From the files of Kosciusko County Historical Society: Editor’s note: This is a new column that will appear a few times a month on Monday mornings. Oct. 27, 1832 — The lands lying within the present limits of Kosciusko County (as of 1954) were ceded to the United States Oct. 27, 1832. The president of …read more.

WARSAW — The first order of business at the Monday, Nov. 16 Warsaw Common Council meeting was the oath of office administered to Ron Shoemaker, newest member of the common council. Shoemaker was elected Thursday evening, Nov. 12, at a Warsaw Precinct 2 Republican Caucus to fill the unexpired term of the late Charles Smith, …read more.

At a special meeting of the Kosciusko County Council on July 24, local communications company R.R. Donnelley received the tax abatement it requested at the July 10 meeting. No members of the public were in attendance to object. The motion for abatement passed unanimously. John Pierog of R.R. Donnelley went before the council two weeks …read more.

Total employment in Kosciusko County for May 2014 hit 40,460, which is 736 more people employed than April. “We have not seen this level of total employed since before the recession,” noted Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation President George Robertson. “Part of the increase is summer hiring for our seasonal industries but a significant amount of …read more.

Shares of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. soared today after the printing company topped Wall Street expectations for the first quarter. The Chicago company posted a profit attributable to common shareholders of $27.1 million, or 15 cents per share, down from $37.4 million, or 21 cents per share, in the same quarter of 2012. Excluding …read more.