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Strong winds briefly knocked out power across parts of northern Indiana and an early morning burst of snow swept across Warsaw, leaving streets slick and snowy before sunrise.

The final Sunday of 2025 will bring with it some wild fluctuations in the local weather.

The Warsaw Rotary Club met to hold their annual “Rotary Salvation Army Day” and collected $60,260.53 to support the efforts of The Salvation Army in Kosciusko County. 

Federal officials have ordered a temporary halt to the planned shutdowns of two coal-burning Indiana power plants amid President Donald Trump’s attempts to boost the coal mining industry.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

A crash in Whitley County on Monday night has left one person dead.

An Illinois truck driver was injured after a single-vehicle crash on Ind. 19 early this morning.

Kosciusko County has reached an agreement on the sale of property needed for the proposed city-county parking garage in Warsaw.

As of Monday, two people have filed for Clay Township Trustee. Those are Spencer Bartlett and Cheryl Thompson. 

All of that melting of snow in the past week exposed an unfortunate situation for the Warsaw Street Department.

Everyone’s heard about the high-profile orthopedic firms like Zimmer Biomet, OrthoPediatrics and DePuy Synthes, but there is also a slew of smaller contract manufacturers that industry heavyweights rely upon.

Indiana’s state budget surplus could grow to nearly $5 billion by the middle of 2027 under new and much rosier tax revenue projections.

A 22-year-old college student who was facing $5,000 in car repairs this week was the grand prize winner Thursday night at 107.3 WRSW’s Ornament Smash and took home a 2012 Jeep Liberty Utility valued at $9,975.

As Indiana lawmakers prepare to reconvene in January for a shortened 2026 legislative session, multiple Republican legislators have filed bills to expand how the state carries out death sentences — reopening a debate over capital punishment that stalled in the Statehouse earlier this year.

Slate Auto, the electric truck startup, has now attracted more than 150,000 refundable reservations for its low-cost, innovative electric pickup truck that is scheduled to begin rolling off the assembly line in Warsaw in late 2026.

Man, this Colts season sure took a turn for the worse, didn’t it?

Beginning Jan. 1, more than half a million low-income Indiana residents won’t be able to use government food assistance to buy sugary drinks or candy. And state officials are preparing retailers and participants for the changes.

Former Kosciusko County Sheriff Ron Robinson, who went on to become the first county administrator — and remained in that position for nearly two decades — has died.

Leaders of an Indiana group aimed at supporting independent political candidates say the state’s time in the national congressional redistricting spotlight gives them hope that the Legislature will advance election reforms.

Three towns in Kosciusko County — Mentone, North Webster and Claypool — will receive more than $600,000 (combined) in the latest round of Community Crossings money announced recently.

The Kosciusko County Community Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipients: Titiksha Gorhe and Ian Parrott.

Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing about 50 sexually explicit websites, alleging they have violated Indiana’s age-verification law.

President Donald Trump’s failed push for an Indiana congressional redistricting exposed divisions among Republicans who dominate the state Legislature and with Gov. Mike Braun.

Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts ignited the community’s generosity last night, raising $33,058 in just one evening during its second annual year-end gala, Great Performances, Greater Purpose.

After a weekend of snow and extreme cold, northern Indiana is about to experience a dramatic swing in temperatures.

Details of a Republican caucus needed to fill a vacancy on Kociusko County Council have been announced.

Former Kosciusko County Commissioner Brad Jackson — eager to get back into political governance — has found a quicker way to join county council.

One person died and three others were injured in a fiery collision on US 30 Thursday night in Marshall County.

DeLynn Geiger, who was elected to the Kosciusko County Council in November 2024 as an at-large member, resigned after Thursday’s council meeting, effective Friday.