Donations To Salvation Army Kettles To Be Doubled Saturday

More Veterans Now Eligible For Indiana’s Military Family Relief Fund

Manchester Eliminates Tuition Costs For Incoming Students From Families Making $65,000 Or Less

Interra Credit Union Wins Dora Maxwell Community Service Award

Interra Credit Union Wins Dora Maxwell Community Service Award

WCS Approves $30 Million Building Plan

Claypool and Winona Lake are on their way to getting new facilities after the school board's preliminary approval Monday. Warsaw School Board voted five-to-two in favor of adding onto and renovating Claypool Elementary and building a new school in the Jefferson Elementary area. Cost of the projects is expected to be $30 million.The cost would be financed through the school's existing debt service fund without the need for an increase in property taxes, according to WCS Superintendent Dr.Dave McGuire. The proposal originally was made at the May school board meeting, when McGuire recommended closing the four smallest schools - Atwood, Claypool, Jefferson and Silver Lake - and building two new four-section schools, one in Prairie Township and one near the current Jefferson Elementary. McGuire changed the proposal last week by dropping the Prairie Township school and suggesting a renovated and enlarged Claypool school to accommodate Claypool and Silver Lake students.

Blood Drives Cancelled But 1 Added; Martin’s Raising Money For United Way

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County Council Hears Why Sheriff’s Dept. Needs More Employees In 2025

Wage committee recommendations for the 2025 budget were first presented to the Kosciusko County Council at their informational meeting on June 6.

Grace Waechter

AKRON - Crystal Grace Waechter, 99, of 111 E. Walnut St., Akron, died at 12:35 p.m. Sept. 19, 2007, in her residence.

NAACP to meet with Wawasee officials

SYRACUSE - Representa-tives from the NAACP and Wawasee Schools will meet Thursday to focus on changing the system that allowed the Klan worksheet into the classroom. Eight members of the NAACP Board, Fort Wayne chapter, will meet with Superintendent Mark Stock and other officials at the Rock Church to discuss what happened at Syracuse Elementary - and how to keep it from happening again. Liz Dobynes of the NAACP said she has seen this type of activity in communities before, but "I was appalled that it was done in the school system - I never thought they'd be brazen enough," she said. The school corporation has developed a Minority Issues Task Force, which on Tuesday recommended, among other things, sensitivity training for staff.But Dobynes believes other steps can be taken.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE - MF-769 - SHIPLEY

Indiana American Water Settlement Agreement Approved By State Utility Regulatory Commission

Hersha Eyes Bowling State Title

Cory Hersha loves competition and a good adrenaline rush.

Snow Urges Governor To Call Special Session If U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

County Parks Board Review Trail Project, Sets Tentative Timeline

The Kosciusko County Department of Parks and Recreation Board discussed next steps for the Chinworth Trail project during its meeting Thursday.

Letters to the Editor 02-06-2002

- Headlights In The Rain - Big 10 Standings, Please - New Hope Pet Rescue - Thanks To The Community Headlights In The Rain Editor, Times-Union: While in Florida a number of years ago on a vacation, I learned that it is the law in that state for motorists to always turn on their headlights during a rain.I thought that was a good law then and I still think so now.

Warsaw's Driver Education Program To Continue

Warsaw's driver education program will continue for at least another year, according to a decision made Wednesday by the board of directors. E-mails and fliers flew around the Warsaw area earlier this month and in late August, warning parents that because of dire financial problems and lack of cooperation from Warsaw Community Schools, the Warsaw Community Driver Education Co-Op Inc.would have to shut down. That rumor was incorrect and premature. In a meeting Wednesday with WCS superintendent Dr.David McGuire, the WCDEC board agreed to continue operations for at least another year. The co-op does have financial problems, though, and the board members and McGuire hope they can work out the details during this next year.

Syracuse Water Rates May Be On The Rise

SYRACUSE - No members of the public appeared Tuesday at the Syracuse Town Council public hearing on the water treatment and storage facilities preliminary engineering report. If they had, they would have learned that, based on estimated project costs and with no additional funding, a monthly water bill for a five-eighths-inch meter, 5,000 gallons, may increase from approximately $14 to approximately $31.Sewer rates and property taxes will not be affected, however, under the report presented by Greeley And Hansen. John D.Julien, CPA with H.J.Umbaugh & Associates, financial consultants for Syracuse on the project, said that based on the numbers he has, which are four years old, Syracuse's current water rates are below average.In the worst case scenario, he said, the project will move those rates past average and toward the high end compared to other towns like Syracuse, but every municipality is at a different stage with their water treatment plants.

City To Refinance 3 Bonds

With interest rates favorable to borrowers, the Warsaw city council decided during Monday's meeting to refinance three outstanding bonds, after hearing from Todd Samuelson of Umbaugh and Associates, Plymouth. The city stands to save $300,000 to $350,000 over the next 20 years, Samuelson said, presenting 15 pages of comparative financial schedules. Randy Rumpola of Baker and Daniels, Indianapolis, presented Ordinance No.2003-03-03 to "refund" the revenue bonds.Final reading will be during the March 17 council meeting. The action combines the outstanding balances of $4.655 million of the 1993 revenue bond issue; $1.34 million on the 1995 revenue bond issue; the principal amount of $10 million on the December 2001 lease rental revenue bond; and a new bond not to exceed $5.8 million for the interceptor project.The debt is to be repaid out of sewage works net revenues. The financial schedules and the ordinance are on view at the clerk's office.

Winona Hears Muirfield Prestwick Report, Discusses Roundabout

WINONA LAKE- Winona Lake Town Council heard a report on the Prestwick and Muirfield Subdivision sanitary system Tuesday. Larry Long, town engineer, provided the report during the town’s council meeting.