WCS Chooses Building Plan

After more than two dozen public meetings in about a year, the Warsaw School Board approved Option A Monday for its building plan, with the possibility of modifications.Kovert Hawkins, Jeffersonville, is the architectural firm chosen for the project.Superintendent Dr. Robert Haworth presented the resolution stating that the school board establishes Option A as meeting the needs of the corporation. Dan Robinson, board vice president, said during the bulk of the nine community meetings on the three possible options, the four steps of Option A were presented in a certain order. Haworth, Robinson said, is considering shuffling steps in the option. The approved resolution encompasses all of the option.

County Provides Resources For Those Seeking To Beat Addiction

If you've got an addiction, you should plan to go to the Kosciusko County Jail between 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Wawasee Engagement Committee Presents Suggestions To School Board

County BZA Denies Numerous Requests

Arts Group Still Lobbying For Use Of Old City Hall

Representatives of Lakeland Art Association hope to continue discussions this month on the idea of using the old Warsaw city hall for a fine art museum.

City Planners OK Recommendation For Daycare Ordinance

Fireworks Ordinance Fails On Second Reading

Warsaw Library Celebrates 100 Years

On Jan. 1, 1917, a collection of about 4,500 books was moved from the Ward Center Street School basement to the Warsaw Community Public Library’s current location on East Main Street.

Remonstrators Express Displeasure During County BZA Meeting

The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals was relieved Tuesday when a motion was made for “meeting adjourned” after a 3-1/2-hour marathon session.

CCS Continues To Help People In Need Even With 'Tight' Finances

Finances are tight at Combined Community Services, but the number of people seeking assistance is greater now than during the pandemic just a few years ago.

Salvation Army Bestows High Honor On Local Woman

WINONA LAKE - They say "the sun never sets on the Salvation Army flag." Anita Robb probably considers that as she watches night fall over the waters of Winona Lake from her home on the east shore. Robb, 94, received the Salvation Army's most distinguished award Friday - the Order of the Founder medallion - in the Army's office on Arthur Street in Warsaw. She and her husband, Loyd, served in the Army for 47 years.They retired as colonels. The Order of the Founder isn't handed out by the Salvation Army willy-nilly.Only 210 have been presented since 1917 (see separate story). Robb was honored for her pioneering social work in the Army's Central Territory, headquartered in Chicago since 1913. "This is just beyond my comprehension," Robb said of the honor recently at her Lake Shore Drive home.

WPD Officer Moving To Virginia; K-9 Mako To Retire And Go Along

WACF Presents Exceptional Service, Cattail, Tear Drop Awards

SYRACUSE — Five people were honored with awards by the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, which included the Tear Drop Award (for retiring board members), the prestigious Cattail Award and the rare Exceptional Service Award.

Tiger Wrestlers Take Fifth In Tourney

The Warsaw wrestling team finished fifth in a field of 14 teams at the Lake Central Tournament Saturday, with three of the Tigers winning individual championships. The first-place finishers for Warsaw were Anthony Boley (103 pounds), Isaac Perry (160) and Joey Navarro (275). Anthony Boley showed excellent technique in pinning all of his opponents in the first period of each of his matches.First he pinned Brian Shutka of Hammond Gavit in 58 seconds, then he nailed Matt Ferry of Lafayette Jefferson in 1:00, and in the championship, Boley scored a fall over Tim Hunt of Munster in 50 seconds. Perry's opponents were unable to score any points other than escapes, and many of these were intentional releases by Perry so he could score another takedown.In the first round, Perry defeated Robert Abeyta of Lake Station in a 19-3 technical fall, and in round two, he scored another technical fall, 20-4, over Robert Trevino of Gavit.

Town Life Center In Manchester Gets Funds For Repairs

NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊJames Garber, chairman of the Town Life Center Planning Committee, proposed a $40,000 grant for Thomas Marshall School repairs Wednesday to North Manchester town council. Bricks from the school's parapet, or low wall lining the roof, are "loose and will require reconstructing," said the planning committee's proposal. Garber offered "in full disclosure" that Karl Merritt and Warren Garner, both councilmen, were on the committee as well.He said he was "not wanting to load this issue." The grant money Garber was asking for rests in a Department of Commerce fund that totals $78,000. The department stipulates the money be spent on "slum and blight" areas, or impoverished parts of town, and the money needs to benefit low to moderate income citizens.Garber said senior citizens automatically qualify. "Children's services are a good qualifier.Senior citizens' services are a good qualifier," said Nancy Reed, clerk-treasurer.

Sewer Line Topic Of Upcoming Leesburg Meeting

LEESBURG - A workshop with business owners along Ind.15, engineers and a representative from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management was scheduled during the monthly Leesburg Town Council meeting Monday. The topic of the workshop, which is tentatively scheduled for Oct.19 at 7 p.m.at the Leesburg Grace Brethren Church, will be the exploration of running Leesburg's proposed sewer line down Ind.15 rather than the originally proposed Old 15 route. Joe Tierney, of GRW Engineers, Indianapolis, said running the sewer down Ind.15 would be $100,000 more expensive due to obtaining easements and coordinating efforts with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The Ind.15 plan also took into consideration the possibility that the road could be widened to as many as five lanes in the future. The possibility of Warsaw becoming a factor in the sewer system was then discussed.

Redevelopment Commission Hears About Sewer District, Asks for Zoning Plan On 15

Barbee Lakes resident David Doctor reiterated plans to initiate a regional sewer district before the Kosciusko County Redevelopment Commission Wednesday. Tuesday, Doctor, who said he was a member of the Barbee Lakes Environmental Task Force, presented the concept at the county commissioners meeting, which met with their approval.A permit application is being forwarded to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for review. Doctor said the redevelopment commission was being advised of the district to let them fit it into long-range planning.It will be called the Lakeland Regional Sewer District so it doesn't seem exclusive to the Barbee chain of lakes. The district is being formed on the heels of the Barbee Lakes Conservancy District dissolution.A vote of freeholders in favor of ending the district occurred in December.A subsequent circuit court order placed the district's collected $305,000 in escrow with the county.

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Board looks to remedy athletic field problems

All is not well with the Warsaw Community High School campus athletic fields.

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