WARSAW — As the mercury languished at least four degrees below freezing Saturday, a group of brave ice water enthusiasts plunged into Warsaw’s Center Lake to help raise money for charity. Several dozen registrants took part in the annual Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics and the fourth such event held in Warsaw. …read more.

LEESBURG — The search is still on for a person believed to have drowned in Tippecanoe Lake. Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers and Indiana Search and Response team responded to the scene around 5:15 p.m. Friday, July 8. The search was called off after dark but resumed the next …read more.

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded at approximately 2:08 a.m. today, Monday, April 11, to the area of Fox Farm Road and CR 150W in regards to a vehicle that had left the roadway and was in partially submerged in the water. Officers arrived and located a pickup truck that had …read more.

LEESBURG — The body of the second individual who fell through the ice at a Leesburg quarry has been recovered. Allen Stattler, 41, Dowagiac, Mich., was located at approximately 11 a.m. this morning and recovered from the quarry around noon today, Feb. 22, according to Kosciusko County Coroner Tony Ciriello. The first individual Dustin Reaker, …read more.

By Lt. Kip Shuter, Warsaw Police Department Recently, the Warsaw Police Department Dive Team was the recipient of several community grants to obtain new dive equipment to better serve our community in a water emergency. Grant funds were obtained from the K21 Health Foundation, Kosciusko County Community Foundation, and from the Kosciusko REMC Operation Round-Up …read more.

WARSAW — Emergency personnel are currently responding to a possible drowning at Little Chapman Lake in the area of Loziers Mobile Home Park, near C23 Lane.  

[weaver_youtube YmOUxy_Wx7o re=0]   It was a cold day for a swim, but that did not deter more than a dozen personnel from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, Warsaw police and fire departments and out-of-state departments who gathered on a voluntary basis Thursday afternoon at Hidden Lake, SCUBA gear in tow. Hosted by the sheriff’s …read more.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is hosting a three-day rescue/dive training event. Dive Rescue International, Fort Collins, Colo., will be training public safety members in various aspects of dive team management, victim retrieval, underwater investigation, search patterns during drownings and rescue techniques over the next three days. The program began this morning, with initial classroom …read more.

The Warsaw Police Department and the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club will host the 2015 Law Enforcement in Action Day, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday May 30, at Pike Lake Beach in Warsaw. Below is the hour by hour schedule for the event: Police vehicles on display: 9 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. SWAT bus, SWAT Humvee, …read more.

Pie Eyed Petey’s in Leesburg sponsored it’s sixth annual Polar Plunge this afternoon. Plungers and spectators couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to freeze for a good cause. The event begins at 10 a.m., when spectators and plungers begin to show up. Each year, people from far and near show up at Pie …read more.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGX-bWZXtk&feature=youtu.berel=0] On Saturday, Jan. 18, several hundred people gathered at Pie Eyed Petey’s in Leesburg for the Fifth Annual Polar Bear Plunge. In the five years the event has been held, it’s become quite an attraction for people near and far. “I wouldn’t miss it,” said Chad Peart, who has attended every single Polar Bear …read more.

[weaver_youtube 2WL4r1wd2-4 rel=0] Divers of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Warsaw Police Department and the Warsaw Fire Department were on Sechrist Lake in the Barbee Chain of Lakes today attempting to raise two sunken vessels. Unfortunately, the operation was not a success. Cpl. John Engle of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources was …read more.

[weaver_youtube PIH8pCWENjI rel=0] The Kosciusko County Dive Team and Indiana conservation officers have suspended a search on Little Chapman Lake searching for the victim of a possible drowning. According to Indiana Conservation Officer Jon Boyd, an active search and rescue operation was underway on Little Chapman Lake for an elderly man last seen around 3:50 …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbUFbx6sPZY] Members of the community gathered today for the fourth annual “Polar Plunge” located at Pied Eyed Petey’s on Lake Tippecanoe. The event benefitted food banks in North Webster and Syracuse by raising cash and non-perishable food item donations while featuring food, outdoor warming stations, and an organized run into the icy waters off the …read more.

A 40-year-old man allegedly attempted suicide Sunday night in the Leesburg gravel pit but was rescued by Kosciusko County Sheriff’s deputies. According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, the man was found lying unconscious on a concealed water bank. The Leesburg gravel pit contains a large body of water that is surrounded by secluded trees …read more.