Bingo At Bell Thursday

MENTONE - Need money for back-to-school items or a last-minute getaway?

Service Station Request Put On Hold In Syracuse

SYRACUSE -ÊA decision on a controversial petition to the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals was continued for another month Thursday while the petitioner waits for a response from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Casey's General Store petitioned to put a service station and retail store in a commercial district.They also asked for a variance to permit the construction of a service station and retail store 5.3 feet from a rear (east) line and 17 feet from the road right-of-way. The property is on the east side of Ind.13 and 67 feet north of High Street in Syracuse. At the April 7 meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, the commission voted to send Casey's petition to rezone the ground from a residential district to a commercial district to the Syracuse plan commission without a recommendation.The rezoning was approved by the Syracuse Plan Commission.

Plan Commission Approves Continued Rezoning


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Local Nonprofit Accepts Business Plan From Grace Students

WINONA LAKE – Students in Tobias Forshtay’s agricultural finance class at Grace College turned an assignment to solve an agricultural financial problem into an opportunity to create a new revenue stream for a local nonprofit.

Nappanee Redevelopment


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Third Hotel Indicates Plans To Build Along U.S. 30

Jill Boggs wasn’t just talking about the existing cluster of hotels near Center Street and U.S. 30 at a recent meeting about a possible new highway through Warsaw.


Church News, March 16, 2017

Community dinners, benefit meals and a silent auction are among upcoming activities at Kosciusko County area churches:

Nappanee Redevelopment Commission


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Leesburg Joins County Plan Commission ‘Immediately’


Can Connor Cover? A Variety Of Topics Before I Head To The Smokies

I’m going to be honest, this is one of those weeks where I’m not really sure what to write about.



Eight Warsaw Gridders Named All-NLC

The NLC football all-conference team was announced and eight Warsaw players were named to the team.NorthWood also had eight all-conference players and Wawasee had seven. Warsaw seniors Josh Sittler (offensive line), Emerson Poort (tight end), and Derrick Duncan (running back) were named to the offensive all-conference team. Seniors Jerrod Engler (lineman) and James Taylor (secondary) were named to the defensive all-conference team.Andy Plank, Jason Barrett and Jose Esquivel were named to the honorable mention team. NorthWood juniors Joe Abel (receiver) and Aaron Huber (running back), and sophomore quarterback Charlie Roeder were named to the offensive all-conference team. Defensively, seniors Jake Yoder and Doug Brown were named all-conference, and Justin Rogers, Blair Baumgartner, and Chad Martin were named honorable mention.

Animal Shelter

Editor, Times-Union:I took my Uncle Don Woods to the Humane Shelter in Warsaw today and let him pick out a dog.

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Indy Speedway President Makes Trip To Warsaw

Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles made a stop in Warsaw Thursday as part of an initiative to prepare and thank ticket holders for the Indianapolis 500 across the state.

Manchester Gets Physical For Its Semistate Game

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊTo prepare for Saturday's semistate game against Bishop Luers, Manchester's girls basketball team will break out ...football shield pads? That's what Manchester coach Jody Shewman's plan on Wednesday was, anyway.Her Squires are going to face something unlike they've faced before this season: a defense that likes to run players through the ringer. Thinking the game may resemble a football game as far as contact, Shewman will break out the pads in Friday's practice.Players will hold the pads and use them to body other players around. "(Luers) is very, very rough, very physical," Shewman said."Kind of all over you.If you have refs who let it go, they can cause a lot of trouble.That's what happened to Prairie Heights.