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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
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
Elkhart’s Cassiday Cook and Brennen Crouch show off their state championship medals after the Lions won the Unified Track state title last spring; Elkhart senior Hayden Dinehart holds up her poster for the 2026 Unified Track team
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.
Dancers in costume dance with children during the Día del Niños event at DeliaMar Mega Shop on Thursday; ABOVE LEFT: Children play in a pile of foam during the Día del Niños event at DeliaMar Mega Shop on Thursday. ABOVE RIGHT: A machine shoots out foam as children play. RIGHT: Felipe Merino (middle), managing attorney at Merino Law Firm in Goshen, speaks to the audience at the start of the Día del Niños event.
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
Work continues on the demolition of the former Elkhart High School on Franklin Street. Crews hope to salvage the stone sign and columns, city officials said. The former school, replaced decades ago by the district, was annexed to the newer county courts building, which also will be demolished after the county completed construction of the Elkhart County Courthouse at U.S. 33 and Reliance Road in Goshen. City officials have said they plan to seek private development of the block in downtown Elkhart. The work for this phase of the operation is being done by masonry restoration company RestoreWorks, located in Chicago and Northwest Indiana; Work continues on the demolition of the former Elkhart High School on Franklin Street. Crews hope to salvage the stone sign and columns, city officials said. The former school, replaced decades ago by the district, was annexed to the newer county courts building, which also will be demolished after the county completed construction of the Elkhart County Courthouse at U.S. 33 and Reliance Road in Goshen. City officials have said they plan to seek private development of the block in downtown Elkhart. The work for this phase of the operation is being done by masonry restoration company RestoreWorks, located in Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Elkhart Air Force JROTC Raider Team notches 5th place at national championship
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
The event served as the third annual national championship, bringing together elite Raider teams from across the country to compete for the title of Raider National Champion.
Tucker Florea, Jayde Lippert put boxes into vehicle; Jayde Lippert, Sophia Jones, Zach Davis, Jim Moore pose in front of Lippert Cares sponsor sign; Scott Griffey opens box; Cassie Ross puts box in trunk
The National New York Central Railroad Museum has announced ElkhartRail175, a yearlong celebration marking 175 years since the first train arrived in Elkhart on Oct. 3, 1851
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
A worker helps tear down the last of the old Elkhart High School building Thursday, part of the demolition of the former county courts building on Franklin Street between 2nd and 3rd streets. The building had been used as an annex to the courts building and is being leveled as part of the redevelopment of the entire block. C&E Excavating is the contractor hired to do the job, the city said.
