High school cross country results from Tuesday, Sept. 24.

WARSAW — Last year, a talented freshman class helped Warsaw’s girls cross country team sneak past some opponents on their way to a berth back to the state finals. But with most of their runners returning from that successful season, there’s no chance anyone is overlooking the Lady Tigers in 2019.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — On Feb. 3, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii Executive Officer Cmdr. Scott Cloyd presented Steelworker 2nd Class William H. Baird, of LaGrange, with the 2015 command plaque for Junior Sailor of the Year.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Real Services will celebrate unsung heroes in Kosciusko, Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties through the Age of Excellence awards. These heroes include spouses, sons, daughters, neighbors, friends, businesses and professionals who give of themselves to care for the elderly and low-income in the communities. Nominees must reside in one of …read more.

By CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Coles Marketing    INDIANAPOLIS — Managed Health Services recognized seven Goshen practitioners with a national award for providing quality care and clinical excellence to Hoosier children and adults enrolled in Managed Health Services’ statewide health plan. Maple City Health Care Center and its practitioners have received a 2014 Summit Award for Excellence in …read more.

Furry Friends of Indiana, located in Larwill, won the first place prize of $1,000 in the 2015 Beacon Credit Union Project Spotlight. The organization serves Northern Indiana. Other Kosciusko County winners include: Community Closet, $500 Animal Welfare League, $500 Isaiah 11 Ministry, $250 Heartline Pregnancy Center, $250 Furry Friends of Indiana (FFI) is a 501(c)(3) …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts will be awarding 48 Indiana farmers this Wednesday for their river-friendly farming practices.

Registrations are being accepted now through Sept. 3 for fall 2015 continuing education classes at Wawasee High School. Classes will begin the week of Sept. 8.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Arts Commission is seeking a Hoosier artist to create three to five editions of a unique artwork to serve as the award for the 2015 Governor’s Arts Awards, which will be held in April 2016.

By ROGER D. GORANSON Servpro PLYMOUTH — SERVPRO, an industry leader in disaster cleanup, restoration and remediation services, recognized Roger D. Goranson and Alison A. Goranson of SERVPRO of Marshall, Starke, Pulaski and Fulton Counties with the Millionaire’s Silver award for outstanding revenue performance. The Awards event took place at the company’s 46th annual convention, …read more.

Each year three students are chosen by the teachers committee to receive the Ronnie Shoemaker Award.

By Brett Boggs Superintendent, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Seventeen Tippecanoe Valley Middle Students were recipients of the Peacekeeper Award presented during the school’s annual Awards Day program. The Peacekeeper Award, sponsored annually by the Akron Community Relations Task Force, is presented to students who are not only “good citizens” in the general sense, but individuals who …read more.

The Kosciusko County Commissioners and Kosciusko County Emergency Management have issued a “Red” Warning Level regarding roadway travel. This is the highest level of local travel advisory. Travel is restricted to emergency management workers only. It is recommended that everyone should refrain from any travel. Additionally, the National Weather Services has put Kosciusko County us …read more.

AKRON – Trying to get Anne Secrest to talk about herself is about as difficult as trying to stop the six-footer around the basket. The soft-spoken Tippecanoe Valley star makes plenty of noise though with her play on the hardwood. Sophomore Secrest is the first recipient of the Ink Free News Player of the Year …read more.

Last week, out-going Kosciusko County Sheriff Rocky Goshert, along with a number of other past and current Hoosier sheriffs, was honored by Indiana Sheriff Association Executive Director Stephen Luce at a state-wide ISA conference. According to a press release from Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Chad Hill, The ISA was quoted saying, “The Indiana Sheriff’s …read more.

UPDATE: According to a press release from the Warsaw Police Department, at approximately 2:22 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, 3-year-old Brenda Lazano of Warsaw exited Carniceria San Jose, located on E. Winona Ave. near Wood Street, and walked towards the driver’s side of her parents van, parked in front of the store. The report states Lazano …read more.

Junior Achievement board members received an award from the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce for Nonprofit Agency of the Year. Junior Achievement provides programs and funding for more than 1,700 students in the Wawasee Community School Corp. making economic education possible for local students.

FWF, a wrestling company out of New Jersey, is bringing family friendly pro-wrestling to Warsaw at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in what’s being dubbed “The Jersey Invasion.” Partial proceeds from the event, being held at Lakeview Middle School, 828 E. Smith St., will benefit the Baker Youth Club of Warsaw. The event will pit …read more.

Kosciusko County is among several Indiana counties that will see helicopter aerial inspections of high-voltage lines and towers. Beginning Monday, Aug. 5, Indiana Michigan Power, an operating unit of American Electric Power, will conduct helicopter aerial inspections and routine maintenance on its high-voltage lines and towers throughout Indiana and Michigan. The work will begin in …read more.

A sewer line running under North Detroit Street (SR 15) at Enterprise Drive in Warsaw has nearly collapsed and is need of immediate repairs that will cost the city over $63,000. The Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety this morning declared the matter an emergency, which means the usual bidding process does not need …read more.

  “I was really happy and totally surprised,” stated Heather Harwood, executive director of the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation when WACF was announced the 2013 recipient of the Indiana Lakes Management Society’s Outstanding Lake/Watershed Association of the Year. The award was presented at the annual ILMS annual conference at Pokagon State Park, Angola, March 22-23. …read more.

According to the Indiana Attorney General’s office, the top complaints received from Indiana residents in 2012 were in regards to used car sales and services as well as Internet scams. Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently released the annual Top 10 consumer complaint categories and consumer tips on how Hoosiers can protect themselves from being ripped …read more.

FORT WAYNE — Piere’s Nightclub in Fort Wayne, located in the Marketplace of Canterbury at 5629 St. Joe Road, had a jam-packed concert schedule in addition to its already busy evening schedule within its five clubs. Several national concerts will hit the main stage in the next two months, with Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XzdyyjpFlo] On Feb. 22, Solution Tree announced its (re)Defining Excellence Award winners at the PLC Summit in Phoenix, Ariz. Warsaw Community Schools was the North American District Winner of the award and received $10,000. Lorinda Kline and Nancy Rooker accepted the award on behalf of all students, parents, employees and community members. The award …read more.