It’s that time of year when drivers must be particularly mindful of deer entering roadways.

The last several months of the year are often spent enjoying cooler weather, watching football and preparing for the holidays. This is also a great time to review your health plan to determine whether you’ve met or are close to meeting your insurance deductible. If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), it’s time to check the balance for the remainder of the year.

FORT WAYNE – Parkview Health will host a free, in-person Medicare information event on Oct. 31 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne.

Halloween events begin this weekend. Here are some of the events in Kosciusko County planned for the holiday.

Lines of costumed children and adults snaked around downtown Warsaw from Buffalo and Market to Center and Lake to Buffalo and Main and all the way from Center and Indiana streets down to the Old Jail Museum for Friday night’s Breakfast Optimist Downtown Spooktacular.

AKRON — The Akron Carnegie Public Library will receive a $10,000 gift from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation established by Andrew Carnegie.

A North Webster man was arrested after allegedly inappropriately touching a minor under the age of 16.

Keystone Cooperative was the sole bidder for city of Warsaw fuel for 2026 at Friday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.

The demolition of the Jomac Products buildings by spring 2026 is only the first of changes coming to Winona Avenue from Detroit (Ind. 15) to McKinley streets.

Old National Bank Foundation awarded $15,000 to Cardinal Services to help expand its CTB Opportunity Labs and further its workforce development services.

The kindergarteners at Madison Elementary School learned a great deal when Mike Whitaker and Brian Heiman stopped by with their Kosciusko REMC bucket truck.

The Kosciusko County Financial Centers of Northwest Bank are gearing up for the bank’s annual Customer Appreciation Days, which will take place on Nov. 3.

The city of Warsaw has been notified that the westbound lanes of East Prairie Street, between Buffalo and Indiana streets, will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 28 and 29.

WINONA LAKE – Jefferson STEM Elementary School has been awarded the 2025 Basic Water Monitoring Equipment Package from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) through the Hoosier Riverwatch program.

One person had to be extricated and airlifted Friday after a three-vehicle collision on Ind. 15 in Warsaw.

The jury in a trial for a Warsaw man accused of allegedly injuring a woman started its deliberations during the late afternoon hours Thursday.

Cardinal Services has received a $4,000 grant from the Indiana Arts Commission for its RedBird Art Studio, which fosters artistic creativity in people with intellectual disabilities.

Paul F. Schue Jr., co-founder of the Warsaw Astronomical Society, photographed Comet Lemmon (pictured) and Comet SWAN Monday night in the evening skies over Warsaw.

The downtown Warsaw paving projects continue, according to the city of Warsaw.

WINONA LAKE - Grace College will host its 35th annual FunFest on Friday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Gordon Health and Wellness Center, 100 Publishers Drive, Winona Lake.

The Health First Kosciusko (HFK) Advisory Committee approved four requests for funding 2026 health-related projects during a meeting Wednesday.

PLYMOUTH – Interlochen graduate and musician Calvin Hinds will appear in concert Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. for a live taping of the Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour in Historic Downtown Plymouth.

LEESBURG – Leesburg Elementary third-graders recently had a special visit from Warsaw Mayor Jeff Grose, who shared insights about his role and responsibilities in leading the city of Warsaw.

LARWILL – Whitko Career Academy is highlighting Reese Stonebraker, a student in the Next Level Program of Studies Healthcare Pathway, who is applying her classroom and lab knowledge through the Work-Based Learning/Capstone program in Whitko High School’s Nursing Department.

ANGOLA – The Trine University Department of Music will present its first concert of the 2025-2026 academic year, featuring the Trine University Choir and Chamber Orchestra, beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday.