ETNA GREEN — Etna Green Town Council approved a quote from Steve's Roofing for a well building project in town during a meeting Tuesday.

FORT WAYNE – To help address hunger in the community, Lutheran Health Network and community team members collected 5,984 jars of peanut and other nut butter for six area food banks.

With the full Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals present this month, a petition tabled from February for a variance from development standards to allow two lots to be smaller than required in a Residential-2 zoning district received approval by a 4-1 vote Monday.

LARWILL – The launch of ManufacturED, a new initiative aimed at bridging the gap between high school education and real-world industry practices, was announced Monday at Whitko Career Academy.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Alan Morrison announced that organizations in 20 Indiana counties across the state will receive $1,116,940 in grants to fund 53 lake and stream projects through the Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program.

The Warsaw community is set to come alive with rhythm and goodwill as "Dancing with the Stars for Charity" event returns to the Warsaw Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation is aware of a tolling-related text message or “smishing” scam targeting Hoosiers statewide.

The Warsaw Percussion Ensemble earned a fourth-place finish out of 20 groups in the Scholastic Concert A class at the Indiana Percussion Association (IPA) Prelim State Competition on Saturday.

Sparks flew and cuts were made during the third annual Northern Indiana Welding and Machining Contest Saturday at the Warsaw Area Career Center (WACC) welding and machining shops at Lakeview Middle School.

Local artist Steve Creighton has been notified that his painting, “Studio Grouping,” has been accepted into the Oil Painters of America’s 2025 34th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils to be held in Bradenton, Fla., May 28 through June 27.

PIERCETON - Saturday, March 29 is National Mom and Pop Business Day.

MILFORD - The 2025 Kosciusko Lodge 418 F&AM Cruise-In will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 24 at the corner of Catherine and Main streets in Milford.

Old US 30 East will have temporary lane restrictions near CR 225E and the Johnson & Johnson (DePuy Synthes) entrance beginning on Monday, March 24, according to the city of Warsaw.

For the safety of motorists, the Anchorage Road closure is being extended through Tuesday, March 25, according to the city of Warsaw.

WINONA LAKE - The Winona Lake Park Board will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. March 25 at the Community Center to discuss the bid opening for the new parking lot.

The theme for this year’s Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club Oratorical Contest is “How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times.”

INDIANAPOLIS - At the Indiana Statehouse Friday, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Director Don Lamb presented 56 farming families with a Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.

NORTH MANCHESTER - The North Manchester Public Library (NMPL) has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in round three of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.​

NAPPANEE - The Nappanee Public Library is excited to share plans for its upcoming renovation.

AKRON - The National Weather Service confirmed an EF0 tornado briefly swept through the Macy and Akron areas Wednesday.

One of the three road closure requests approved by the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety on Friday was for a Pre-Prom Arrive Alive mock crash scene the day before Warsaw Community High School’s prom.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College engineering students have been working with Lifejoint Orthopedic Solutions, a small start-up based out of Baltimore, Md., to create a new finger joint prosthetic implant design.

The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club announced the winners of its 2025 essay contest, themed “How Optimism Has Paved My Way to Success.”

Friends of the Trails is a new group of volunteers created by the Kosciusko County Parks and Recreation Board dedicated to advancing the mission of the board.

There have been challenges to make the Chinworth Bridge Trail Extension along Old 30 in Warsaw a reality, but Thursday a groundbreaking ceremony took place to get the physical part of the project started.