Shipshewana News

In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, Amish-owned E&S Sales in Shipshewana, Ind., is patronized by Amish and non-Amish. The store was recently doubled in size.

It's been coming to the Century Center for 18 years, and this weekend, Shipshewana on the road is back.

NEW HAVEN, Ind. - Martin Schmucker is sitting on a brown plaid sofa at the front of his store, occasionally stroking his long, gray beard as he tells a story about a supplier from out of state.

Hours : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, except in winter, when the store is closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The annual Midwest Women in Agriculture conference should help attendees develop new ideas and perspectives on agriculture to take home to their communities.

It sounded too good to be true, and it was: For more than a year beginning in 2007, Delaware County officials courted two would-be developers from New York who planned to locate an 800-acre entertainment complex -- including a waterpark, hotels, stores, restaurants and athletic facilities -- locally, creating up to 1,800 jobs.

Sisters LeeAnn Pearce, Terri Van Wagner and Kelly Mattes walk down a sidewalk Saturday morning in Shipshewana.

A Shipshewana man was arrested Thursday by the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department on two counts of child molesting.

Shipshewana will get a new police officer soon. The Town Council voted Thursday to allow Shipshewana Town Marshal Tom Fitch to start looking for a new police officer to fill an empty position.

The town of Shipshewana is planning a major makeover. A revitalization planning committee presented it's initial findings and input from the community at a meeting Wednesday.

A rural Shipshewana man was arrested late Monday night on numerous drug-related and weapons charges after Indiana State Police troopers and LaGrange County sheriff's deputies attempted to serve him with court papers, state police said Wednesday.

One by one, they step down from the van, grab shopping carts and head silently into the store.

For as little as $1, plus the cost of advertising, residents attempt to acquire land from LaGrange County.