GOSHEN – William Stephen Fiedeke, 79, Leesburg, passed away Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

WINONA LAKE - A Sunday Night Praise Hymnsing, free and open to all, will be held in the chapel of Grace Retirement Village in Winona Lake, on Sunday, Aug. 18 at 6 p.m. with the prelude beginning at 5:45 p.m.

Warsaw Community Schools (WCS) marked the beginning of the 2024-25 school year with an opening day celebration centered around the new theme for the year, #WarsawINSPIRES.

Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission heard potential zoning ordinance changes at its Wednesday meeting.

In presenting the proposed 2025 budgets to the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Board Tuesday, Chief Joel Shilling began by reporting the territory’s request for a levy increase was approved.

Along with a proposed 2.5% increase for city employees, budgets presented to the Warsaw Common Council on Monday included something new for 2025 - longevity pay.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester University has received a grant of $12.1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its initiative, College and Community Collaboration (CCC).

PIERCETON — Pierceton Council President Glenn Hall opened dialogue Monday with the rest of the council by saying his priorities for the 2025 budget were infrastructure, police, fire and utilities.

After close to an hour of deliberation, a 12-person jury found Ricky Alan Shepherd guilty of trying to set a house on fire in Leesburg in September 2023. Shepherd, 60, North Webster, was found guilty of attempted arson, a level 4 felony; intimidation, a level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor; and public intoxication, a class B misdemeanor.

Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County is seeking applicants for its Homeownership Program.

FORT WAYNE - Mental Health America of Northeast Indiana (MHANI) National speaker, author and podcaster Carlos Whittaker will present at the fifth annual Mental Wellness Works Conference with an emphasis on cultivating connection and overcoming divide.

A new fund was recently established at the Kosciusko County Community Foundation to provide support for charitable projects, programs and activities that benefit children in Kosciusko County.

A Nappanee woman was arrested Friday on several charges after a single-vehicle accident allegedly led to serious injury to a child.

Several witnesses testified during the first day of a two-day jury trial for a North Webster man who allegedly tried to set a house on fire in Leesburg.

In order to give Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory firefighters more time to have their questions answered about a merit system, the Common Council Monday tabled a resolution that would have rejected it.

CLAYPOOL - The Echoes of the Past held their annual SummerFest event at 6840 S. County Farm Road, Claypool, Aug. 2-3, with hundreds of visitors from Kosciusko County and surrounding areas.

MERRILLVILLE – Aug. 11 is almost here, and NIPSCO hopes that the 8/11 date on the calendar will serve as a natural reminder for everyone to contact 811 prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked.

Indiana State Board of Accounts filed its compliance engagement report of Plain Township for Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2022, on July 31, finding five instances of non-compliance.

An amendment to the agreement with DLZ Engineering approved by the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission on Monday will accelerate the process for the Warsaw Airport Park.

LIGONIER - Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival and Regulators Rendezvous is Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone's Trace, located 1 ½ miles south of Ligonier at the junction of U.S. 33 and Ind. 5.

More than 1 million women now operate American farms, as a growing number of women inherit, start or take charge of working farms each day.

NAPPANEE - The city of Nappanee Redevelopment Commission will meet at a public session on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 3 p.m. at Nappanee City Hall, 300 W. Lincoln St., Nappanee.

AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation (TVSC) is welcoming students and families back for the 2024-25 school year.

INDIANAPOLIS — As students head back to the classroom, state and local law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to be on the lookout for school bus stop arms.

SOUTH BEND – Family Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) announced Monday it has launched Univision, the No. 1 network among U.S. Hispanics, on its primary signal of WHMB TV-40 in Indianapolis and WHME TV-46 in South Bend.