Ligonier News

July is a time to bring family and friends together to celebrate America's independence; it is also a time to commend the national spirit of America's blood donors.

Noble County's Master Gardeners will be taking a walk on the wet side on Saturday.

When recreational vehicle maker Forest River opened its first plant in this tiny LaGrange County community, the company worried if the town could provide enough workers.

At Wednesday's meeting, Ligonier Board of Works members approved the city's purchase of concrete for the purpose of preparing bases for three bronze figures being donated to the city.

Thunderstorms are possible across northern Indiana and northwest Ohio all day and overnight, the National Weather Service said Tuesday morning.

By ROD ROWE rod.rowe@goshennews.com Harold Weaver was one of the organizers of the Elkhart River Restoration Association and led the group about 15 years, even though he was not at the first organizational meeting when it was formed in the spring of 1983.

At Wednesday's Ligonier Board of Public Works and Safety meeting, Selge Construction was approved as the contractor for the downtown upgrades in the city's Streetscape Project.

A woman is in the hospital after a car accident Saturday morning near Millersburg.

Bunche Elementary School kindergartners count by 10 as they pass a bean bag Wednesday.

More than 300 employees are joining thousands of area auto workers in a long summer layoff.

A couple was rescued from the Elkhart River in Noble County Tuesday night, after their horse spooked and it pulled their buggy into the river at 7 p.m. Indiana Conservation Officer Justin Blake reported Maynard Hochstetler, 35, was operating the horse and buggy with a passenger, his wife, Luelon Hochstetler, 37.

Alyssa Schermerhorn saw the good work done in Ligonier when residents got together to clean up neighborhoods in her hometown.

Workers at Structural Composites of Indiana in Ligonier work with a fiberglass mold for a coal-car cover.

Big dreams are behind the small businesses created by University of Evansville students as part of a class project.

Northern Indiana may not have the exotic allure of Cambodia or Peru, but after 40 years of sending students around the world for a semester of cross-culture learning, Goshen College is launching a new location for its Study-Service Term program right in its own backyard.

Get ready for a full summer of fun at the festivals and fairs of Indiana, including Indianapolis 500, Amish Country Quilt Gardens Tour, Indiana State Fair and the Ligonier Marshmallow Festival.

'Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.' - President Franklin Roosevelt, April 1938 address to the Daughters of the American Revolution In spite of their status as a nation of immigrants, Americans have struggled with each wave of immigration, chafing against the influx ...

The recession and tougher enforcement have slowed or even reversed the tide of immigration in northeastern Indiana as immigrants leave the area to look for jobs.

The recession might have reversed the flow of immigration in northeastern Indiana as immigrants, both legal and illegal, leave the area to look for jobs, a newspaper reported.

Carla Trinklein's kindergarten class at West Noble Elementary began the school year with 24 students but now has 16 as students and their families left the area.