SYRACUSE - Ever since she was a little girl, Anna Lopez, a 12-year-old Wawasee Middle School student, has dreamt of going to Hawaii.

Twenty-three seventh- and eighth-grade Edgewood Middle School students split up into seven teams and built cardboard boats to participate in the regatta race during Saturday’s Canal Days in Winona Lake.

Bowen Center is in the process of relocating and updating all of its clinics in its five core counties.

As the Kosciusko County Council went through all the proposed 2025 budgets Wednesday, two things that were tabled stood out while most other requests were approved.

WINONA LAKE - Shop, eat and play at The Village at Winona during Canal Days Saturday.

CLAYPOOL — Claypool Town Council approved a resolution for the utilization of funds to cover the costs of the final design process for the town's sewer project.

NORTH WEBSTER - At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, the North Webster Town Council witnessed the swearing in of Chase Wrobleswki to the North Webster Police Department.

WINONA LAKE - Right to Life of North Central Indiana’s annual Legacy of Life Banquet is scheduled for Sept. 23 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capitol Center on the campus of Grace College & Seminary.

A Syracuse man has been found guilty of spitting blood on a hospital nurse.

The Warsaw Noon Optimist Club recently donated $1,500 to the Warsaw Community Public Library as sponsorship for their upcoming StoryWalk project.

MENTONE - The Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum and Mentone Historical Museum will hold their 15th annual Rotors Over Mentone on Sept. 14.

SYRACUSE - Syracuse police personnel will now be allowed to take home their police cars and use them when off-duty after the passage of a take-home policy ordinance by the town council Tuesday night.

Falling Rabbit Cocktail Lounge, an upscale cocktail lounge designed to blend sophistication with the vibrant spirit of Warsaw, announced its grand opening this fall.

Work on Warsaw's 20th park is almost complete.

WINONA LAKE – Winona Lake Town Council approved the sale of four parcels of land along Union Drive the town owns on Tuesday.

MENTONE - Thirteen women from Lake City Bank from across Indiana took part in the Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County Women Build in Mentone Tuesday.

Both of Dan Kitch’s parents have been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters and that has led to Warsaw GMC getting involved in the organization.

Tentatively scheduled to be completed by October 2025, a groundbreaking ceremony took place Tuesday for the 14,750-square-foot ambulatory surgery center, Parkview Kosciusko SurgeryONE, along with a Parkview Physicians Group clinic and ONE clinic next door.

LEESBURG – Second District U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym spoke Tuesday with farmers, industry stakeholders and students at an Indiana farm event to discuss the urgent need for greater investment in agricultural research and development to improve global food security and, in turn, help ensure U.S. national security.

The Warsaw Education Foundation (WEF) announced the launch of its newly redesigned website, now live and ready for visitors.

PIERCETON - Looking for a fun festival to attend this summer?

PIERCETON - Experience the charm and history of downtown Pierceton during a guided walking tour at the Heirloom Tomato Festival this Saturday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester University offers more than a dozen presentations in its Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series for fall 2024.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) recognized a Manchester University staff member during its biennial All-Staff Meeting on Aug. 2 at Marian University.

Mosquitoes in Kosciusko County have tested positive for West Nile Virus for the first time in 2024, according to a news release from the Kosciusko County Health Department.