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Community Crossings Call For Projects Now Open

INDIANA — The Indiana Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the spring 2025 call for projects for the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program.

Daddy’s Little Sweetheart Dance Is Feb. 7-8

Daddy’s Little Sweetheart Dance will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 7 and 8 at the Zimmer Biomet Center Lake Pavilion, 119 E. Canal St., Warsaw.

Silver Lake Fish Fry Jan. 11

SILVER LAKE - The Silver Lake Lions Club is sponsoring a fish, chicken and tenderloin fry from 4 p.m. until sold out Jan. 11 at the Silver Lake Conservation Building.

Orpha Jean Beatty Strube

Orpha Jean Beatty Strube, age 97, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at her home in Leesburg.

Marianne Smith

Marianne Smith, 88, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, at Grace Village Health Care in Winona Lake.

Karen Roberts Sare

NORTH MANCHESTER – Karen Roberts Sare, 71, North Manchester, died Nov. 10, 2024.

Paul G. Mangun

MENTONE – Paul G. Mangun, 74, of rural Mentone, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital of Warsaw.

Steven A. Lozier

Steven A. Lozier, 71, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake.

Sandra J. Julian

Sandra J. Julian, 84, of North Webster, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, at Parkview of Kosciusko.

Michael James Huntine

COLUMBIA CITY – Michael James Huntine, 35, Warsaw, died at 12:48 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 31, 2024.

Martha Lee Ault

Martha Lee Neff Ault, 97, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.

Sylvia J. Holloway

Sylvia J. Holloway, a beloved member of her community and devoted family woman, passed away at Grace Village in Winona Lake on Dec. 30, 2024, at the age of 99.

Dark Days

Editor, Times-Union: If the U.S. survives another 250 years, historians will remember the two darkest periods in our history: the Civil War and the Biden administration. And they both lasted about the same length of time, showing how much damage can be done in only a few years.

Apology To Walmart

Editor, Times-Union: I sincerely apologize for not following Walmart’s policies. Moving forward I will scan multiples of items individually.

Death Penalty

Editor, Times-Union: When Joe Biden said he commuted the sentences of people on death row to life in prison because he opposed the death penalty, I knew it was a lie.

The Penalty Box: Let’s Be Clear On IU

We need to have a chat about the IU football program.

Public Occurrences 12.31.24

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

2024 Included A Few Historical Moments For The Community

Like any other year, 2024 had its ups and its down, but one big highlight for the city of Warsaw and the Warsaw Community School Corporation was the Warsaw Community High School football team winning semi-state and advancing to the state championship for the first time in school history.

Wiesehan Voted In As Franklin Township Trustee

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Ann Wiesehan was unanimously voted in as the Franklin Township trustee Monday by the Republican caucus at the Mentone Community Emergency Services building.

Winona Lake To Look At Applicants For Town Manager Position

WINONA LAKE – The town of Winona Lake is moving forward in finding a new town manager.