STATEHOUSE – Legislation co-authored by state Reps. David Abbott (R-Rome City) and Craig Snow (R-Warsaw) providing a 13th check to retired public employees is one step closer to becoming law after the Indiana House of Representatives unanimously approved the measure.

INDIANAPOLIS — Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) announced the members of the fourth cohort of its ICI Leadership Academy.

Matthew R. Wanemacher, a 1999 Triton High School graduate and native of Bourbon, will officially retire Feb. 16 from the U.S. Navy after serving 22-1/2 years.

NORTH WEBSTER - The North Webster Community Public Library, in collaboration with the North Webster Community Center, announced the upcoming Skydome Planetarium event scheduled for March 30.

SILVER LAKE - Notice is hereby given that the Silver Lake Town Council will hold a special public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m.

A Claypool man was arrested after allegedly selling drugs that resulted in the death of another man.

People are talking about orthopedic companies laying workers off locally, from Tecomet to DePuy Synthes.

FORT WAYNE – The Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana held a kickoff event to prepare for the upcoming 2024 Girl Scout cookie season.

SYRACUSE - It wasn’t as bone-chilling freezing as it had been just a few days prior, but those who braved the cold elements Saturday to plunge into Lake Wawasee at Oakwood Resort helped raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kosciusko County.

The growth of Warsaw, Kosciusko County and the companies within them may depend heavily on future improvements to transportation access.

Kosciusko Community Senior Services is having a senior sock hop Feb. 24 in the Senior Activities Center gymnasium from 1 to 4 p.m.

Ledgeview Brewing Company and BBQ Restaurant, 975 Warren St., Warsaw, donated $241.49 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana as part of Ledgeview’s monthly Give Back Day they held Jan. 17.

WINONA LAKE — Grace Outdoors, Grace College’s outdoor club, is partnering with Boundless, a recreational recovery community, to host the 10th annual Hiking, Hot Chocolate and Headlamps event on Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

SYRACUSE - On Jan. 16, the Kosciusko Leadership Academy cadets visited the Syracuse Community Center where they learned about the economics of Kosciusko County.

WINONA LAKE - While most of the questions asked by Lakeland Christian Academy students on Friday to four state and U.S. elected officials during a school assembly were on such topics as favorite presidents and I.U. or Purdue, one senior asked about a more divisive topic - “Wokeism.”

WINONA LAKE - Those attending the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner Thursday night got the opportunity to sit in on an interview between Zimmer Biomet CEO Ivan Tornos and Lake City Bank CEO David Findlay.

Eighty-five buses and emergency vehicles leave Kosciusko County Friday morning en route to the 78th Mizpah Shrine Circus in Fort Wayne.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales stopped in the Kosciusko County Clerk’s Office Friday to present $28,000 in Federal Help America Vote Act grant dollars for election improvement efforts.

A Republican caucus has been called for the Jefferson Township Board position as member Robert “Bob” Riley resigned effective immediately.

WINONA LAKE - Every year the recipients of the Man and Woman of the Year Awards at the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner are surprised.

Kurt Carlson, the former longtime director of Bowen Center, is coming out of retirement to serve as the coordinator for Kosciusko County’s huge expansion of health services under the new Health First Indiana program.

Students at Washington STEM Academy are not just learning about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); they're experiencing it firsthand through community partnerships.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested or planned to be arrested Wednesday and Thursday on warrants during a Kosciusko County Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET 43) blitz.

A second man is running in the Republican primary for Kosciusko County Circuit Court judge.

The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force of Fort Wayne (GLRFTF) captured a Wisconsin fugitive on warrants from the United States Marshals Service - Madison; Winnebago, Richland and Adams counties in Wis.; and Kosciusko and Whitley counties in Indiana.