WINONA LAKE — The Grace College Department of Humanities announced it will host the inaugural Winona Christian Writer’s Conference on the Grace campus this summer from July 17 to July 19.

NAPPANEE – With students surrounding the new playground and chanting “Cut it!”, Nappanee Elementary School held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening of its new playground Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS – Kosciusko County Councilwoman Sue Ann Mitchell was elected president of the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC) Board of Directors.

ROCHESTER - The Indiana State Police, at the request of the Rochester Police Department and the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, is investigating a police-involved shooting in which a Rochester man died.

WINONA LAKE – With two members abstaining, Winona Lake Town Council approved of having London Witte & Co. LLP, Indianapolis, conduct wastewater and trash rate studies for $10,000.

The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club recently donated $1,000 to LaunchPad.

NAPPANEE - Escape the cold and dive into the warmth of a great story! The Nappanee Public Library announced its Winter Reading Challenge.

NORTH WEBSTER - The Tippecanoe Township Fire Territory Firefighters’ Retirement Fund Board Meeting will be at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 at the fire department annex building, 220 N. Main St., North Webster.

“Captain Cash,” a school curriculum designed by Purdue Extension for elementary students, recently sailed into the community.

The Salvation Army kicked off its annual Angel Tree outreach on Nov. 16 at the Walmart Supercenter, 2501 Walton Blvd., Warsaw.

SYRACUSE - Chautauqua-Wawasee’s Old Fashioned Christmas promises to be bigger and more fun than ever this year, according to a provided news release.

The Tippecanoe Audubon Society (TAS) aims to support conservation and environmental education to promote appreciation, understanding and preservation of birds for present and future generations.

David Kuhn, a beloved member of the North Webster community, passed away on Nov. 6, 2024, at the age of 85.

The Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy (KYLA) class of 2024–25 gathered for its third session on Nov. 6 at Creighton’s Crazy Egg Café.

MENTONE – The Bell Aircraft Museum will have their annual craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 7.

NORTH WEBSTER – The Friends of the North Webster Community Public Library will host a pop-up book sale on Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in conjunction with the library hosted pony sleigh rides from 9 to 11 a.m.

Results are in from The Watershed Foundation’s eighth annual Snapshot Water Monitoring Day.

Warsaw Community High School senior Finn Bailey became the first recipient of the Rick and April Sasso Family Scholarship, awarded by the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Thursday during a prep rally.

A flock of geese appears to have missed its flight to the sunny south while witnessing the first area snowfall of the season along CR 700W, south of CR 400N.

The Kosciusko County Department of Parks and Recreation Board opened bids for the Chinworth Trail Extension Project at a meeting at the Old Courthouse Thursday.

A public informational meeting on the final screening step of the ProPEL U.S. 30 study was held at Lincoln Elementary School in Warsaw on Wednesday.

SYRACUSE – At Tuesday’s Syracuse Council meeting, discussing food trucks in town was on the agenda so a couple of people showed up to speak in favor of the food trucks.

Rates for Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department facility rentals and program fees will remain largely the same for 2025 as they were in 2024.

CLAYPOOL — A new part-time town marshal for Claypool Police Department was sworn in during a council meeting Tuesday.

LARWILL – Whitko Community Schools announced its students of the month for November.