Each year, the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners  honors a lake resident who has made a meaningful, lasting contribution to lake life with the Distinguished Lake Citizen of the Year award.

Trent Eric Mathis, age 51, McMinnville resident native, was born Dec. 13, 1973. He passed away on June 29, 2025, suddenly.

At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries.