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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.
Showing of 87 results for Elkhart County Highway Department.
| ID | 102081 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County to advertise for bids for second half of paving needs |
| Notes | C.E. Hughes Milling Inc.; Niblock Excavating |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | County paving |
| Date | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, Elkhart County Highway Department, Weirick, Suzie, Rieth-Riley Construction Co. |
| ID | 102011 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Cost to replace highway signs: $500K to $1.6M |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | Jul 01, 2025 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Commissioners, Elkhart County Highway Department, Premium Concrete Services |
| ID | 101994 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Bainter Town bridge to close ahead of rehab |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | map of location and detour |
| Date | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, City of Goshen, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 101918 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County looks at major paving program, bridge replacements |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | Jun 03, 2025 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | City of Goshen, Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, Elkhart County Highway Department, Weirick, Suzie |
| ID | 101462 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County RDC considers Prairie Creek greenway plan |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Lily Creek Greenway Concept Plan |
| Date | Apr 08, 2025 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | Prairie Creek Run District, Elkhart County Redevelopment Commission, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 100210 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County makes appropriations for bridge projects |
| Notes | GAI Consultants |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Tim Jackson |
| Date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, Bridges, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 100176 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County to replace bridge |
| Notes | C.R. 142 between C.R. 21 and S.R. 15 |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | Jan 02, 2025 |
| Page | A5 |
| Subjects | Bridges, New Paris, IN, Infrastructure, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 99588 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Tens of millions of dollars in bridge work in county pipeline |
| Notes | USI Consultants Inc. |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Kyle Wagner |
| Date | Dec 03, 2024 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Bridges, Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) |
| ID | 98941 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Former highway engineer fills role as consultant |
| Notes | Charlie McKenzie; USI Consultants |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Jeff Taylor |
| Date | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Page | A1, A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Board of Commissioners, Elkhart County Council |
| ID | 98924 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | C.R. 17, U.S. 33 lane closures expected this week |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | route of path |
| Date | Oct 09, 2024 |
| Page | A1, A6 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, U.S. 33, County Road 17, Bicycle/Pedestrian Paths |
| ID | 98877 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County looks at leftover paving needs |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Kyle Wagner speaks |
| Date | Oct 01, 2024 |
| Page | A1, A3 |
| Subjects | Roads, Paving of, Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Commissioners |
| ID | 98125 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Valuable experience, contribution |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Payton Fish, Colten Martens, Spencer Beane, Cohen McGee, Merrill Weddell; Colten Martens uses surveying equipment |
| Date | Aug 07, 2024 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Internships, Elkhart County Board of Commissioners |
| ID | 96897 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County updates speed limit ordinance |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | speed limit sign by road |
| Date | May 21, 2024 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Speed Limits, Ordinances, Traffic, Elkhart County Commissioners, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 96667 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Paving the Pumpkinvine |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | bicyclists on trail |
| Date | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Elkhart County Commissioners, Goshen Common Council, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 94779 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County highway engineer recognized by state organization |
| Notes | Outstanding County Engineer of the Year |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Charlie McKenzie, Mark Heirbrandt |
| Date | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Awards |
| ID | 93210 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Toll Road overpass to close for traffic study |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Map of locations for new no-through-truck signs |
| Date | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Indiana Toll Road, Elkhart County Highway Department, Traffic |
| ID | 85805 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County opens bids for C.R. 38 improvements |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | Dec 06, 2022 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | County Road 38, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 85043 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County signs snow plowing contracts to prep for winter |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Kent Myers |
| Date | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Snow Removal |
| ID | 76914 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Crews remove tree from bridge |
| Notes | Middlebury Street Bridge; Tipton Street; Grand Avenue |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Crew members removing tree from the Middlebury Street Bridge |
| Date | Dec 24, 2021 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 76762 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County hikes fees for horse-drawn vehicles |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Horse-drawn buggy |
| Date | Dec 07, 2021 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Horse and Buggy, Fees, Municipal |
| ID | 76521 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Highway Department has plows, salt ready for winter |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Kent Myers |
| Date | Dec 01, 2021 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Roads - Snow and Ice Control, Snow Removal |
| ID | 72289 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Concord Township leaders voice concerns with overpass plan |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Dan Miller |
| Date | Aug 27, 2020 |
| Page | A1, A7 |
| Subjects | Concord Township, Elkhart County Highway Department, Highways |
| ID | 66422 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | New radar signs installed near Concord Schools |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Traffic near Concord Ox Bow Elementary School; Nic Minder |
| Date | January 15, 2020 |
| Page | A1, A7 |
| Subjects | Concord Community Schools, Elkhart County Highway Department, Traffic |
| ID | 65072 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | 'Native foods' subject of museum talk |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Exhibit at Elkhart County Historical Museum; Painting of Native Americans |
| Date | February 4, 2019 |
| Page | A1, A2 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path |
