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GOSHEN — With the Elkhart County 4-H Fair here at last, members of a few 4-H clubs started the fun early.
WAKARUSA — Big, little, blue, green, red or orange – tractors of all makes and models have been invited to participate in the annual Wakarusa Vintage Power Show.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man charged with a June 19 murder learned Thursday that he could face an additional two decades in prison.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart woman who was convicted of fatally stabbing her husband has received a 55-year sentence.
SOUTH BEND — Regional attraction group enFocus is celebrating its impact and accomplishments, including those in Elkhart County.
GOSHEN — A few Goshen Common Council members stood up for LGBTQ residents after listening to half an hour of abuse aimed at the community Tuesday.
ELKHART — Community health organizations coordinated their efforts over the weekend by reaching out to underserved populations with a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
ELKHART — An Elkhart woman is accused of driving while intoxicated with five children in the vehicle.
GOSHEN — City officials in a split vote Tuesday approved the annexation of land that could host a number of new factories in the coming years.
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ELKHART — A man convicted of a 2002 murder has been cleared of wrongdoing, according to his attorneys, after a judge granted a motion to dismiss his case.
ELKHART — A 44-year-old Mishawaka man is dead after a crash that occurred on Old U.S. 20 early Wednesday.
ELKHART — Community members will have a chance to learn about the Tolson Center’s future on Saturday, as the nonprofit working to reshape the community center will be at the annual Tolson Reunion.
ELKHART — A Goshen man must repay the state in addition to serving a 1½-year sentence after he admitted to charges related to hiding the body of his dead father and cashing his benefit checks.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man was sentenced to decades in prison after a jury convicted him of multiple child sex crimes.
ELKHART — A vacant section of the old Miles Laboratories campus will be busy once more, as a local RV industry supplier plans to invest $17.6 million in a new facility at the site.
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BRISTOL — Winnebago Industries is expanding its boating business with a $255 million deal to acquire Barletta Pontoon Boats in Bristol, the company announced Tuesday.
GOSHEN — The Goshen Plan Commission voted to recommend rezoning a future industrial development ahead of a decision on annexation by city council.
ELKHART — Police were investigating a stabbing Monday afternoon in the 400 block of West Marion Street.
SOUTH BEND — Five people, including the former executive director of the South Bend Housing Authority, have been charged in an 11-count indictment alleging theft of government funds.
ELKHART — Beacon Health System will require its employees and anyone who regularly works at a Beacon facility to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1.
GOSHEN — County officials have signed a 20-year lease to repay construction of the joint courts complex.
GOSHEN — The Goshen Fire Department may take over duties for all of Elkhart Township under a fire territory plan under consideration.
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ELKHART — A police officer was suspended and demoted on Monday as a result of his involvement in allegedly gaining “complete financial control” of the assets of an Elkhart resident whom the officer’s wife, also an officer, first met through official police business.
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NAPPANEE — “This Is Me.” These three simple words carry an important message behind the 16 self-portraits created by a group of local students who artistically expressed themselves for a new community project.
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ELKHART — The number of Elkhart County residents getting vaccinated for COVID-19 has dropped to about 200 a day. That includes people getting their first and second doses, meaning that the group of fully vaccinated residents grows by about 0.05 percentage points per day.
GOSHEN — A court has handed down a $1 million judgment against an Elkhart woman convicted of killing her husband.
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ELKHART — Artists like Kandinsky and Monet were met with crayons and construction paper when summer art camp returned to the Elkhart Art League.
ELKHART — A Texas man is accused of fighting with police and hospital staff and attempting to flee after his arrest.
BRISTOL — A head-on collision early Friday killed a Bristol man who veered into oncoming traffic.
ELKHART — Indiana elementary and middle school standardized test scores plunged this year, which local educators say shows the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on student learning.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man who testified during a joint murder trial saw his probation in a 2004 drug case revoked on Thursday.
GOSHEN — One of three people charged in an April 2020 robbery appeared in court Thursday after he was recently arrested.
GOSHEN — The Goshen Redevelopment Commission added more than $13 million worth of projects to its five-year plan.
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ELKHART — A police officer was suspended for 60 days and put on probation Thursday by the Police Merit Commission, despite Chief Kris Seymore’s request to fire her.
GOSHEN — Road improvements at the future site of the consolidated courts building are estimated to cost $5.3 million, exceeding the escape clause built into a city-county agreement.
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ELKHART — The Gateway Mile Auto Fest is returning to downtown Elkhart this weekend following a yearlong hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOSHEN — Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart County is marking 35 years with a new build just a few blocks from where it began.
ELKHART — Carrie Garber has been selected as the new principal of Concord’s Ox Bow Elementary School.
ELKHART — Up to 100 cars regularly congregate, some of them doing street racing and burnouts, in a Nappanee Street parking lot, to the frustration of some residents who want the city to do something about it.
GOSHEN — Three bids were opened Monday in a project to connect seven homes to city water in an unincorporated area north of Elkhart.
GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools will provide students with after-school care and tutoring to help combat learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic after recently being awarded a $756,216 state grant.
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ELKHART — Two City Council members are challenging the legality of Mayor Rod Roberson’s executive order from last week, which gives city employees who are vaccinated for COVID-19 two additional paid days off.
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ELKHART — Electric scooters are causing concerns among some city leaders, but police say there isn’t much they can do.
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ELKHART — Chief of Police Kris Seymore commended seven officers on Monday for actions in the previous year including several life-saving acts.
ELKHART — The Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition will hold a drive-through vaccine clinic for ages 12 and up Saturday.
ELKHART — Elkhart police arrested nine people following a brief narcotics investigation.
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ELKHART — Police Chief Kris Seymore wants to bring in civilians to handle two jobs that are currently carried out by officers, keeping them from doing regular police work.
ELKHART — The theme for the July ArtWalk in downtown Elkhart Wednesday is “Moving Images.”
NAPPANEE — A political and civic organization is donating $400 to help alleviate food insecurity in Elkhart County.
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ELKHART — The rivers flowing through Elkhart are doing swimmingly. Take it from the fish that live there. Many of them wouldn’t be in the Elkhart and St. Joseph rivers if the water quality wasn’t good. But they are there, and we know thanks to Daragh Deegan and a group of college students.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of shooting another man in the head with a BB gun.
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