Bikers Gathering In Atwood For Run For The Son Fundraiser

ATWOOD — Thousands of motorcyclists from all over the United States and Canada will participate in the Christian Motorcyclists Association's annual Run for the Son on Saturday.

Church News, May 4, 2017

Upcoming events include the Run for the Son, a performance by the Fort Wayne Festival Choir and a Jonah Fish Fry.

Man In North Webster Chase, Shooting, Agrees To Plea Deal

A man who tried to attack the same man twice, including once in which he was shot and injured by police, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Group Considers Opening Private School

A group will discuss its plans for a new private school in Warsaw at a meeting at noon Sunday.

Pianist Is Last Concert Of LCCA 2016-17 Season

The final performance of the Lakeland Community Concert Association’s 2016-17 season is set for  7 p.m. Saturday.

Warsaw Tigers 2nd In Joe Harris Shootout

Though played in dreary conditions, there was a bright spot for nearly every high school boys golf team in Tuesday’s Joe Harris Shootout.

May Is A Time For New Things

English poet Alexander Pope penned the phrase “hope springs eternal” in his famous Essay on Man. I thought about those words on several different levels this week.

Martha Irene Barnes

Martha Irene Barnes passed away quietly in the early hours of Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. She was 99. Martha was born on Jan. 29, 1918, in Sidney, to Charles and Flossie Johnson Leiter. She spent most of her lifetime in Kosciusko County. 

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Mayor Thallemer Rolls Out Proposed Rules For Outdoor Dining

If there’s going to be outdoor dining downtown Warsaw, city officials want there to be rules.

City Looks To Expand Central Economic Development Area

With the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission’s approval of a resolution Monday, the process to expand the boundaries of the Central Economic Development Area has started.

5 tax abatements OK’d By Warsaw City Council

Warsaw City Council approved five tax abatements for four applicants Monday night.

Wawasee Beats NLC Foe Concord

SYRACUSE – In Wawasee’s recent baseball history, getting down early meant the Warriors were going to stay down. Monday at Warrior Field, at least for a day, that changed.

Valley's Rally Falls Short

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley Vikings, as head coach Justin Branock said afterward, found a sense of urgency in the seventh inning.

IHSAA Announces Changes To Sectional Alignments

INDIANAPOLIS – Several changes in sectional competition for six sports that affect area schools were announced by the IHSAA Monday afternoon. In football’s Class 6A Sectional 2, Warsaw joins Penn, Chesterton and Valparaiso.

Robert A. Webster

MENTONE — Robert A. Webster, 73, rural Etna Green, passed at 11:20 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Meadows Care Center, Warsaw, with his daughter and granddaughter by his side. He was born Aug. 31, 1943, in Plymouth, to John Robert and Ruth Dillman Webster. On July 7, 1982, in Richmond, Va., to Mary Conlon Ware Alter. She survives. He worked for 18 years for R.R. Donnelley & Sons starting at the age of 18; he was a pressman. He had also been a manufacturing manager at Quebecor World Inc. of Richmond, Va., from 1979 to 2005, then retiring. Robert was a 1961 graduate of Warsaw High School. He was a member of Mentone United Methodist Church. He enjoyed hard work and teaching his children to do the same. He trained harness horses, golfed with his buddies, deep sea fished with family, and gardened.  Survivors include his wife, Mary Connie Webster, Etna Green; daughters, Kimberly (husband Robert) Blick, Warsaw, and Michelle (husband Shayne) McDonald, Satellite Beach, Fla.; sons, Vincent Webster (fiancée Deb Miller), Crystal Lake, and Michael (wife Stacie) Alter, Round Hill, Va.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sisters: Sharon Palmer, Warsaw; Marcia (husband David) Birden, Rochester; and Patricia Parton, Roanoke; and brother, Gary (wife Louise) Webster, Noblesville. He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandson and a brother. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 4, at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, with Pastor Jason Rice officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to Kosciusko County Animal Shelter, 3489 E. 100 S., Pierceton, IN 46562. Share a memory or send a condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.

Mary D. Ettinger

Mary D. Ettinger, 88, Warsaw, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Sunday, April 30, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.  She was born on Oct. 22, 1928, to Wilby Bruce and Margaret Nell Floyd Nichols in Beaver Township, Pulaski County.  She graduated from Pulaski High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Manchester College and a Master of Science from St. Francis College. 

Joseph Andrew “Andy” Arnold

Joseph Andrew “Andy” Arnold passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. in his Warsaw home. He was 69.  Andy was born Dec 24, 1947, in Warsaw. He was the son of Joseph Aaron and Doris Vaughn Arnold. He graduated from Warsaw High School with the class of 1966 and attended nearby Manchester College.

Unique Bee Drone Developed By Syracuse Native

Anna Haldewang turned a college project into an innovative device that spotlights the plight of the shrinking honey bee population and has gained significant media buzz.

Warsaw Sixth-Graders Hope To Help WWII Navy Vet Get Posthumous Medal

World War II Navy veteran Joe George saved the lives of six men when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, but he was never awarded a medal for his actions because he defied orders to abandon them.