Winona Lake Police Department will utilize Nixle Community Information Service effective Monday, Oct. 8. Nixle is a system that allows public agencies to send important community information directly to residents using the latest technology. Nixle will allow WLPD to deliver messages via cell phone text message and/or email. Messages may include press releases, neighborhood information, …read more.

A horse was killed early Saturday morning when it escaped a corral and entered a roadway. Winona Lake Police responded to William Drive and CR 225 South at 3:50 a.m. Oct. 6 where a 2008 Chrysler passenger car, driven by Ryan Price, of Warsaw, collided with a horse. The horse died on impact. WLPD says …read more.

Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, North Webster and Winona Lake were called to an area on T1 Lane near Webster Lake at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday searching for three subjects. Scanner traffic indicated a vehicular crash on T1 Lane near CR 650 East had occurred, and three subjects in the vehicle fled the …read more.

On May 12, Winona Lake Police Officer Joe Bumbaugh watched his partner pass away and felt his world cave in. Hugo, his beloved, faithful partner in crime, died of complications from cancer. Less than 48 hours after losing Hugo, Bumbaugh told StaceyPageOnline.com, “I’m going to miss him. I don’t think people understand the bond between …read more.

Winona Lake Police Chief Paul Schmitt continues to ask for the public’s help in finding a suspect wanted for theft and fraud. This photo, taken from a surveillance camera at a Walgreens, shows the suspect who is wanted for taking debit/credit cards from a parked vehicle in Winona Lake on May 10. The suspect had …read more.

Winona Lake Police Chief Paul Schmitt is asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect wanted for theft and fraud. This photo, taken from a surveillance camera at a Walgreens, shows the suspect who is wanted for taking debit/credit cards from a parked vehicle in Winona Lake on May 10. The suspect had used …read more.

By STACEY PAGE Editor [email protected] Winona Lake Police Department lost a member of its enforcement team over the weekend. Hugo, the police K9 with Winona Lake for a little over 6 years, passed away Saturday from complications of lymphoma. Officer Joe Bumbaugh, Hugo’s partner, first saw local veterinarian Dr. Carla Carlton with Lake City Animal …read more.