NORTH WEBSTER — Residents, paramedics and firefighters attended Tuesday evening’s Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board meeting. The residents were there to get answers. A few explained circumstances of what happened. A few rehashed the schedule issue. But the conversations were not without interruption. The situation with the North Webster/Tippecanoe Township Fire Department and EMS was an …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — A letter from the Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board has been received noting it is still investigating the events that have occurred within the North Webster/Tippecanoe Township Fire Department. “The statutory duties of the board include approving the annual budget, serving as a board of finance and approving township contractual agreements. The township board …read more.

SYRACUSE — Richard Owen was recognized at the 2015 National Funeral Directors Convention in Indianapolis Thursday, Oct. 19, for becoming a certified crematory operator. He completed the course in Nashville, Tenn., last year and was recognized at this year’s convention for the accomplishment by National Funeral Directors Association President Robert C. Moore. Owen and his wife, Kimberly, …read more.

  The year 2014 proved to be a record-breaking one for the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce outgoing President Richard Owen shared at the chamber’s annual awards banquet Tuesday evening. “The chamber’s membership record was broken,” Owen said. “We crossed 200 members.” Those 200-some members were the focus of the banquet as the chamber honored several …read more.

Jefferson Township, Plain Township and Tippecanoe Township voters will have to choose between three of the four candidates seeking nomination for their respective advisory boards Tuesday. All three townships will have races on the Republican ballot. There are no primary races for advisory board seats in Turkey Creek and Van Buren. Here’s a look at …read more.