Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years AgoThe Grace College Lancers traveled to Indianapolis for a basketball game against Marian College Tuesday and fell 84-64 to Marian.Grace was up 31-26 at halftime, but the Marian squad exploded for 58 points in the second half to earn the 20-point win. Ryan Bricker led the Lancers with 17 points, while Ben Tonagel added 13 points. Shannon Brown pulled down eight rebounds in the loss.25 Years AgoAfter almost 29 years with the Kosciusko County Health Department as its first chief sanitarian and administrator and later as administrative assistant sanitarian, Carroll Sherman is entering a new facet of life - retirement.Sherman's final day of employment with the county was Friday, and in honor of his years of service he was given a plaque during a party at the Viewpoint Restaurant.50 Years AgoBetween 1,100 and 1,200 third-grade students from the Kosciusko County area will leave Warsaw at 11:30 a.m. Friday to attend the annual Shrine Circus in Fort Wayne.True Kintzel, chairman of the Warsaw Shrine Circus committee, announced that all county schools, as well as Bourbon, Tippecanoe, Akron and Nappanee, will meet at the Center Ward school grounds and go to Fort Wayne in a caravan to attend the two hour circus performance.75 Years AgoUnder the recent law passed by the legislature in 1933 all of the townships, but Wayne, which has a population in excess of 5,000, the township trustee is required to assume the duties of township assessor. In Kosciusko County there will be at least 19 deputies named for assessing. Each of the 16 trustees will name at least one, and Wayne Township Assessor George W. Elliott will name three deputies.
