🌱 How a Winona Lake trailer is quietly outfitting local kids in need

Good morning Winona Lake! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Winona Lake trailer is quietly outfitting local kids in need
• What Winona Lake incident appears in this week’s police and jail log?
• How did visiting Goshen teams fare on Grace College’s home turf?

Also on today's calendar: Celebrate & Sing: Fantastical and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warmer with clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 52 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 63, low: 34.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny; windy, chilly, with a high of 50 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Jefferson Celebrates Spartan Outfitters Trailer Project And Community Partnerships (timesuniononline.com) — Jefferson Elementary in Winona Lake is expanding its Spartan Outfitters trailer project, which brings coats, boots, and other essentials directly to local students and families in need. Supported by Winona Lake Grace Church, United Way, and community donors, the mobile outreach reflects the school’s commitment to meeting basic needs with dignity so kids can focus on learning and feeling secure.
   

• Public Occurrences 04.17.2026 (timesuniononline.com) — Local police documented a natural death investigation on Chestnut Street in Winona Lake, alongside several other recent arrests and traffic accidents across Kosciusko County. While most incidents occurred in Warsaw and nearby towns, Winona Lake officers handled the Chestnut Street call and remain part of the county’s broader public safety response detailed in this report.
   

• GC athletics: a semester in review (goshen.edu) — Goshen College’s baseball team recently traveled to Winona Lake to face Grace College, splitting a four-game series that included key offensive performances from multiple hitters. Across the semester, GC teams in basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and track posted mixed results, with several programs highlighting rebuilding years, record-setting achievements, and hopes for postseason runs.
   

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📸 Around Winona Lake

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winona Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• FITNESS-BABES 5K
  Winona Lake Limitless Park and Splash Pad, 1598 Park Ave, Winona Lake
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Celebrate & Sing: Fantastical
  Winona Heritage Room , 901 Park Ave , Winona Lake
  11:30 am
• Celebrate and Sing: Fantastical
  Winona Heritage Room , 901 Park Ave , Winona Lake
  7:30 pm

Monday April 20

• Track @ Maple Creek
  Lakeview Middle School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Track @ Summit
  Edgewood Middle School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Soccer @ Lincoln Jr High
  Edgewood Middle School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:30 pm
• Soccer vs. Summit
  Lakeview Middle School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:30 pm
• Track Meet @ WCHS
  Eisenhower Elementary School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:45 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Board of Public Works & Safety
  City of Warsaw Calendar , 2191 E. Fort Wayne Street , Warsaw
  10:30 am

Monday April 20

• Redevelopment Commission
  City of Warsaw Calendar , 2191 E. Fort Wayne Street , Warsaw
  4:00 pm
• Track @ Maple Creek
  Lakeview Middle School Warsaw, IN 46580
  5:30 pm
• Common Council
  City of Warsaw Calendar , 2191 E. Fort Wayne Street , Warsaw
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does Danny’s Pizza at Barbee Hotel still offer any kind of a Tuesday discount?
  It used to be half off on Tuesdays. I really haven’t had anyone to go out there with lately. But back in the day it was the best place. We would… (Nextdoor Winona Chestnut to Kings)

• Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Cook - Grill in Winona Lake. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Warsaw. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winona Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Warsaw

• Owens Meat Market plans to open second store on south side of Warsaw (newsnowwarsaw.com)
• Sponsors lining up behind upcoming Holocaust exhibit; ‘Butterfly Project' announced (newsnowwarsaw.com)
• $1.7 million distributed to 13 groups by K21 Health Foundation (newsnowwarsaw.com)

Pierceton

• Pierceton Town Council Hears Citizens' Concerns (inkfreenews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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