-28) erupted offensively in a 12-3 victory over Trinity Christian to open up the 2014 NCCAA World Series on Thursday, held at Botetourt Sports Complex. The Trolls (26-26) got on the scoreboard first in …read more.

It’s raining. So, of course, prep sports are being moved around again. First up is Wawasee, which postponed its baseball and softball games with Northridge. The JV and varsity softball games at Northridge as well as the JV and varsity baseball games at Wawasee both have not been given a make-up date. The games were …read more.

[weaver_youtube jZjJaw7I4AE rel=0] WARSAW – In what has been forecasted as a very wet second half of the week, the girls of the Northern Lakes Conference tennis teams better pack a lunch. Possibly a sleeping bag. Rain forced the start of the NLC Girls Tennis Championships indoors from host Warsaw Community High School to the …read more.

Originally posted on Handy Father: Physical Fitness. The church I attend in my hometown, Vineyard Community Church, has a Security team. I am on this team. Together we have made an effort recently to come up with a range of plans in the event of emergencies from hostile intruders in the church building to weather-related …read more.

WARSAW – It was a very big night for both the Warsaw boys and girls track teams at the Northern Lakes Conference track championships. Warsaw won seven girls event championships Tuesday night en route to a 176-point finish in the team standings, the ninth consecutive team title for the Lady Tigers. The Warsaw boys won …read more.

WARSAW – There is never any love lost when Warsaw and Wawasee meet up for an athletic contest on any surface. That sentiment holds true even on the golf course. The two county rivals met up at Stonehenge Golf and Country Club on Tuesday night and it was the Wawasee golf team that got the …read more.

Rain in the area has forced the hand of athletic directors to call off several sports in the area. Triton’s varsity baseball game at Tippecanoe Valley is cancelled and no make-up date will be scheduled. Triton’s JV baseball game at Caston suffered the same fate as did the Triton JV softball game at Manchester. The …read more.

GOSHEN – Both Wawasee and Whitko were impressive at Saturday’s Goshen Relays. The girls track extravaganza in general was a memorable one which saw 23 of 28 event records fall and quite a team race for the Class A and B titles. In the A Class grid, Goshen held off Plymouth to claim the title …read more.

FORT WAYNE – In life it is important to know how to take advantage of a good opportunity. On Wednesday night the Whitko baseball team had a great opportunity to capitalize on, and did not disappoint. The Wildcats took the field for their Three Rivers Conference game against Manchester like they would on any other …read more.

This Saturday, May 10, is the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, coordinated by United Way of Kosciusko County and conducted by the National Association of Letter Carriers. About one in six Americans goes hungry or wonders where the next meal will come from. That’s a reality of life in the United States today. But another fact of life …read more.

Mary Hoffer, Kosciusko County Red Cross disaster volunteer, will depart today on her fourth deployment to aid families impacted by the devastating storms in Arkansas. Hoffer, who also serves locally as the Red Cross State Nursing Liaison for Indiana, will be stationed in Little Rock, where she will serve two weeks as a Client Health Services Associate. …read more.

[weaver_youtube DI540vYgOz8 rel=0] SYRACUSE – Wawasee’s softball team sure isn’t playing like a bunch of underclassmen. Riding the arm of freshman Meghan Fretz and using the key contributions of several others, Wawasee held on for a 4-2 win against visiting Warsaw Wednesday afternoon. Fretz, who has now pitched in six games in just over two …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Thirty-six Indiana high school seniors have been presented 2014 scholarship awards from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, announced Tuesday. The IBCA — a statewide coaches group with more than 2,600 members — presents grants of $750 to each recipient in the names of Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies and Pat Aikman. Through the years, …read more.

[weaver_youtube 1KYFFKRY5ao rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – Camouflage is primarily used in battle to hide from an enemy. On Monday night the Whitko baseball team donned its digital camouflage jerseys for its Three Rivers Conference battle against its biggest rival, Tippecanoe Valley. The uniforms seemed almost too fitting for the Wildcats, a team trying to hide …read more.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department is hosting its annual physical night Monday, May 12, in the annex gym at Wawasee High School. Physicals are $25 per person and will be given for anyone who wishes to participate in athletics in the 2014-15 school year. Physicals will be given at 6 p.m. for …read more.

WARSAW – The Wawasee Middle School girls track team had one goal coming into Friday’s 10th Annual Lakeview Relays, win. The Warriors won the event last season and intended to defend that title. It certainly did not come easy, but Wawasee accomplished its goal and won its second consecutive Lakeview Relays title by defeating the …read more.

WARSAW – The 10th Annual Lakeview Relays took place on Friday night at Lakeview Middle School and despite the cold weather, young athletes from four local middle schools created more than enough heat on the track. Though the meet included four teams, it was clear that the trophy would go to one of the two …read more.

(UPDATE: Shelby County officials reported that the couple was captured this morning. Both suspects have been transported to the Shelby County jail. Law enforcement would also like to thank the public for their assistance and helpful information that led to this arrest.) Desiree D. Cox, aka Desiress Clawson, 18, and Robert Neil Clawson Jr., 31, are …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY – The Wawasee baseball team could not buy a run in their game against Plymouth on Wednesday, leading to a tough conference loss. The Warriors put that game behind them and did a 180-degree turnaround for their contest at Whitko. Wawasee scored in each of the game’s final five innings to claim a …read more.

Miss Laney May Neuenschwander, age 9, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Indiana Pageant held July 5 at the Marriot downtown in Indianapolis. The National American Miss Pageants are held for girls ages 4-18, and have 5 different age divisions. Laney will be participating in the Jr. Pre-Teen age …read more.

