SYRACUSE — Buddy, a 12-year-old German shepherd mix, is a hero. A fire early Friday morning, Jan. 26, on North Rainey Road West, Syracuse, could have been worse for Roxann Arnott than losing her home, all of everything she owned. She could have lost her life. Buddy, who sleeps on a comforter at the foot …read more.

Finding a parking spot at the Syracuse Community Center proved challenging as droves of people turned out for the Syracuse Lions Club’s annual Jonah Fish Fry and Stan Fox Memorial Silent Auction, which was held from 5-8 p.m. today, July 3. Judy Jarrett, who chaired this year’s event, said, “It’s been busy. It’s the biggest …read more.

FORT WAYNE —More than a dozen Great Danes and German Shepherds were rescued from an “overcrowded and unsanitary” breeding operation at a farm in a nearby county.

CENTER TOWNSHIP — Charges are pending against a man accused of running a puppy mill out of his northwest Indiana home.

INDIANAPOLIS — A Metro Police officer is being credited with saving seven tiny newborn puppies.

GALT, CALIF. — A dog spotted periodically by motorists in the median of Highway 99 in Galt over more than three weeks has been rescued.

ROMANIA — Pets have been known to do the most adorable things.

WARSAW — InkFree News now has Google Translate. InkFree News is Warsaw’s most read, free news source; just last month IFN had over 3.6 million page views. IFN has been working on a way to reach out to more of our diverse community of readers. Because of this diversity IFN is introducing a translation bar. …read more.

SAINT ALBERT, ALBERTA — It was a one-night match made in heaven for a maternal dog and a pair of young rescue puppies at Barker’s Pet Motel and Grooming in St. Albert on Friday.

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. — Montgomery met the totally adorable Kylo when he was on a routine call to the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Quasimodo, a sweet German shepherd with a rare spinal condition, is looking for a forever home.

SOOAM, SOUTH KOREA — A British couple have been celebrating after a second cloned puppy was born using DNA from their beloved pet dog who died earlier this year.

WARSAW — This week’s Pets of the Week come from the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County. Zeek Zeek is a beautiful neutered male German shepherd/collie mix, about 1-year-old. He is a friendly, outgoing and an energetic boy who loves to play. Zeek is a happy, curious and loves to explorer. Zeek would do best …read more.

The Fort Wayne Männerchor/Damenchor will present a traditional German Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, in the beautiful neo-gothic setting of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. St. Peter’s Catholic Church is located at 518 E. DeWald St. in Fort Wayne. The program is directed by Tom Remenschneider and will be sung entirely in German, …read more.

By STEPHANIE OVERBEY Associate Director, Kosciusko County Community Foundation During World War II, in the suburbs of Chicago, a baker struggled to keep his bakery going after two of his workers got drafted and two went to work in war factories. In an act of desperation, the baker began making only two kinds of pies …read more.

Laci Rae Harper An initial hearing originally set for Dec. 2 for a Burket woman accused of starving two German Shepherd puppies was held nearly a month early, likely to avoid publicity. Laci Bailey-Harper, 26, 107 E. Center St., Burket, was arrested in October, 11 days after her neighbor discovered the two near death puppies …read more.

(UPDATE: AWL lab tech Libby Flock confirmed to Stacey Page this afternoon that the male German Shepherd removed from a Burket home yesterday tested negative for the parvovirus. The puppy is up and eating today and appears to be “happy,” but no additional information is being provided because the case remains under investigation.) A German …read more.