The Friends of the Library is celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 16-21 at the North Webster Community Public Library.

The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Monday the closure of Ind. 13 in Syracuse for railroad construction.

CLAYPOOL - Claypool Lions will be selling fish ($12 per pound) and tenderloin ($9 per pound) on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or sold out at their building on Railroad Street.

Kosciusko Young Adult Professionals (YAP) will be hosting their annual YAP Talks event on Thursday, Oct. 26.

SILVER LAKE – Silver Lake (Kosciusko Co.) Conservation Foundation Inc. was selected by Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc. as a grant award recipient from its Community Funds.

SILVER LAKE - The town of Silver Lake and the Silver Lake Lions Club are sponsoring “Halloween Happenings” on Oct. 31.

The board of directors of the Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation will have a meeting on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center, 1013 N. Long Drive, Syracuse.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Arts Commission on Monday announced details for the 2024 Hoosier Women Artists Exhibition and began accepting submissions.

During the week of Oct. 2, 946 eighth-grade students across Kosciusko County engaged with education and career opportunities within advanced manufacturing through OrthoWorx’s DiscoverME (Manufacturing Experiences) program.

NAPPANEE - A New Paris woman was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash.

Bikers (front to back) Boyd Romine, Kinsley Filley and Adilyn Helser make their way through the trails during Sunday morning's bike race for third- and fourth-graders.

WHITLEY COUNTY - United Way of Whitley & Kosciusko Counties is launching a Whitley County chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Supporters of Magical Meadows were celebrated as they gathered to attend the annual Donor Appreciation Dinner at Magical Meadows on Thursday.

ELKHART COUNTY - Alcohol might have been a factor in a crash Saturday evening in Elkhart County in which several people were injured.

Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for A&M Supplements on Thursday.

The pet-loving employees at Paragon Medical held a three-day “Stuff the Bus” donation event for the nonprofit Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.

LSC Print Solutions, an industry leader in American printing, donated the entirety of its interest as a participant in the Warsaw Community Revolving Loan Fund to Main Street Warsaw (MSW).

Several towns and organizations have scheduled Halloween events and trick-or-treating hours.

PIERCETON — Pierceton Town Council discussed changes to its employee handbook and adopted its 2024 budget during special meetings on Thursday.

BURKET – Burket Town Council approved the appointment of a new member Thursday after a vacancy left the third seat open.

WINONA LAKE - The second annual Winona Lake Trail Fest is like a scaled-down version of the popular Fat + Skinny Tire Festival, and it’s this Saturday and Sunday.

The YMCA won’t get $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the county for a security system for the Downtown YMCA after a tie vote by the Kosciusko County Council Thursday.

Adoption of the 2024 budgets by the Kosciusko County Council went mostly smoothly, except for concerns about a budgeted donation of $50,000 to Stillwater Hospice for 2024.

SILVER LAKE — At Wednesday night's meeting, the Silver Lake Town Council accepted an Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) grant for the town's ongoing community center project.

KENDALLVILLE — The Dekko Foundation, a private family foundation located in Kendallville, with a mission of fostering economic freedom through education, awarded more than $447,000 in grants and pledges to 10 youth-serving organizations during its most recent round of grantmaking.