Dunlap News

Hundreds of local volunteers help the Salvation Army in the annual "red kettle fund drive," a major fund-raiser that helps the Army operate in this holiday season and throughout the year.

Three drivers injured Three Goshen drivers were hurt in a rear-end chain-reaction crash at 7:37 a.m. Tuesday in Dunlap.

A routine search of Concord High School Friday morning is not expected to yield any charges, according to the sheriff's department.

Elkhart County Community Baptist Church's annual cookie walk is from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 23805 Sunnyside Ave.

The 10th annual Ecumenical Advent Lessons and Carols service will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at St.

Brenneman Day Care and Kindergarten, 61115 S.R. 15 N., Goshen, offers before- and after-school care, including meals, along with all-day care for working parents.

ELKHART COUNTY a * A major gas leak in Elkhart County closed all lanes of US 33 for a time in both directions around Dunlap.

A Goshen woman was hurt in a van-pedestrian accident at 7:04 a.m. Tuesday at U.S. 33 and C.R. 38.

Easy to make and materials provided except needle-nose pliers. $6 per person, space is limited and reservations recommended.

Elkhart County is taking another step to go green in several county-owned buildings, and they have been using some federal dollars to do it.

Hayrides leave at 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. Cost is $2 per adult, $1 per child 16 and younger.

Sometimes things go to according to plat. Sometimes not. Early plat maps of Elkhart County, some never before seen by local surveyors, are on display in a temporary exhibit at the Elkhart County Historical Museum.

Dunlap United Methodist Church, U.S. 33 and Lewis Street, will have a free fall festival from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday featuring home-cooked food, games and live music.

Brenneman Day Care and Kindergarten, 61115 S.R. 15 N., Goshen, offers before- and after-school care, including meals, along with all-day care for working parents.

OX BOW: Valuable prizes will be awarded to the winner of a Dutch Oven Cook-off scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

It's that time of year, when the apples are ready for picking and ghouls trek back to the land of the living for a few nights of shrieks and terror.

A state plan to remove job training workers from Elkhart libraries on Sundays and Mondays has drawn criticism from those who say the state should do more to help workers in the county with the highest jobless rate.

Don and Donna Schroeder, who have been married for 54 years, raised two sons and Don worked two careers before retiring 13 years ago to concentrate on their Lake Michigan charter boat business.

The club met Sept. 1 at Linton's Garden Center and enjoyed a tour around the facility.

President Barack Obama is set to visit Elkhart County again Wednesday, after visiting during the 2008 campaign and again last winter after taking office.