Elkhart County News

At Emmons Elementary School in Mishawaka, social worker Rose Clark refers to the prepackaged bags of food sent home with needy kids each Friday afternoon as "snacks." She was moved recently by one student's observation.

An Elkhart man was arrested on multiple preliminary charges after he stole a police car and hit barricades around the Johnson Street bridge construction Sunday night.

Elkhart County Transportation Manager Jeff Taylor highlighted some of the county's upcoming road and infrastructure projects at last week's summit of county leaders.

Two people are in the hospital after a three-car crash on an icy road in Elkhart County.

Add a few jobs here and a few jobs there and it begins to add up. Elkhart County officials took that to heart Saturday, signing off on a property tax abatement request for a company planning to hire 21 to 26 new workers as part of a $1.37 million upgrade.

Two Goshen residents were arrested in connection with a meth lab Thursday night.

State Sen. Joe Zakas, R-Granger, filed paperwork this week to seek re-election to the General Assembly, he announced in a news release.

A man who used a homemade sword in a 2007 murder has lost a legal appeal. The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the 64-year prison term for Edward Fair, 28, 901 W. Beardsley Ave., Elkhart.

Elkhart County played a part in President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address, and it played an even bigger part in one major network's coverage of the speech.

One year after President Obama thrust this hard-hit city into the national spotlight by using it as the launching pad for his economic stimulus proposal, positive signs abound.

Elkhart County's leaders meet Thursday for the first installment of what they've re-dubbed a "leadership summit." The annual event is meant to give county commissioners, the county council and other county leaders the opportunity to discuss some of the key issues at hand.

Six declared Elkhart County Sheriff candidates have filed their candidacy in the first 10 days of filing for the 2010 spring primary election.

Indiana Republican Jackie Walorski officially announced her candidacy in Mishawaka Sunday afternoon.

This spring, the Goshen College Music Center is offering a session of Music Together classes in an effort to bring the joy of singing and music learning to children from birth to age 7. The classes are being offered at eight locations in Elkhart County.

GOSHEN a ' Elkhart County dispatch said a business in Goshen caught fire late Friday night.

You won't hear harsh words from officials here about township government, notwithstanding a pair of state legislative proposals threatening the governmental unit's future.

The man arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the Phillips 66 on Lexington Ave.

A bus departs an Elkhart McDonald's before the sun rises. Arlene Mullett is riding 21/2 hours to the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago in an Elkhart County Shrine Club van.

The new multi-agency office in Elkhart County is finished and will soon be occupied by the Indiana State Police and the Indiana State Excise Police.

Levels of the E. coli bacteria in the Elkhart River, St. Joseph River and other Elkhart County waterways regularly exceeded state standards in testing last year.