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The Penalty Box: Girls Basketball’s Golden Moment

We are on the verge of the Indiana girls basketball state tournament, which starts next Tuesday. This tournament is a big deal every year, but this one is different.

Public Occurrences 01.29.25

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

Whitko Goes Wire-To-Wire In Win Over Lakeland Christian

With just one week in the regular season remaining, local girls basketball teams Whitko and Lakeland Christian met in Winona Lake Tuesday night for the penultimate game of the regular season. The Lady ‘Cats passed the test with flying colors, going up early and cruising to a 48-27 victory.

Warsaw & Winona Lake Named A Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Community By The League Of American Bicyclists

On Tuesday, the League of American Bicyclists honored the efforts of Warsaw and Winona Lake to build better places for people to bike with a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) award.

CCS To Benefit From Unused Portion Of A State Grant

An unused portion of a grant for KEDCO and the county from OCRA was approved by the Kosciusko County Commissioners on Tuesday to be reallocated to Combined Community Services.

County Sees An Increase In Interest Earned In 2024

In 2024, Kosciusko County earned over $600,000 more in interest than it did in 2023.

McClelland Is January’s County Veteran Of The Month

Before reading his prepared biography of the Kosciusko County Veteran of the Month for January on Tuesday, County Veteran Service Officer Darryl McDowell made it clear it wouldn’t be an all-inclusive biography.

Culver Man Arrested For OWI Resulting In Serious Injury To Woman

A Culver man was arrested after allegedly driving under the influence, causing injury to a woman.

Bowen Health Hosts Free Online Course For First Responders

FORT WAYNE - Bowen Health will host an online course designed to help first responders and their families cope with job-related trauma beginning Feb. 13.

Richard Forest Harstine

Richard Forest Harstine, 83, Claypool, died at 12:39 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.

Lucinda Bowling

NORTH WEBSTER – Lucinda Bowling, 84, North Webster, died Jan. 28, 2025.

Glenda J. Millington

Glenda J. Millington, of Warsaw, and a cherished matriarch and beloved member of her community, passed away at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the age of 84.

Carol Carlin Rapp

Carol Carlin Rapp, 96, Warsaw, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at Paddock Springs, Warsaw.

Terry Ray Julian

Terry Ray Julian, of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in the care of Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw at the age of 77.

James ‘Jim’ Baker

NORTH MANCHESTER – James "Jim" Baker, a lifetime resident of North Manchester, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025, at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, at the age of 89.

Joyce Arlene Loebs

Joyce Arlene Loebs, of Warsaw, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the age of 79, while in the care of Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center and Stillwater Hospice.

Don Bergen

After a brief illness, Don Bergen passed away on Jan. 21, 2025, in Warsaw. He was 83.

Johnny Ray Wadkins

Johnny Ray Wadkins, 71, of rural Rochester, died at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital of Warsaw.

Public Occurrences 01.28.25

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

BZA Approves Model 1 Ford’s Variance For Gravel For Paving Material

With Rice Ford now Model 1 Ford of Warsaw, the Warsaw business needed more parking space so it petitioned the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday to use gravel for that space.