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Wawasee Robotics Has Back-To-Back Wins In Robotics Tournament

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Indiana State School Music Association Marching Band 2024 Season Begins

The 51st Indiana State School Music Association Marching Band season steps off on Saturday.

Main Street Warsaw Presents Forte Residential With $10K Facade Grant

Forte Residential Inc. in Warsaw received a $10,000 facade grant from Main Street Warsaw on Wednesday.

EDIT Explained

The latest proposal for an Economic Development Income Tax comes to a head this Saturday. To make sure its members understand how the tax works, the Builders Association of Kosciusko and Fulton County gathered Monday to hear the specifics of how EDIT is collected, distributed and spent.Providing those specifics were attorneys Richard Hill and Randolph Rompola of the Baker & Daniels law firm in South Bend, both of whom specialize in tax and municipal financing law. "The legislative theory behind EDIT is that governmental units can fund infrastructure improvement projects with a source of revenue other than a reliance on property taxes," Hill said. The tax was devised in the early 1980s to give county and municipal governments greater flexibility to address infrastructure needs that foster economic development, Rompola said.

W's Legacy

I wonder how history will judge W.Maybe it will be like some of those other presidents who, despite not being popular or seemingly doing a crappy job, are judged favorably after the passage of time.

Pierceton Woods Academy Set To Open This Week

PIERCETON - Pierceton Woods Academy is set to begin operations this week.

Commissioners OK County Accepting Homeland Security Grant

Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved the county accepting a grant from the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade its emergency communications system.

Legislative Lowdown

Wawasee Students' Relatives Question Ban

SYRACUSE – Two relatives of Wawasee students addressed the school board Tuesday night concerning sanctions from the board, but before any comments were allowed, corporation attorney David Cates stood and reviewed the public comments policy.

10-Digit Dialing In 219 & 574 Area Codes Starts This Weekend

Whitko Pulls Off Upset Over Triton

BOURBON - Whitko is supposed to be simple to beat.All you need is a simple game plan to shut down Zach Henson, and the rest of the Wildcats fall down and play dead. Try telling that to Triton head coach Kevin O'Rourke.His Trojans held Henson to just six points in the first half and only four shot attempts.Henson was in foul trouble and on the bench much more than usual. But when that horn sounded to signal the end of the first half, O'Rourke found his team staring at an 11-point deficit. Josh Gonzalez came up big in the opening half with 11 points, and Jeremiah Laws added nine in the first 16 minutes to make up for Henson's offensive slide. Whitko went on from that point to upset heavily favored Triton 65-59.The Trojans had won 13 of their last 14 games at home until last night.

Beaman Home Programs Inspire, Instruct Victims

Dawn was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse from her husband. The harmful words and acidic memories changed her and the family she loved. Dawn has three daughters, each of whom were directly affected by the abuse that held down their mother for so long.“Our family is dysfunctional, to say the least,” she said. “The abuse that I went through translated into abusive relationships for them.”

Fall Sports Season Is Going To Be Affected

With Gov. Eric Holcomb’s announcement Friday of a plan to start opening up stuff to us step-by-step, there are a lot of people with mixed feelings on the stages of the plan. This is not a political column and so you will not read my thoughts on Holcomb’s plan or my predictions on its ultimate success.

Grover T. Whitaker

Grover T. Whitaker NORTH MANCHESTER – Grover T. Whitaker, 76, Pierceton, died at 9:20 p.m. Feb. 2, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.  Grover T. Whitaker NORTH MANCHESTER – Grover T. Whitaker, 76, Pierceton, died at 9:20 p.m. Feb. 2, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. 

Reuter Stepping Down As Organizer Of Pierceton’s Primitive Show

County Approves Purchase Of New 911 Equipment

Because of minor glitches in the new 911 communication center equipment in the Justice Building, the Kosciusko County commissioners agreed Tuesday to purchase new equipment. County Administrator Ron Robinson told the commissioners the biggest problem is with the IDEX system.IDEX is the information system in which police data is kept nationwide for outstanding warrants, criminal information, license plate numbers, driver license numbers and other pertinent information.The current system is 15 to 16 years old and was purchased for $18,000.A new system will be bought from Netcom for approximately $10,298. The 17-year-old phone system also will be replaced.Robinson requested $25,000, though the system is expected to cost only $21,000.The extra $4,000 would cover any unforeseen costs.The money will come from the approximate $57,000 remaining balance of the construction costs of the dispatch center, which cost less than expected.

City Shuts Down Duplex Because Of Alleged Violations

A duplex at 214 Fort Wayne Ave., Warsaw, owned by Ralph and JoEllen Fitch of Larwill, was ordered to be vacated and shut down by Hearing Officer Larry Clifford at Monday's code enforcement hearings. Ralph Fitch said he was under the impression he'd taken care of all the repairs.Building inspector and assistant building commissioner Pam Kennedy said half of the repairs are unacceptable.She said Fitch is in about 50 percent compliance.The chimney leaks, the floor needs to be ripped up and the roof needs to be repaired. There is also a bad cockroach infestation in both apartments.One apartment is occupied.Fitch said the tenants have stopped paying rent, but they won't leave the apartment. "This is one of the worse infestations I've seen," said Kennedy. The roaches are spreading to the neighbors, Kennedy said.They had three or four professional treatments already. Fitch said he is having the roaches sprayed, but he hasn't hired an exterminator yet.

Compromise Is Not A Dirty Word

Another election is behind us.Voter turnout in Kosciusko County was low – 33.12 percent.