County Council Recognizes Garber, Wiggins and Puckett

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Council recognized its appreciation to outgoing council members Jon Garber and Ernie Wiggins, as well as outgoing County Auditor Michelle Pucket after Thursday night’s meeting.

Garber and Wiggins are both retiring while Puckett will assume the role of county treasurer in January.

Garber is the former park’s superintendent for the city of Warsaw and Wiggins is a former mayor of Warsaw. Both joined council after retiring from their city roles.

Council celebrated with individual tokens of appreciation and cake.

From left: council members Kathleen Groninger and Joni Truex; out-going auditor Michelle Puckett (who becomes the county treasurer in January) and council members Sue Ann Mitchell, Ernie Wiggins, Kimberly Cates and Mike Long. Garber was unable to attend due to illness. News Now Warsaw photo by Dan Spalding.