MILFORD – The Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program (HELP) Kosciusko and the town of Milford invite the community to a ribbon cutting event for a new water metering system for residents and businesses.

The Health First Kosciusko Advisory Committee has again postponed a decision on funding a proposed clubhouse for people with mental health needs due to money concerns.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Commission for Higher Education approved Teacher Residency Grant renewals for 30 returning school corporations and expanded the grant to award eight additional school corporations across the state.

The Kosciusko County Fair Queen Committee announced Graycee Sands as the 2025 Miss Kosciusko County Fair Queen.

Kosciusko County 4-H Royalty was crowned during the annual 4-H Royalty, Fashion Revue and Awards night Thursday at the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center.

NAPPANEE – Touch-a-truck will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7 at the downtown pavilion in Nappanee.

NAPPANEE – The Nappanee Parks and Recreation Department will hold Summer on the Hill Slide from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 2 on Thompson Drive.

AKRON – The Akron's 4th of July Firecracker 5K run/walk/1-mile fun run will be held on July 4 at Akron Elementary School and sponsored by the Akron Las Donas Club. 

Indiana Department of Transportation announced plans to repair a section of Ind. 13 between North Webster and Syracuse.

SIDNEY — The Sidney Town Council met to discuss the HWC Engineering contract for a possible park and trail concept and comments from Sidney's town lawyer at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Warsaw's Sparc Engineers wants to support the orthopedic industry and not compete with it.

SYRACUSE – The annual Patriotic Pops concert presented by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra is set for Sunday on the lawn of the Oakwood Resort Inn.

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith will be at Warsaw City Hall, 102 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw, hosting a town hall.

Indiana State Board of Accounts filed its audit reports Thursday, June 19 on the town of Winona Lake for Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2022, and it found numerous issues, ranging from poor record keeping to misuse of town credit cards and town funds paying for employees’ personal items.

SILVER LAKE – Less then 30 dealerships in the Detroit region won the Ford President’s Award for 2024.

SYRACUSE – The annual Patriotic Pops concert presented by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra is set for Sunday on the lawn of the Oakwood Resort Inn.

The ProPEL U.S. 30 East study team is asking for Hoosiers to engage the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) as we conclude the Planning and Environment Linkage (PEL) study along U.S. 30 in northern Indiana.

SOUTH WHITLEY – At Monday's South Whitley Town Council meeting, rescheduled from Tuesday, new Town Marshal Chad Schipper was sworn in by Clerk-Treasurer Alyssa Knepple.

Ok Boomer Band, an acoustic classic rock band, will perform during the city of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Concert Series from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Lucerne Park, 800 N. Park Ave., Warsaw.

The city of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department will hold community paddle boarding and canoeing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 2 at Pike Lake, 1009 E. Arthur St., Warsaw.

With temperatures and humidity levels predicted to remain in the 80s and 90s for the next week, Bowen Health warns that people taking certain medications can become less tolerant of the heat.

SYRACUSE – As part of Chautauqua’s annual Patriotic Speaker Series, the 2025 program will feature 26th American President Teddy Roosevelt and his wife Edith, portrayed by professional actors Larry and Julia Marple.

WINONA LAKE – Winona Lake Board of Zoning Appeals approved Monday to allow a property on Canal Street to go from allowing four unrelated people to rent the property to five.

With the high temps this week, Thursday’s Library Stories will be indoors. Library Stories will now meet in Room C of the Warsaw Community Public Library on Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon.

NAPPANEE – The Nappanee Parks and Recreation Department will hold Mermaid Swim from 2 to 4 p.m. July 12 at the municipal pool.