Parkview LaGrange welcomed its first baby of the new year, Harley David, on Tuesday morning. Harley weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces when he was born at 8:06 a.m.
THREE INDUCTED INTO PRAIRIE HEIGHTS HOF—
Travis Barroquillo, left, Greg Silver and Sarah (Gordon) Beilke are the newest members of the Prairie Heights Athletic Hall of Fame. The trio were honored between the Panther girls and boys basketball games against Angola last Friday night. Barroquillo, a 2011 graduate, was an accomplished wrestler for the Panthers. Silver, a 1972 alum, excelled in football, basketball and baseball for […]
Chamber Member Showcase Thursday
The Chamber of LaGrange County will hold its annual meeting, luncheon and Member Showcase at the Blue Gate Performing Arts Center, 760 S. Van Buren St., Shipshewana on Thursday. This year’s event is sponsored by Grogg-Martin Auctioneers & Realty. The annual Member’s Showcase will be held prior to the luncheon from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and more than 20 area […]
Spotlight on Westview school bus driver
Westview Transportation Department sends a shout out to Erin Bontrager. Bontrager has been married for 20 years and has four children, two boys and two girls. She has lived in this area all of her life and went to Westview as a student. Bontrager has been driving bus for six years. Westview asked her a few questions: Q: Favorite bus […]
Karen Stockwell
Karen May Stockwell, 79, of Pleasant Lake, Indiana, died Friday, January 7, 2022, at Astral at Auburn. Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel, 612 N. Main St., Hudson is assisting the family with arrangements.
Barbara Sharick
Barbara Sharick, born March 20, 1938, age 83, of Shipshewana, died at 12:37 p.m. on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at her residence. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. on Monday, January 10, 2022 at Shore Church, 7235 W. 100 N., Shipshewana. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 11 also at the church. Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury, […]
Marjorie Geark
Marjorie J. Geark, 98, of Kendallville and formerly of LaGrange, died, Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Lutheran Life Villages in Kendall- ville. She was born on June 6, 1923, in Hudson to Ray and Mary (Jewell) McLain. Marjorie was a homemaker and she also worked outside of the home. She spent 18 years working at Ohio Table Pad in LaGrange. […]
The Ark Animal Rescue and Adoption
Four legs, a lick, and a wagAs I sit at my town mom’s computer and look out the window I am thinking of a January day much like this one. Cold, snowy, and wind going crazy and me. I was homeless, cold, almost frozen; wandering around town thinking I was probably not going to wander much longer. I was maybe a year or at the most […]