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Carolyn Sue Elliott Priest

Carolyn Sue Elliott Priest, 83, known by many as Mama Sue, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 10, 2025, at home in Speedway.

Judy Pennington

Judy Pennington, 72, Warsaw, died April 13, 2025.

Indiana State Police Conduct Traffic Blitz Along U.S. 30

On Friday, April 11, the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) of the Indiana State Police conducted a focused enforcement blitz focused on U.S. 30 from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line.

Wagon Wheel Theatre Announces Youth Auditions For ‘Joseph’

Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts announced auditions for the youth chorus in its upcoming professional summer production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

1st-Generation Grace Student Honored For ‘Realizing The Dream’

WINONA LAKE - Abbey Silliman, a Grace College sophomore from New Paris, was recently one of 30 Hoosier students to receive the “Realizing the Dream” scholarship from Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).

Wawasee H.S. Asst. Principal John Snyder Announces Retirement

SYRACUSE — After 37 years of service as a basketball coach, teacher and administrator, Wawasee High School Assistant Principal John Snyder has announced his retirement, closing a chapter in Indiana public education.

Indiana American Water Taking Part in Annual Spring Cleaning In Warsaw, Winona Lake & Claypool

Indiana American Water will start its annual water main flushing of its water distribution system in the city of Warsaw and the towns of Winona Lake and Claypool.

The Indiana State Police Needs The Public’s Help

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY - The Indiana State Police Bremen Post is investigating an allegation of trespassing and theft that occurred at BB Genetics in Milford on April 3.

No To Data Center

The county commissioners are going to be voting on a 554-acre heavy industrial rezoning request. Let me be clear: The Area Plan Commission already reviewed the Prologis data center project, exercised zoning scoring, and unanimously shot it down. Now it’s on you to finish the job and protect the Leesburg …

Ag Is Our Beating Heart

Editor, Times-Union: If you look in a Kosciusko County plat book from the 1800s, you will find some familiar names. You’ll find Anglin, Hall, Powell, Stookey, Boggs, Bishop and Moneyheffer scattered throughout Prairie and Jefferson townships.

DOE Funded My Dream

Editor, Times-Union: I grew up in Nappanee in the ’80s and ’90s. Because our town was home to lots of working class families like mine, our schools received extra money from the federal Department of Education (DOE) called Title I funds. I can’t say with certainty how our district used …

Public Occurrenes 04.14.25

County Jail Bookings The following people were arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Five Medals Offers Living History May 3-4

NAPPANEE – Where do you get to experience British, Colonial American, and French military camps, a Potawatomi Native village, the roar of cannon and muskets, and 18th century artisans and shopping opportunities, all in one location?

Main Street Warsaw Announces April Downtown Coffee Klatch

Four downtown Warsaw coffee destinations will be buzzing with good vibes, great drinks, live music and even better company as they stay open late Tuesday, April 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. for this month’s Coffee Klatch.

Todd Russell Creighton

Todd Russell Creighton passed away in the Brown County Health & Living facility in Nashville, Ind., on April 5, 2025, at the age of 62, following decades of declining health due to SCA2.

Delfino Oviedo Alejandro

Delfino Oviedo Alejandro, 83, Milford and Syracuse, died at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in the care of Goshen Hospital, Goshen.

Sharon Kay Stambaugh

NORTH MANCHESTER – Sharon Kay Stambaugh, North Manchester, died April 10, 2025, at the Timbercrest Healthcare Center in North Manchester.

Chip Shots: Thoughts From Somewhere Else

Last week I referenced a fictional character from Alabama (Forrest Gump). This week I was in Alabama enjoying the Gulf shores of Orange Beach, Alabama watching my adult children see – for the first time – one of the United States’ coasts instead of the Great Lakes, Salt Lake, or …

Utilize The Bucket Approach For Retirement Portfolio Construction

There have been many improvements in the world since I graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1987. Back in those days, we didn’t have the internet or cell phones or flat screen TVs. I got an Apple IIc computer for graduation as I headed off for Indiana University. The …

LCB Presented 2024 Commitment Award To Assistant Vice President Brit Hollopeter

Lake City Bank announced Brit Hollopeter, assistant vice president, retail loan operations manager, as its 2024 Commitment Award recipient at the bank’s first quarter town hall meeting.