WINONA LAKE – The William and Helen Dye Endowment Fund recently donated $11,069 to Lakeland Christian Academy to increase the safety of its students and staff.  

WINONA LAKE – Grace College is welcoming notable speakers to campus this winter, including Cokeisha Bailey Robinson and Dr. D. A. Carson.

The Warsaw Police Department DARE program is celebrating a major milestone.

WINONA LAKE – During its short meeting Tuesday, the Winona Lake Town Council elected its president and vice president and approved two resolutions.

The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County is under quarantine and closed to the public because of a contagious illness among dogs, according to News Now Warsaw.

The TCU Foundation recently awarded Kosciusko Literacy Services $2,500 to support the Endowment Challenge 50, a 50th anniversary celebration of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation providing matching dollars to build youth-serving nonprofit agency endowments.

The engineering and technology departments of Edgewood Middle School, Lakeview Middle School and Warsaw Area Career Center announced the joint hosting of the Warsaw Robotics Turning Point VEX VRC State Qualifier tournament.

MENTONE – After raising over $96,000 for the families of those injured and killed Oct. 30 while boarding a school bus in Fulton County, the Valley Strong fundraiser has ended.

A South Bend man was arrested and two Fort Wayne residents are being sought in a theft case from November.

The Pierceton man who was arrested Sunday after attempting to run back into his burning residence was attempting to save his dogs when he bit and threatened an officer, according to court paperwork.

Andy Tomasik, visual arts teacher at Warsaw Community High School, is a recipient of a 2019 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship.

Dr. Caitlin Ryser wants the Warsaw School Board to consider changing the start times for the high school and middle schools, and she backed up her presentation Monday to the board with all the research she could find on the subject from A to Zzzz.

Goat yoga and a sock hop?

The day before Jim Zachary filed last week to run in the Republican primary for Winona Lake Town Council Ward 1, eight people called him to make sure he did.

Two homes on North Buffalo Street in Warsaw that are set for demolition were used Monday for rescue drills by firefighters.

At least one person was displaced after an apartment fire Monday.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation (WACF) recently purchased a 66-acre property which includes 44 acres of wetland, three natural springs, 2,480 feet of Turkey Creek shoreline (both sides), and 1,600 feet of a branch of Turkey Creek.

Police released a video Monday of the suspect in the armed robbery of the Check Into Cash in Warsaw Friday afternoon.

Because co-owners Dorothy Snyder, David Hamrick and Dana Vlot are retiring, The Party Shop, 3418 Lake City Highway, Warsaw, will be closing soon.

PIERCETON – A Pierceton man was arrested after attempting to go back into his burning residence.

Jack Brunetto is ready to jump into the fray and try to overcome Republican dominance on Warsaw City Council.

Josh Finch is hoping the third time is the charm in Republican politics.

Complaints about reckless driving led to the arrest of a Syracuse man wanted on a number of warrants.

A Warsaw man is facing strangulation and domestic battery charges after allegedly hitting a woman he was having a relationship with in her home.

Last year I wrote a column about two of the smartest men who lived in the modern era (1700 to the present). On further deliberation and careful thought I nominate two others to consider.