PIERCETON — The town of Pierceton's 2025 budget was adopted Monday evening by the council, following no additional comments. The budget totals $1,588,620, with an adopted tax levy of $329,605 and a tax rate of $0.6263.

MENTONE — Tippecanoe Valley School Board is planning for more than $29 million for the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporations’s 2025 budget.

SIDNEY — Sidney Town Council approved a motion Monday to apply for a grant for a strategic plan.

Scott Wickens has lived in the Warsaw and Winona Lake area pretty much all of his life, and now he’s looking to serve his community by running in the Republican caucus for the Winona Lake Town Board Ward 5 seat.

WINONA LAKE — Grace College announced a new academic affiliation agreement designed to provide a seamless and expedited pathway for Grace College students to pursue an online Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Dordt University.

The weekend of Oct. 11 and 12, the Echoes of the Past hosted their annual Fall Festiva event at 6840 S. County Farm Road, Claypool.

Warsaw Community Schools announced five students from Warsaw Community High School have been selected for the Indiana All State Honor Choir.

WINONA LAKE - Mill and resurface of asphalt will take place this week. Work began Monday.

Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Emily Kresca will present Indoor Oasis: The Joy of Gardening with Houseplants at the North Webster Community Public Library on Oct. 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

OrthoWorx, in partnership with the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce, KEDCO, the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, the Kosciusko Human Resource Association (KHRA) and WorkOne/Employ Northern Indiana is sponsoring the third installment of the countywide

NORTH WEBSTER - North Webster Boy Scout Troop 726 and the North Webster Lions Club will present the 15th annual Amazing Haunted House.

Bethany Darley, artist, author and jail chaplain, will be the guest speaker at the Lakeland Art Center & Gallery.

Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Emily Kresca will present Small Space and Container Gardening at the Senior Center, 800 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Last week, nearly 1,000 eighth-grade students across Kosciusko County engaged with education and career opportunities within advanced manufacturing through OrthoWorx’s DiscoverME (Manufacturing Experiences) program.

Cardinal Services has received a $10,000 grant from the 1st Source Foundation for their ES Gaming program.

Falling Rabbit, 105 E. Center St., Warsaw, celebrated its opening day with a ribbon-cutting with the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Friday.

Trick-or-treat hours and Halloween events have been set in several towns in the area.

FORT WAYNE – Laura Read has been named Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw’s 2024 New Venture Champion for her business So Cute Sweets on Thursday, Oct. 10.

A Warsaw man was arrested Thursday after a vehicle accident in August that claimed the life of a bicyclist.

A Warsaw man is suing the city of Warsaw and three Warsaw Police Department officers over an alleged violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.

As per state guidelines, starting Nov. 1, 2024, the gate at the Tippecanoe Control Structure will be opened and adjusted for a lower winter level for Tippecanoe Lake.

CLAYPOOL - The Claypool Lions will be selling fish for $12 per pound and tenderloin for $9 per pound on Saturday, Oct. 19 at their building on Railroad Street.

ALBION - For his involvement in the murder of Laurel Jean Mitchell in 1975, John W. Lehman, 69, Auburn, was sentenced Friday to eight years in the Indiana Department of Corrections on the charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a Class A felony.

FORT WAYNE – On Thursday, Big Brothers Big Sisters celebrated all its volunteers with a Fall Harvest Festival-themed 2024 Volunteer Recognition Dinner.

BURKET – A concern about a property owner burning a shed was brought up during the Burket Town Council meeting Thursday.