LEESBURG — In a house just west of Tippecanoe Lake, dozens of caterpillars in chrysalises lay in wait to transform into monarch butterflies, marvelous creatures well-known for their annual migration from the northern United States to more southern and warmer areas. The monarch butterfly population has rapidly declined in recent years, but one local woman …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools’ Board of Trustees was grateful for a pair of grants presented to the school corporation Monday, Sept. 17 and heard an update on the progress of the school’s in-house child care program. But the highlight of the meeting was an attempted jailbreak by a winged creature that is an adopted …read more.

SOUTH BEND — The goal of a new South Bend city park project is to make South Bend a more inviting place for monarch butterflies to live.

By TRICIA DEISCH Donor Relations Director, Warsaw Christian School WARSAW — Warsaw Christian’s Noah’s Ark Preschool studied the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly. The students observed the caterpillar change into a chrysalis. They later released the butterflies.

On Monday, Feb. 9, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced efforts to restore the natural habitat of Monarch butterflies. Monarchs have decreased in population an estimated 90 percent since the 1990s, due to the decline in the milkweed plant, the Monarch’s sole food source. “The last three years have been the lowest in …read more.