[weaver_youtube kncQF6gfzuk rel=0] SYRACUSE – It’s almost as if Mother Nature is showing her hand in not liking track. Whether it’s girls duals on Tuesdays or boys meets on Thursdays, the weather this spring has just been rotten, notably in Northern Lakes Conference competition in April. May began with the same issues, with biting wind …read more.

Several changes have been made involving Wawasee and Warsaw athletics for Thursday, May 1. The Wawasee versus Warsaw varsity and junior varsity tennis matches scheduled for this afternoon have been moved to the Warsaw Racquet Club. The matches are still scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start time. The Wawasee C-Team baseball game scheduled for today …read more.

Monday’s rain in the area has altered a few scheduled athletic events. Warsaw’s JV and varsity softball games at NorthWood as well as JV and varsity baseball games hosting NorthWood were both postponed to Tuesday, April 29. Triton is still planning on playing its high school tennis match at Bremen, varsity baseball game at LaVille …read more.

  [weaver_youtube iQ9JsawIZ30 rel=0] Atwood Fire Department was called to 3802 W. 100 North today where the wind is being blamed for spreading a small grass fire and destroying a home. Tankers from Etna Green and Warsaw fire departments were called to assist and manpower from Winona Lake Fire Department was also on scene. According to the tenant, Jim …read more.

[weaver_youtube LBPRSxGvrQg rel=0] SYRACUSE – It’s an old cliché that sometimes a loss is as good as a win. Well, in the case of South Bend Riley’s championship at the Wawasee Baseball Invitational, losing the final game of the day had championship qualities. While trying to win the title outright, South Bend Riley found themselves …read more.

[weaver_youtube l46LQR6Ujqg rel-0] SYRACUSE – After cruising to the finals of the Wawasee Invitational, Rochester needed its final at-bat to secure the title in a 6-5, come-from-behind win against South Bend Clay. Trailing 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Karli Murphy stepped to the dish with two on and two out and cracked a …read more.

[weaver_youtube 52Qmi3KD70s rel=0] BREMEN – It looked like the pitchers were going to take center stage again in what has become a very competitive blossoming rivalry. Triton and Bremen were heading down the narrow rail once again in Northern State Conference softball Friday night until a compounding of mental mistakes derailed the Lady Trojans in …read more.

[weaver_youtube spEXc2KxMWc rel=0] SYRACUSE – Wawasee used the wind and some unlikely names to post a very solid 81-51 Northern Lakes Conference boys track win over Plymouth Thursday night at a blustery Warrior Field. Before the state goes on red alert with this time – 10.51 – in the 100-meter dash by Wawasee’s Clayton Cook, …read more.

Additional verbiage to reflect the possibility of appealing a rate or asking for credits was finally enough for the Warsaw Common Council to approve an ordinance establishing stormwater utility rates. But, the ordinance requires one additional reading and final vote that will come next month. The ordinance was presented to the council for the third …read more.

WARSAW – Monday may have been Dyngus Day for those that made the trip to South Bend, but it was a day circled in red for the Wawasee and Warsaw baseball teams for a completely different reason. The two rivals squared off for the first of two meetings in 2014 at Warsaw Community High School …read more.

[weaver_youtube 6mjFjib_2FI rel=0] BOURBON – Eventually, mistakes will catch up to a softball team. Four Triton errors in the field and several pitches over the middle of the plate gave Wawasee more than enough opportunities to put the ball in motion during an 8-2 win at Keyser Field Saturday morning. Triton pitcher Mallorie Jennings looked …read more.

WARSAW – The Kosciusko County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 149 is inviting the public to its annual golf outing May 10, 2014, at Rozella Ford Golf Course to support local scholars. FOP Lodge 149 is asking local citizens and businesses for their support in this event. Cash prizes are available during the golf outing, …read more.

To help celebrate Earth Week, the city of Warsaw Department of Public Works has scheduled compost give-aways for the following Saturdays: April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17 and May 24. The public is invited to bring trailers, dump trucks, pickup trucks and/or small containers between 8 a.m. and noon to West Center Street, …read more.

[weaver_youtube hzQRwtemPsU rel=0] GOSHEN – Not too shabby for a first night out. Wawasee, running its first outdoor boys track meet of the season, broke five-year losing streaks to both Northridge and Goshen with wins at Foreman Field Thursday night. The Warriors, which hadn’t beaten Northridge or Goshen head-to-head since the 2008 season, bested the …read more.

[weaver_youtube oKJAv5e7XIA rel=0] WARSAW – New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra would have been proud of the Warsaw baseball team on Wednesday night. The Tigers made it known that Berra had a point when he famously said, “It’s not over till it’s over.” Warsaw stunned its county rivals by scoring 10 unanswered runs to beat …read more.

United Way of Kosciusko County is pleased to announce Stephen Miller, chief executive officer of Kosciusko Community Hospital (part of the Lutheran Health Network) as the 2014 Campaign Chair. Miller served as chief financial officer for KCH from 1985 to 2007 prior to his appointment as chief executive officer in 2008. He and his wife, …read more.

It was 70 degrees Sunday, and snowed Monday night. Oh, Indiana, you never cease to amaze! Well, that being said, high schools are sending in cancellations for Tuesday ball games throughout the area. Up first, Wawasee High School. The girls track meet at Goshen with Plymouth, the Northern Lakes Conference opener for all three clubs, …read more.

The Indiana Department of Transportation reminds all Hoosiers that campaign signs are prohibited from federal and state highway rights-of-way according to Indiana Code 9-21-4-6. INDOT personnel are required by state law to remove all unauthorized signs within the state right-of-way. INDOT personnel will remove campaign signs and other illegal signs from rights-of-way — per IC …read more.