[weaver_youtube 20VRMfFGyak rel=0] UPDATE (3:23 p.m.) According to a post from the Indiana DNR Law District 1, DNR officer Tyler Brock is currently on-scene at the fire. The DNR notes that a large explosion ruptured storage tanks with numerous toxic and hazardous chemicals in them. Officers are reportedly sampling water runoff that is flowing into Winona …read more.

“Dirt work” will soon begin on the site of what will be Warsaw Fire Station No. 3, located on CR 200 South, just west of Warsaw Community Church. (Photo by Alyssa Richardson) An $11,200 contract for engineering services was approved this morning, paving the way for Warsaw Fire Station No. 3 to become a reality. …read more.

UPDATE: Plain Township/Leesburg Fire Department Fire Chief Michael Wilson, has released information on the Saturday night house fire at 78 EMS C29A Lane, Warsaw: A family pet perished in the fire and one firefighter was injured and treated by Multi-Township Emergency Medical Services at the scene for minor injuries. The Kosciusko County Fire Investigation Team, …read more.

Warsaw, Winona Lake and Pierceton fire departments were called to the Merrywood Trailer Park off of U.S. 30 in Warsaw at about 10:30 a.m. this morning. The trailer at Lot 39, according to Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Territory Chief Mike Brubaker, is a total loss. Fortunately, no one lived in the trailer at the time of …read more.

An accident involving two semis and at least one other vehicle east of the Medtronic on U.S. 30 in Warsaw had closed both eastbound lanes of the highway for about an hour. Emergency personnel from Warsaw Fire Department, Warsaw Police Department and Multi-Township EMS responded to the crash site just before 3 p.m. The accident …read more.

  A tanker from Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory and full assistance from Leesburg/Plain Township Fire Department was called to assist Atwood with a house fire Sunday afternoon. The fire, at 3401 W. 550 N., Atwood, started in the garage of a home and spread to the house, according to Atwood Fire Chief Mike Harmon. This morning, …read more.

Warsaw’s Central Park will soon see 21 new trees planted and it’s due to an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer. The city already removed 21 ash trees that were showing signs of infestation and were, according to parks superintendent Larry Plummer, headed for certain demise. The parks department, with the approval of the Warsaw …read more.

Warsaw and Winona Lake fire departments were called to a house fire at 313 N. Scott St., Warsaw, at about 8:40 p.m. Saturday. According to Kim Komdeur, communications coordinator for the Kosciusko County Red Cross, the Red Cross is supplying the family of the home with shelter, clothing, blankets, shoes and groceries. According to Komdeur, …read more.

A 48-year-old Warsaw man was airlifted to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne in serious condition early this morning after his motorcycle collided with a deer. The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating the crash that happened at about 7:32 a.m. on Country Club Road just north of CR 500 South, south of …read more.

The 800 block of North Lake Street in Warsaw was closed Saturday night for about two hours after a truck slammed into a utility pole. Shortly after 10 p.m. the truck crashed into a utility pole resulting in a snapped pole, downed power lines and downed phone lines. According to a Warsaw Police report, the …read more.

One man was taken by ambulance after crashing his moped into what appeared to be a parked SUV on Market Street. The crash happened just after 8 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of East Market Street, Warsaw. The driver of the moped, Richard E. Lowe, 57, is registered as a habitual traffic violator for …read more.

Warsaw police and fire personnel and Multi-Township EMS responded to a five vehicle crash at U.S. 30 and Parker Street in Warsaw at about 5:30 p.m. Friday. There was at least one report of a minor injury. Though no information was immediately available, it appears the collision was the result of a chain reaction that …read more.