Shipshewana News

There's plenty of activity this week around the rural Shipshewana, Ind., facilities of KZRV LP, where some 70 U.S. and Canadian recreational vehicle dealers gathered for the towable RV builder's 26th annual open house - this one a special salute to the privately held northern Indiana company's 40th year in business.

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The Town Council gave its approval Thursday night for the town's clerk-treasurer to advertise for a new town manager.Shipshewana has been without someone in that position since the sudden resignation of former town manager Sheryl Kelly in late March.

The Indiana Department of Transportation said asphalt resurfacing on S.R. 5 in Shipshewana has begun.The project stretches from U.S. 20 through Shipshewana to C.R. 450N.

A Shipshewana man accused of operating an illegal salvage yard just outside his rural Shipshewana home has been given another five weeks to get his property cleaned up and to get his business into compliance with county zoning laws.

The Plymouth Park Department will be taking a trip to Shipshewana on Tuesday, June 26.A The adventure will depart from the Plymouth Public Pool on a school bus at 8:15 a.m. and return at 4:00 p.m. The cost for bus fare is $3 for city residents and $5 for non-residents. Shoppers will be free to attend the nation's largest outdoor flea market or ... (more)

Marriage licenses The following were issued recently in Noble County: Kenton James Borkholder, 20, of Bremen and Doris Jean Lehman, 20, of Ligonier.

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The American Red Cross will conduct a blood donation drive Friday from 1-5 p.m. at Splash Universe in the Special Events Room, 800 S. Van Buren St.People who are at least 17 years old , meet weight and height requirements and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.

A GasAmerica station on Auburn's West Seventh Street closed Friday for conversion to a Speedway station.

A traffic stop Tuesday night led to the arrest of a Shipshewana man for drug possession and driving while intoxicated.

Will Moses, an artist and great-grandson of the American folk artist Grandma Moses, is in town for Shipshewana's May Fest celebration.May Fest activities continue today with a parade, a garden tractor pull and a three-on-three basketball tournament.Moses and his work are the main attraction at the Galarina Folk Arts gallery in the old Shipshewana ... (more)