WHITLEY COUNTY - United Way of Whitley & Kosciusko Counties is launching a Whitley County chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Supporters of Magical Meadows were celebrated as they gathered to attend the annual Donor Appreciation Dinner at Magical Meadows on Thursday.

ELKHART COUNTY - Alcohol might have been a factor in a crash Saturday evening in Elkhart County in which several people were injured.

Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for A&M Supplements on Thursday.

The pet-loving employees at Paragon Medical held a three-day “Stuff the Bus” donation event for the nonprofit Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.

LSC Print Solutions, an industry leader in American printing, donated the entirety of its interest as a participant in the Warsaw Community Revolving Loan Fund to Main Street Warsaw (MSW).

Several towns and organizations have scheduled Halloween events and trick-or-treating hours.

PIERCETON — Pierceton Town Council discussed changes to its employee handbook and adopted its 2024 budget during special meetings on Thursday.

BURKET – Burket Town Council approved the appointment of a new member Thursday after a vacancy left the third seat open.

WINONA LAKE - The second annual Winona Lake Trail Fest is like a scaled-down version of the popular Fat + Skinny Tire Festival, and it’s this Saturday and Sunday.

The YMCA won’t get $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the county for a security system for the Downtown YMCA after a tie vote by the Kosciusko County Council Thursday.

Adoption of the 2024 budgets by the Kosciusko County Council went mostly smoothly, except for concerns about a budgeted donation of $50,000 to Stillwater Hospice for 2024.

SILVER LAKE — At Wednesday night's meeting, the Silver Lake Town Council accepted an Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) grant for the town's ongoing community center project.

KENDALLVILLE — The Dekko Foundation, a private family foundation located in Kendallville, with a mission of fostering economic freedom through education, awarded more than $447,000 in grants and pledges to 10 youth-serving organizations during its most recent round of grantmaking.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Merit Board approved additions Thursday to its employee handbook regarding lateral hires.

Female students learned how determination can help make dreams come true at the Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) Workshop Thursday.

The ProPEL U.S. 30 East study team will be in Kosciusko, Whitley and Allen counties at three separate events over the next week.

NEW PARIS - A Warsaw woman and a Pierceton man were involved in a two-vehicle accident in Elkhart County at 10:02 a.m. Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) announced that his office will host a virtual “Medicare 101” educational session that will be released to the public as a video presentation on Oct. 18.

MILFORD – Trunk-or-treat will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Kosciusko Masonic Lodge #418 parking lot, 404 W. Syracuse St., Milford.

Purdue Extension Porter County health and human science educator Annetta Jones will be presenting Money Strategies to Fight Inflation at the Home and Family Arts Building, Kosciusko County Fairgrounds, 1400 E. Smith St., Warsaw, on Oct. 24 from 2 until 3 p.m.

The Watershed Foundation’s annual Snapshot Water Monitoring Day was a great success with scores of volunteers capturing moment-in-time data on water quality throughout the Tippecanoe River watershed in Kosciusko, Whitley and Noble counties, according to a news release from TWF.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Manchester Fellowship Of Churches (MFOC) sponsored a Pastors and Volunteers Appreciation Dinner on Oct. 5 with 55 volunteers, spouses and many more local pastors attending.

On Oct. 3, the Kosciusko Leadership Academy cadets heard from five speakers.

Details for a caucus to fill the vacancy in the office of Winona Lake clerk-treasurer were confirmed Wednesday afternoon.