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.
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ID
103682
Title of Article
City honors fallen officers
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Elkhart Police Department Honor Guard members shoot; Jason Brooks gives invocation; Leonard Sailor plays bagpipes; Elkhart Police officers salute; Andrew Whitmyer delivers opening remarks
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
A1, A6
ID
103687
Title of Article
Seven new officers accept oath of office
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Jack Ballard, Lucio Chumas, Kalen Smith, Samuel Clemons, John Vogt, Drew Smithson, Sheriff Jeff Siegel, Carla Hernandez-Velasco
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
A3
ID
103690
Title of Article
Jayco unveils newly built unified sales facility
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Jayco’s new Sales Center; Nic Martin; new Jayco Sales Center; Ken Walters
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
B1, B4
ID
103691
Title of Article
Retailer is invited to small business summit
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Danny Reynolds
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
B1
ID
103669
Title of Article
Schools face stricter cellphone rules under new ‘bell-to-bell’ law
Leah Landes Biddle, center, and daughter Hadley receive “I voted” stamps from poll worker Barbara Potuck; Samantha O’Dell casts a vote Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church in Goshen
A tinsmith shapes a cup the old-fashioned way based on a design found at Fort Ouiatenon near modern-day West Lafayette. The fort, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Militiamen and frontiersmen chat during the Five Medals 2026 reenactment at Amish Acres in Nappanee. This was the second year the longtime event was held at Amish Acres; Kevin Stewart of Winona, Indiana, talk with guests about a modified Chippewa kitchen that might have been found in Wisconsin hundreds of years ago according to the work of archaeologists. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Joe Zdziebko of Osceola, a teacher and reenactor, shows a musketball used during the French and Indian War. Part of the Five Medals event at Amish Acres in Nappanee, Zdziebko was depicting a French marine of the 1750s and showed furs, maps and weapons used during the period; Members of various militia muster Saturday as part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day reenactment event at Amish Acres in Nappanee
Elkhart schools receive national student health award
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Steve Higginbotham, CEO of Smile America Partners, presents the Smile America Partners 2026 Children’s Health Champion Award to Elkhart Community Schools. From left are Higginbotham; Kelsey Rockstroh, district health services coordinator; Michele A. Riise, interim superintendent; and Lindsey Brander, director of student services; A second-grade student at Roosevelt STEAM Academy has his teeth cleaned by Patricia Zimmer, a registered dental hygienist with Indiana Dental Outreach.
Regional air quality improvement projects recognized at annual event
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Seed to Feed was one of three organizations honored in Elkhart at the Michiana Area Council of Governments’ (MACOG) 2026 Partners for Clean Air Awards Luncheon
Voters mill around and speak with candidates at the League of Women Voters event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart; Carl Stutsman, Democratic candidate for House District 48, speaks with voter Ian Thompson during a meet-and-greet event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart; Michelle Milne, Democratic primary candidate for House District 49, left, speaks with a voter during a meet-and-greet event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart
Boldt expands ownership with two additional McDonald’s locations
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Lilly Boldt is a McDonald’s manager in Plymouth while her father, Billy Boldt, owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants in Nappanee, Middlebury and LaGrange.
