SYRACUSE — One simple question about who put up the blank billboard next to Mud Lake off Cornelius and Pickwick roads has led to a mystery. Four billboards, one empty, gently curve around a gravel area in a highly traveled area to and from Lake Wawasee. The short answer is no one seems to know …read more.

By HEATHER HARWOOD Executive Director, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation SYRACUSE — Recently the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation acquired the waterfront property, which for decades was the Searfoss Family Homestead. The property is located east of the Wawasee-To-Syracuse Lake main channel and across the road from the Channel Marker Restaurant on Pickwick Drive. The property will …read more.

The good news is the CSX railroad bridge between Syracuse Lake and Lake Wawasee is now open on both sides. Becky Fox, president of the Syracuse Lake Association and Kay Young, president of the Wawasee Property Owners Association, both confirmed a crew of volunteers had been out Saturday, June 20, removing chucks of concrete from …read more.