Discussion at the Warsaw Parks & Recreation board meeting held Tuesday, July 28, focused on two local parks — Kelly and Ker. 

WARSAW — After the normal Warsaw Park Board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16 the board remained for a public post Stellar meeting. After not receiving the Stellar designee, the Warsaw Parks Department has decided to move on with their projects by applying for grants. The particular grant discussed during the Tuesday meeting was a community …read more.

Ker Park potential redesign BY TIM DOMBROSKY Warsaw Assistant City Planner WARSAW — If selected as a Stellar Communities designee, one of Warsaw’s Stellar plans shows how Ker neighborhood park will be renovated and expanded to include a playground for children ages 2-5, a new picnic shelter and a new, accessible, neighborhood water feature for …read more.

Purdue University is partnering with three Indiana zoos and the state on a conservation program for hellbender salamanders. The program will involve raising salamanders in captivity and then returning them to their natural habitat after a few years to be tracked. Rod Williams, associate professor of wildlife science and leader of the university’s hellbender project, …read more.