GOSHEN — The Goshen Board of Works approved the purchase of more than $200,000 worth of breathing equipment for the fire department Monday.
ELKHART — Nearly 75,000 pounds of food were donated to several nonprofits in Michiana thanks to the efforts of Granger Community Church and Waypoint Church.
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GOSHEN — More than 100 people stood on the Goshen Courthouse lawn in the freezing rain Saturday to make it known that they do not want war with Iran.
ELKHART — An uncharacteristically speedy legislative session focusing heavily on education was the center of conversation at Elkhart’s Third House meeting Saturday.
ELKHART — It can be as simple as a greeting, holding the door for someone or saying thank you.
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ELKHART — Organizers of a new facility for comprehensive health care for women hope their new facility will be the beginning of a change in prenatal healthcare locally.
ELKHART — Elkhart city’s police dogs have been given the gift of protection.
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ELKHART — In Elkhart as a guest performer for Sunday’s Elkhart County Symphony concert, internationally acclaimed violinist Wen-Lei Gu also took the time to visit area schools to teach young musicians a few tricks of her trade.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man faces three counts of child molesting for alleged incidents involving two young victims.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving a child.
GOSHEN — Mike Yoder has announced his bid for reelection as an Elkhart County commissioner.
ELKHART — Newly elected Mayor Rod Roberson revealed parts of his early agenda at a Thursday luncheon with Elkhart’s Young Professionals.
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ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools officials held a grand opening for their new $3.7 million automotive learning facility on Thursday, hoping to meet a growing need for such training.
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GOSHEN — An Elkhart man charged in the torture death of a woman in October appeared in court Thursday following his extradition from Texas.
GOSHEN — Bond has been set at $5 million for an Elkhart man facing charges as part of an October torture-murder case.
ELKHART — The city plans on spending $450,000 to make sidewalks and curb ramps easier to maneuver for people with disabilities.
ELKHART — The Indiana State Department of Health will investigate an unnamed farm in Elkhart County for milk contamination.
GOSHEN — Multiple arrests were made just after a home invasion and burglary in Goshen on Sunday that sent one resident to the hospital.
SIMONTON LAKE — An Elkhart man was arrested after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase on his snowmobile while intoxicated.
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ELKHART — Desiree Beauchamp-Boucher wanted to give people a chance to do something they’re normally not supposed to do with art: Get close, put their hands on it and see what it does.
LAGRANGE — Dometic officials on Wednesday announced the closure of the company’s LaGrange plant.
INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, a Republican, has filed for reelection to continue representing Indiana’s 2nd District in Congress.
ELKHART — Class is in session, and the Elkhart County Symphony is going back to school.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb isn’t yet throwing his support behind a top official of his administration in challenging the state attorney general who is awaiting the outcome from an investigation into allegations of drunkenly groping four women.
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GOSHEN — The expected cost of a pavilion and ice rink along the canal has increased to nearly $7.9 million, the Goshen Redevelopment Commission heard Tuesday, causing some board members to show signs of cold feet.
ELKHART — The sewage pump that failed in north Elkhart on Friday was outdated, and city crews were hoping to replace it.
ELKHART — Heavy machines have found a home in Elkhart’s Central Park the past week as contractors begin reshaping the greenspace.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County officials signed data storage contracts Monday as county departments prepare to move their information to the cloud.
NEW PARIS — A 10-year-old who was driving a skid loader was not injured when a car struck the boy’s vehicle from behind.
ELKHART — A Granger man was killed Monday night on the near west end of the city when his vehicle was hit from behind and pushed into the path of a pickup truck in the opposite lane, police said.
GOSHEN — Regina Shands Stoltzfus, Goshen College professor of peace, justice and conflict studies, was keynote speaker during the 2020 King Celebration at Goshen College.
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ELKHART — Some may view it as a day off, but a group of community members in Elkhart took Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an opportunity to educate the youth and honor his legacy.
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ELKHART — The loss of South Side School 70 years ago scattered the Rev. Jean Mayes and her sisters to other schools throughout Elkhart.
GOSHEN — Local residents will stand for peace and against war, for diplomacy and against aggression on Saturday.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Members of the Elkhart League of Women Voters attended League Day at the Statehouse on Thursday, the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Legislature ratifying the 19th Amendment.
GOSHEN — Attorneys for the estate of a man accused in a wrongful death lawsuit over a fatal July shooting are challenging the victim’s children to prove their claims.
ELKHART — An estimated $17,700 worth of damage was reported by the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center following an act of vandalism.
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ELKHART — Mayor Rod Roberson, who took office on Jan. 1, continues to make appointments for his new administration.
GOSHEN — The Elkhart County Food Council is slowing moving forward in an effort to discover how it can better serve the community.
GOSHEN — An evidence-based, world-renowned parenting support program for parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities is returning to Elkhart County courtesy of Triple P – Positive Parenting Program.
OGDEN DUNES (AP) — An Indiana state agency declined to declare an emergency at Lake Michigan beaches eroded by high water levels and a series of storms, saying there isn’t enough damage to public resources to warrant the use of federal disaster funds.
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ELKHART — Lacasa Inc. announced the construction of a new office at 516 S. Main St. in Elkhart to kick off its 50th year in Elkhart County.
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MIAMI (AP) — An Indiana man charged with negligent homicide in his young granddaughter's fatal fall from a cruise ship's open window in Puerto Rico leaned out of that window for several seconds before he lifted the child up to it and she fell, the cruise operator alleges in a court filing.
PRINCETON (AP) — Toyota has completed a $1.3 billion project modernizing an Indiana factory to boost vehicle production and adding 550 jobs, the company announced Friday.
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend-Elkhart Region has been named a 21st Century Talent Region by Indiana Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo.
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ELKHART — The Elkhart Public Library knows the importance of music in a child’s life and it is teaming up with the Elkhart Symphony Orchestra to ensure children get that exposure.
GOSHEN — A Merrillville man is accused of knocking a coach unconscious during a fight at a children’s soccer game in September.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of molesting a girl multiple times since 2015.
DUNLAP — Community members are invited to voice their opinions on what they desire from the superintendent of Concord Community Schools at two search forum sessions scheduled this month.
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