Warsaw

About an hour northwest of Fort Wayne, Warsaw is a laketown buoyed by a burgeoning medical device industry. Home to the international headquarters of Zimmer-Biomet and other players in the orthopedic industry, this city is a global center of talent and innovation, boasting a diverse culture with waterfront shops, restaurants, and activities.

Education coordinator Grace St. Clair teaches a student.

The Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams: Supporting healthy communities through science education

“We should strive to educate ourselves and take action on supporting ecosystems because healthy ecosystems support us."

Found on the National Register of Historic Places, this shopping mecca is filled with numerous destinations built around shopping small.
#PlacesofNEI: Shop small businesses and explore local history at The Village at Winona

Find places to shop, dine and play at the historical Village at Winona!

Competitors sprint to their bikes to start the 6-hour endurance race.
How the Winona Lake Trail Fest brings its community together to support trails

“It’s a great way to cap off the cycling season by shining a light on this incredible amenity that we’re blessed to have."

Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana CEO Sharon Pohly (center) is shown with Gold Award Girl Scout honorees Sunday, June 25, at Goshen College. From left are Heather Elwood, Colleen Britten, Keely Roe, and Megan Willis.
How regional Girl Scouts are making an impact on their communities through the Gold Award

“Girl Scouts has always been know for blazing the trail and making a change where there needs to be change. This patch program kind of starts that. It blazes the trail for Girl Scouts in the future."

Social Ice Cream & Sandwich Shop co-owner Shawn Bianchini, who also launched Shawnanigans, a catering company, in 2018.
Social Ice Cream & Sandwich Shop: Building a community one scoop at a time in Winona Lake

“We called it Social with the hopes of it being a place for people to spend time together. We love creating spaces for people to enjoy being in each other’s company.”

Disc golfer Hannah Lengel is the highest-rated amateur woman in Indiana and the second-highest-rated woman overall in Indiana.
Disc golfers share why the sport is growing in popularity in Northeast Indiana

“As someone who loves the sport and wants to see it grow, it's been really encouraging. It's a great individual sport, it's a great couple sport, and it's a great group sport.”

Students prepare to pitch their business plan for a chance to win $5,000.
Meet three rising student businesses in Northeast Indiana

Three student finalists from the Grace College Business Plan Competition share their entrepreneurial plans.

Representatives from Parkview Health, Indiana Tech, the Questa Foundation and Fort Wayne Community Schools gathered in October to celebrate the launch of the new Parkview Opportunity Scholars award.
How can Indiana increase its number of college grads? This Fort Wayne-based program could help

The goal of this program is to support students who may not have otherwise gone to college—whether they have financial need, are first-generation college students, are first-generation Americans, or may not have considered college due to other barriers.

Bastien Carel, Advanced Manufacturing Manager, right, works with Brad Peffley, Wire Drawer, using new technology that provides real-time & historical data via a web interface that collects data from 70-80 machines.
What’s the future of Northeast Indiana’s manufacturing sector? Leaders weigh in

While the desire to evolve for industry 4.0 isn’t lacking, the realities of adaptation and the infrastructure needed to support change can be complicated.  

From right are Diane Hunter, Dani Tippmann, and Claudia Hedeen all of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma during a foraging session on Miami tribal property in Fort Wayne.
Rethinking Thanksgiving: Restorative ways to process a complicated holiday in Fort Wayne

Thanksgiving offers us a reminder to reconsider how we consume multiple types of resources, what we offer in return, and how our decisions impact the broader community and world around us.

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