WARSAW — Nothing is going to happen over night. It may take years, but the potential to have passenger rail service return to Warsaw and Kosciusko County is a step closer to reality. “It’s exciting for the community if it gets to the point it becomes a reality,” says Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer. “I’m excited, …read more.

Contract agreements topped the agenda for the first meeting of 2014 of the Warsaw Board of Works and Public Safety. Among those was an agreement for Blue Öyster Cult to perform in Center Lake Park this summer. The classic rock band was supposed to perform last summer but one month after the announcement was made, a …read more.

Calling a proposal to reinstate high speed passenger rail service “sophisticated and expensive,” members of Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association told Warsaw residents last night that the best case scenario would see such service implemented in the year 2020. Richard Davis and Fred Lanahan of NIPRA and Pam Holocher, representing the city of Fort Wayne, …read more.

Requests for funding from nonprofit organizations will be considered without changes by the Warsaw Common Council. Total requests from nonprofits for 2014 total $230,900. During Monday night’s regular city meeting, councilman Jeff Grose asked to invite a representative of Kosciusko Area Bus Service back to discuss their request for $28,500. While the council voted to …read more.