Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years Ago
WRSW 107.3’s first Food-A-Thon raised more than $10,000 in donations and collected three truckloads of food for CCS. “It was an outstanding community effort,” said Pat Brown, WRSW station manager. “The generosity was just absolutely overwhelming.” Jim Coons, CCS executive director, said, “The thing I think is so important about the fundraiser is that it was a wake-up call for the community not to forget the local charities.”
25 Years Ago
Kara Hoskins reached her goal here recently, giving her high school swim coach a high note to go out on. The Warsaw Community High School freshman qualified for next weekend’s state swimming finals in the backstroke, edging Tippecanoe Valley’s Diane Sisk to be the area’s only sectional champion from Saturday’s Elkhart Central swim sectional.
50 Years Ago
The State Highway Commission in Indianapolis has announced a $235,292,600 highway construction program for 1963-65, including 13.70 miles of U.S. 30 bypass from the Kosciusko-Marshall county line west of Etna Green to a point one-half mile east of the east city limits of Warsaw.
75 Years Ago
In the elimination contest for county winner, to attend the one-act play festival at the Majestic Theatre, Fort Wayne, in December, Etna Green won the preliminary contest at Etna Green. Beaver Dam and Mentone were the other two contestants. “Ambition” was the title of the play which the Etna Green cast presented.
