City Council is moving forward again with the framework to be able to hire an independent counsel in the future.

WARSAW – In an effort to minimize the need for meetings during the coronavirus crisis, the city Board of Works and Safety approved a plan that will allow Mayor Joe Thallemer to sign off on claims in a timely manner. The move was recommended by city attorney Scott Reuest and is a stop-gap measure intended …read more.

Here are a few tidbits to consider: ON THE HORIZON – Ready for another election? Brace yourself. The next one is a biggie and will get underway in about a month. Candidate filing begins on Jan. 8 for the 2020 elections. The last day of filing will be Feb. 7. The local ballot will include …read more.

WARSAW — City Council continued a conversation about hiring its own attorney for legal counsel during its Nov. 18 meeting. Discussion on hiring an attorney specifically for city council first surfaced in March after several council members expressed concern with an incident involving Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker. Supporters of the plan, though, say they …read more.

Bradley Slone WARSAW — A North Webster man was sentenced to seven years at the Indiana Department of Corrections Monday, Nov. 18, in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Bradley Slone, 32, 208 S. Harrison St., North Webster, pleaded guilty to dealing methamphetamines, a level 3 felony. Based upon a narcotics investigation, Kosciusko County’s unified narcotics unit, NET43, …read more.

The headline was pretty simple: Warsaw City Council Explores The Idea Of Hiring Its Own Attorney. Getting to the possible end result in which council would retain its own attorney for questions they’d rather not ask the city attorney or two provided by the state will be a long slog and it certainly won’t show …read more.

WARSAW — The city is recognizing the challenges of hiring police officers as the pool of applicants for many departments has shrunk in recent years and is trying a new marketing approach. At Friday’s Board of Works and Safety meeting, city officials unveiled two slick recruitment videos aimed at luring quality candidates for openings with …read more.

WARSAW — On Monday night, city council reviewed numerous tax abatement agreements with seven companies, including three — Biomet, Torrent Holdings and Alpha Manufacturing — that have been annexed into the city in the past year and have new agreements for city tax payments. In each of those cases, the companies were offered three-year abatement …read more.

WARSAW — Plans for the city council to discuss concerns over the police department in an executive session were thrown into chaos Monday night, March 4. The executive session was scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, but City Councilman Ron Shoemaker questioned the legality of the meeting Monday, claiming the topic involving police matters …read more.

WARSAW — An Indianapolis man will serve a bit more time behind bars before transitioning into probation as a result of an arrest made last year when police say he was found in possession of drugs during a traffic stop for speeding. Quincy Akeem Jenkins, 25, 2313 Mayhew Drive, Indianapolis, pleaded guilty in Kosciusko Circuit …read more.

WARSAW — An employee handbook update and educator’s report were the main topics of discussion during the Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19. Education and Outreach Coordinator Suzanne Stokes was present at the meeting to deliver her report on current and upcoming programs. Several February classes were rescheduled for March due …read more.

SILVER LAKE — Mark Sullivan from Midwestern Engineers Inc., Indianapolis, asked Silver Lake council members to approve a third change order for the sewer/stormwater project at the town council meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 9. Sullivan said the original contract price was $585,341.14, but two change orders resulted in a price increase. The final contract price, according …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer has appointed local attorney Scott Reust, of Rockhill Pinnick Attorneys, LLP, as the next City Attorney for Warsaw, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Reust will replace current City Attorney Mike Valentine. Valentine will retire at the end of this year after serving the city for thirty-four years under the leadership of three …read more.

SILVER LAKE — Silver Lake Partners, LLC, filed a Verified Petition for Judicial Review in the Kosciusko Superior Court on Saturday, June 9, petitioning Judge David C. Cates to reverse or modify Hearing Officer Thomas Earhart’s order to demolish the Silver Lake School. The petition is signed by Michael N. Baur, who is listed as …read more.

SILVER LAKE — A hearing was held Wednesday, May 16, at the Silver Lake Town Hall regarding an “order to demolish”  the former Silver Lake Elementary School building.  Silver Lake Code Enforcement Officer Tom Earhart acted as the hearing officer. “Any final decision that is made may be appealed,” said Earhart. “Any appeal would go …read more.

WARSAW—Business was brief but heavily discussed at the Kosciusko Solid Waste Management District board meeting on Feb. 20. The board welcomed attorney Scott Reust to the meeting. Reust is planning on attending further board meetings. KC Recycling Depot director Tom Ganser discussed the three-month amnesty period for TV turn-ins that started in April 2017 and …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Compromise. That is the suggestion of the Kosciusko County Commissioners to persons involved with the Friends of Tippy Lake and the Tippecanoe Lake Sewer Initiative. The commissioners heard from both sides of a controversial sewer issue at Tippecanoe Lake at its meeting today, Jan. 9. This matter took up the majority of …read more.

WARSAW — The battle over sewers around Tippecanoe has just gotten bigger. Scott Reust, attorney for Friends of Tippy, asked the Kosciusko County Commissioners this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 12, to implement a study to determine the necessity and feasibility of a regional sewer district at Tippecanoe Lake. The commissioners tabled any action until further information …read more.

MILFORD — Abandoned houses and wastewater rate hikes were the primary topics of discussion at the Milford Town Council’s first public meeting of 2017. Ordinance 2017-2, which would raise residents wastewater bill by 16.34 percent, will be up for a public hearing and a vote at next month’s meeting 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13. One …read more.

SOUTH BEND — For the fifth time, a joint motion to continue the stay, until approximately Nov. 6, has been granted in the case of Kathleen Meeker and Kosciusko County Community Fair Inc., as both parties try to resolve the case. The request was granted on Sept. 9 with response on or before Nov. 9 of any further proceedings.