The Optimist Oratorical Contest is scheduled for March 29, 2026.

The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club announced its annual essay contest.

Applications For the Donald L. Charlton Scholarship are due April 1, 2026.

City of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department has announced a free coloring contest for children.

The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (MA OEP) runs Jan. 1 through March 31 of each year.

The Robert & Esther Pfleiderer four-year scholarship was created by long-time Warsaw residents Bob and Esther Pfleiderer.

AKRON - The Tippecanoe Valley FFA Forestry & Entomology teams competed in the Area X contest in November at Oregon Davis High School.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko Jr./Sr. High School art students competed in the 56th World School Children's Art Exhibition in Taipei, Republic of China, and received three Selected Medals of Excellence and a bronze medal.

All Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will be closed Saturday, Jan. 17 through Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

With Dalton Corp. announcing at the end of 2025 it was closing its doors in early 2026, the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission discussed it briefly Monday at their first meeting of the year.

All four sitting Kosciusko County Superior Court judges are filing their declarations as candidates in the upcoming May 5 primary election.

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana will offer sound bathing from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 at their Warsaw location at 2190 North Pointe Drive.

INDIANAPOLIS – As part of legislation approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by the governor in 2025, the homestead standard and supplemental deductions were revised.

Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital announced the first baby born at its Birthplace in 2026.

MILFORD - Camp Alexander Mack, 1113 E. Camp Mack Road, Milford, announced that through Lilly Endowment Inc., Camp Alexander Mack received a $1 million grant for the purpose of rebuilding critical infrastructure.

Warsaw has its very first “fully dedicated sub-specialized orthopedic team.”

NORTH WEBSTER - Bargain hunters and community supporters are invited to shop for a cause at an upcoming sale benefiting the Senior Primelife Enrichment Center (SPEC).

AKRON - Tippecanoe Valley High School announced that Mill Creek Church of Rochester donated $12,000 to support the school's Boomerang Backpacks program, an initiative that provides weekly meal bags to families in need within the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation.

The Builders Association of North Central Indiana (BANCIN) announced the appointment of Jackie Wyatt as its new executive officer, effective Jan. 2, 2026.

PUTNAM COUNTY - On Saturday, Jan. 3, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an Indiana State Police (ISP) trooper stopped a blue International semi tractor-trailer on I-70 at the 41 mile-marker eastbound, for a routine Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance inspection.

WABASH - In recognition of its member-owners and strong financial performance in 2025, Beacon Credit Union announced the return of $2.32 million in loan interest rebates to eligible member-owners. …

Metzger Auction will host the final online auction at the former Penguin Point headquarters, 2691 U.S. 30E, Warsaw, offering the public a final opportunity to own a piece of the Indiana restaurant …

While the May primary election is about five months away, candidate filing begins Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, and ends at noon Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. 

Tuesday’s Republican caucus to fill the at-large Kosciusko County Council seat vacated last month by DeLynn Geiger will be contested.

A Warsaw man was arrested after allegedly paying for nude photos of a child between the age of 14 and 16.