SOUTH WHITLEY - The Board of Trustees of the South Whitley Community Public Library voted at its July meeting to hire Cody Abbott as its new director.

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

WINONA LAKE - Hoping to get the town’s 2024 budget completed by the end of 2023, the Winona Lake Town Council budget committee met with Town Marshal Joe Hawn Friday to work on next year’s police budget.

MENTONE – The Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum and Mentone Historical Museum will hold their 14th annual Rotors Over Mentone on Sept. 9.

WINONA LAKE – The K21 Health Foundation (K21) has awarded a grant of $20,000 to Lost Sparrows for their upcoming trauma conference.

The shores of Lake Tippecanoe recently played host to a day of events, the Lake Tippecanoe Cottage Tour and Luscious Luau, held on July 29. The events were a success, celebrating the community's unity and raising funds for a noble cause – clean water for future generations to enjoy, according to a news release from The Watershed Foundation.

STATEHOUSE — The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid spring-semester internships in its communications, information technology, legal, legislative, page and policy offices during the 2024 session of the Indiana General Assembly, said state Sen. Ryan Mishler (R-Mishawaka).

WINONA LAKE - The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams invites the public to Paws & Claws in Warsaw on Sept. 9 for a morning of fun and education.

PIERCETON - Join the ProPEL US 30 East Study Team on Saturday, Aug. 26 at Pierceton's Heirloom Tomato Festival

LEESBURG – At the Special Olympics 50th birthday celebration at Tippy Creek Winery on Thursday, several people were recognized for their involvement in the sports organization.

A Milford man will serve 20 years in prison after an investigation connected him to the overdose death of Laini Roberts.

Live Well Kosciusko, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health and well-being, on Thursday announced the launch of a campaign aimed at educating the community on new public health funding and the opportunity it brings to small communities.

It’s not every day that Second District Congressman Rudy Yakym gets to see some real bison, but he did Aug. 17 when he visited the White Oaks Bison Farm in Rochester as part of his district tour.

NORTH WEBSTER - Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Health & Human Science Educator Shannon Shepherd will be presenting Resolve to Move More at North Webster Community Library on Aug. 31 from 10:30 a.m. till 12:30 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - Governor Eric J. Holcomb on Thursday kicked off the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which gifts free, high quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5 on a monthly basis, regardless of family income.

A person diagnosed with a mental illness in their 20s has an increased chance of dying 20 years younger than a peer.

This fall, the Kosciusko County Community Foundation invites the local agricultural community to make a “Gift of Grain” to the Ag Cares Fund.

FORT WAYNE – Parkview Health will be conducting multiple full-scale disaster exercises across the health system next week, with the support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

FULTON COUNTY - Two teens were involved in a police pursuit in Fulton County early Thursday morning.

FORT WAYNE – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana will partner with Ledgeview Brewing Co. for a trivia-themed fundraiser at 6 p.m. Thursday at Ledgeview, 975 Warren St., Warsaw.

Affectionally named The Book Club by city employees who have been through it, the Warsaw Leadership Class seeks to improve leadership skills, reduce the city’s employee turnover rate and get everyone on the same page.

A Warsaw man was injured during a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of CRs 17 and 20 in Elkhart County Wednesday.

Come learn at Wagon Wheel Conservatory.

Zimmer Biomet announced a leadership transition Tuesday after Chief Executive Officer Bryan Hanson resigned to become CEO of the healthcare spinoff at 3M.

PIERCETON - The 16th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival will be held Saturday in Brower Park and the Old Train Depot, both located in downtown Pierceton.