| ID | 64968 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County museum to take visitors behind the scenes |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Visitors at Elkhart County Historical Museum |
| Date | January 4, 2019 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path, McGuire, Patrick |
| ID | 64933 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Exhibit aims to tell the story of how Elkhart County came to be |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Artifacts; Elkhart County exhibit |
| Date | December 21, 2018 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path |
| ID | 65282 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Museum program focuses on natural disasters |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Elkhart street in 1908 |
| Date | March 19, 2018 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Natural Disasters |
| ID | 63162 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Museum's archives to be more accessible |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Julie Parke, Elkhart County Historical Society Museum director, and Amy Christiansen, archivist, in front of 2-D archives; Amy Christiansen carefully flips through journal |
| Date | January 14, 2018 |
| Page | A1, A5 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Digital Archives, Grants |
| ID | 62896 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Parke brings love of history with Elkhart County |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Julie Parke, new executive director of Elkhart County Historical Museum |
| Date | November 16, 2017 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, History, Elkhart County, Parke, Julie |
| ID | 61836 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | People of Elkhart series continues |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | Historical marker documents the story of Krider nurseries, stories of Vernon Krider and Amos Kunderd |
| Date | May 10, 2017 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Kunderd, A. E., Krider Nurseries |
| ID | 57991 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County to improve unpaved road |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Date | July 3, 2015 |
| Page | A2 |
| Subjects | Exchange Club of Elkhart, Elkhart County Highway Department, Roads, Paving of |
| ID | 54435 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Public airs concerns on CR 38 |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | June 12, 2014 |
| Page | C1, C2 |
| Subjects | County Road 38, Roads, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 54060 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Ex-highway workers speak out |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of Joseph Wodtkey |
| Date | April 13, 2014 |
| Page | A1, A2 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Council, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 54483 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | A Sense of Place |
| Notes | Newsletter of the Elkhart County Historical Society and Museum |
| Source | Other |
| Location | Clubs and Organizations File |
| Date | February 2, 2014 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Historical Society |
| ID | 54137 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | A Sense of Place |
| Notes | Newsletter of the Elkhart County Historical Society and Museum |
| Source | Other |
| Location | Clubs and Organizations File |
| Date | January 1, 2014 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Historical Society |
| ID | 53176 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | C.R. 108 repairs 'good' says Foutz |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of Foutz |
| Date | November 5, 2013 |
| Page | A1, A2 |
| Subjects | Roads, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Council, Foutz, David |
| ID | 53153 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Neighbors sign petition to criticize C.R. 108 roadwork |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of Anthony Gaby |
| Date | November 1, 2013 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Roads, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 53066 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Highway dept. responds to C.R. 108 complaints |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Date | October 18, 2013 |
| Page | C1 |
| Subjects | Roads, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 51891 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Bridge study shows need for repair and replacement |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of Prairie Street Bridge construction |
| Date | May 3, 2013 |
| Page | C1 |
| Subjects | Bridges, Roads, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 51405 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Museum solicits public feedback with special event |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of former director Nick Hoffman |
| Date | February 11, 2013 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, Schuld, Matt |
| ID | 51145 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Elkhart County Highway Department to sell some equipment at auction |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm – Reference Desk |
| Date | December 18, 2012 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Health Officer, Government, Elkhart County, Auctions, Elkhart County Commissioners |
| ID | 50800 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | HIghway manager: more money needed |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo |
| Date | September 13, 2012 |
| Page | A1, A2 |
| Subjects | Budget, Elkhart County, Government, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department, Roads, Elkhart County |
| ID | 47432 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Museum director leaving post |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of Hoffman |
| Date | March 9, 2011 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Hoffman, Nicholas J. |
| ID | 44779 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Making room for history |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of museum director |
| Date | March 18, 2010 |
| Page | D1 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Hoffman, Nicholas J., Elkhart County Historical Society, Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department |
| ID | 43062 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County hopes tweak fixes C.R. 17 flow |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | October 4, 2009 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | County Road 17, Bridge, Six Span, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 43038 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | County highway chief to testify before legislative panel |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | September 29, 2009 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Funding, Federal Stimulus (2009-2010), Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 40116 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Bridge under watch |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | December 31, 2008 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Bridge, Six Span, Bridges, Elkhart County Highway Department |
| ID | 39844 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Rough roads ahead? |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Picture Caption | photo of driver |
| Date | November 30, 2008 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Roads - Snow and Ice Control, Elkhart County Highway Department, Roads, Elkhart County, Government, Elkhart County |
| ID | 39612 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Elkhart County Historical Society Museum annex to be unveiled |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | November 7, 2008 |
| Page | A3 |
| Subjects | Elkhart County Highway Department, Elkhart County Historical Society |
| ID | 38062 |
|---|---|
| Title of Article | Residents fear throwing money down the drain |
| Source | Elkhart Truth |
| Location | Microfilm - Reference Desk |
| Date | July 9, 2008 |
| Page | A1 |
| Subjects | Pledge Of Allegiance, Drainage, Government, Elkhart County, Elkhart County Highway Department |