Lake City Bank and Lakeland Financial Corporation Announce Promotion of Kristin L. Pruitt To President

Russian Collusion

There was Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential elec­tion. The Clintons financially benefited from their dealings with the Russians and the Democrats paid the Russians for lies that prompted an investigation into Trump colluding with the Russians.

NIPSCO Offers Flexible Options And Assistance Funds

Wheels On Fire Donates $50K To 3 Local Cancer Organizations

Wheels On Fire Presents $34K Checks To Cancer Funds

AKRON – Wheels on Fire – Cancer Crusaders presented checks of $34,000 each to the Fulton County Cancer Fund under the Northern Indiana Community Fund and to the Cancer Care Fund of Kosciusko County, which is dispersed by the K21 Health Foundation, on Sunday.

Pierceton Closer To Cleanup Of Downtown Building

PIERCETON - Cleanup could begin on the Perry property in town, according to Tim Kelty of R.P.Murphy and Associates, Larwill, because a pending Department of Commerce grant is a pretty sure thing. Even if the grant were not practically guaranteed, removal of the hundreds of bricks which made up the building at the corner of First and Market streets and underground tanks could still proceed because the town has secured state brownfield funds for the project. Known as the Perry property, owned by Jim Perry of Whitley County, a building where a gas station once operated and where buried tanks are still in the ground, collapsed into a pile of rubble July 2, 1997.

County Seeks Grant From Homeland Security

If there's a grant out there, Kosciusko County Emergency Director Ed Rock is sure to find it. Monday, Rock presented to the Kosciusko County Commissioners an application for the 2004 Indiana Homeland Security subgrant.Within 60 days, he said, they should find out if they will receive any of the grant, which does not require any matching funds. He had no exact figure on how much Kosciusko County could receive. The grant money will be used for First Responder training, equipment and exercises. He also reported that the county received a $160,000 check for a grant he applied for on behalf of the county in 2003.The grant is for mobile data and inoperative communications.The money will be used to purchase a few 800 megahertz radios and to help set up the dispatch center to receive 800 megahertz communications.If there are any remaining dollars left from the grant, Rock said, they will take a look at what they need before purchasing other equipment.

Far Left

Editor, Times-Union:It is encouraging to finally see America wake up.

Legislators Address School Funding Need

State legislators and Kosciusko community members and leaders hashed out the value of tax cuts versus public needs during a panel discussion this morning.

LGBT & Rights

Editor, Times-Union:When the founding fathers wrote the United States Constitution, they really wanted to make a statement to the rest of the world.

Ahmed's Clock

Ahmed’s ClockEditor, Times-Union: Last week, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed built what he said was a “clock” and took it to school.

Funding For WCS Updates Sought

Health Care, No Insurance

I read this article on health insurance and have often wondered how we got from no insurance as a kid and young adult, married, to the entitlement mentality of today.

Grace College Volleyball Secures Second Straight Sweep

Grace’s volleyball team had two straight road matches in the Crossroads League to open up the 2020 season. The result was the same both times. Grace picked up its second consecutive sweep, blanking Mt. Vernon Nazarene 3-0 on Wednesday. The match was a battle despite the 3-0 scoreline with two of the sets reaching extra points.

Grace Student Secures $137,000 Boat Sponsorship For 10-Day ‘Journey For A Cause’

Commissioners OK Service Agreement For Commercial-Industrial Assessments

To get the commercial and industrial assessments completed in 2024 and then thereafter, the Kosciusko County Commissioners on Tuesday put their trust into County Assessor Gail Chapman’s plan.

Wawasee Takes Over Control Of Own Special Ed Services

SYRACUSE - Originally, the North Central Indiana Cooperative included five school corporations. The special needs students of Bremen, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw, Wawasee and Whitko were served through the centralized cooperative for efficiency. Then, in the 1990s, the NCI began to decentralize.First, the students were moved back to their home schools.In the mid-1990s, the staff was decentralized. Now, the administration is being decentralized. At the Wawasee Community School Corp.Board of School Trustees meeting Tuesday, the school board approved Wendy Hite to be the supervisor for Wawasee's special education services as part of that decentralization.Hite will resign from the Warsaw School Corp.and be employed by Wawasee. Each school corporation will have its own administration for special needs and staffing, but the cooperative will still exist, though in a smaller capacity.

Justice System Changes Way It Looks At Domestic Violence

Editor's Note: This is the sixth and final part of a series of articles on domestic violence. Only recently has the criminal justice system in the United States taken a hard line against domestic violence, no longer looking at it as a family matter. Thanks to new policies instigated by the victim's assistants in Kosciusko County and to new police attitudes toward spouse abuse, battered women no longer need to press charges against their batterer for the batterer to be charged with a crime. The police can now charge the alleged perpetrator based on what they see. "To hit is a criminal act.To couch that in the context of marriage or a relationship - it's still a criminal act," said Capt.Steve Foster of the Warsaw Police Department.

Whitley Couple Accept $75,000 For Winona Property

Two weeks away from a trial by jury, Ralph and Joellen Fitch of Larwill accepted an amount of $75,000 Nov.3 for their property at 800 Park Ave., Winona Lake. The Whitley County couple purchased the property in 1992, renting out apartments on a weekly basis. Six years later the building was inspected by the Kosciusko County Health Department and cited for numerous health code violations. In 2000 the property was designated as blighted by the Winona Lake Redevelopment Commission.An area designated as blighted means the commission decided there is a better use for that parcel and it did not conform to the use of other property around it. Town coordinator Craig Allebach said then the property deteriorated to the point it did not fit in the area for economic growth as far as the Tax Increment Financing District was concerned.

Petro's GM To Host Wheels To Work Festival

First Annual Wheels to Work Car Care Festival is Oct.18 from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m.at Petro's GM Showplace, Ind.15, Warsaw. The "festival" is designed to increase public awareness about the benefits of good vehicle maintenance and repair for safer, cleaner and better performing vehicles.Plus, the festival will help make the community more aware of Combined Community Service's Wheels to Work Program. Ron Wright, director of CCS' Wheels to Work Program, said the program relies on people donating their cars to CCS to provide to Wheels to Work clients.For the clients to use the cars, they must be well cared for, and this festival will help people learn how to better take care of their vehicles. Qualified mechanics will inspect all vehicles at the event - including wipers, lights, belts and hoses, fluids, battery, coolant and tires.Vehicles also will receive a free vacuuming, car wash and wax.