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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.

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of 5446 results for Goshen.

ID	102647
Title of Article	Elkhart County, Goshen officials eye bridge reconstruction
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Bridge 410
Date	Nov 18, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Bridges, Elkhart County, Goshen

ID	102640
Title of Article	‘Devastating consequences’
Notes	Senate Enrolled Act 1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Steven Clark, Gina Leichty speak at Goshen Theater; Blake Doriot, Joanna King, Steven Clark, Gina Leichty.
Date	Nov 15, 2025
Page	A1, A4
Subjects	Property Tax Assessments, Property Tax Caps

ID	102628
Title of Article	City contracts to close remaining downtown vaults
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	downtown underground storage vaults
Date	Nov 13, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Underground Vaults, Goshen

ID	102626
Title of Article	Light Parade brings 1st sign of the holidays
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Man wearing Wildcat head; A girl watches; Crowds wave
Date	Nov 10, 2025
Page	A6
Subjects	First Fridays (Goshen)

ID	102612
Title of Article	County bands head to state competition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Concord High School marching band; Jimtown High School marching band; Fairfield marching band; Goshen High School marching band
Date	Nov 06, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Indiana State School Music Association Inc.

ID	102606
Title of Article	Goshen police must report legal status under new policy
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Criminal Justice Complex
Date	Nov 05, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Immigration Issues, Goshen Police Department

ID	102600
Title of Article	Vietnam photos from Goshen resident in exhibit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mark Kurtz holds an enlargement of a photo he donated to the Indiana Historical Society.
Date	Nov 01, 2025
Page	D1
Subjects	Photographers, Vietnam War

ID	102597
Title of Article	Pink boat auction raises $25,500 for cancer care
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Smoker Craft’s pink boat auction raised $25,500 support cancer treatment and support services for patients and families served by Goshen Center for Cancer Care.
Date	Oct 31, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Fund Raising, Donations

ID	102584
Title of Article	Over 40 residents take part in community tree planting
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Residents planting trees; Tree equity scores
Date	Oct 30, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Trees, City of Goshen

ID	102569
Title of Article	Goshen library budget adopted at $5M
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ann-Margaret Rice
Date	Oct 29, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Public Library, Budgets

ID	102549
Title of Article	Goshen developers propose 32-unit apartment
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Apartment complex
Date	Oct 25, 2025
Subjects	Goshen Redevelopment Commission, Housing

ID	102537
Title of Article	City of Goshen wins inaugural Goldsmith Prize for Innovation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gina Leichty
Date	Oct 24, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Awards, City of Goshen

ID	102513
Title of Article	Goshen College reports steady enrollment
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen College students
Date	Oct 17, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen College

ID	102481
Title of Article	Special officer receives state recognition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Joanna King presents Award to James Ballard
Date	Oct 09, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Goshen Police Department

ID	102482
Title of Article	City’s budget ‘about as good as we can do’
Notes	Senate Enrolled Act 1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 09, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Goshen Common Council, Budget, Goshen City

ID	102438
Title of Article	Goshen senior Yoder Rupp named Commended Student
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen High School senior Caitlin Yoder Rupp and Assistant Principal Darin Holsopple pose for a photo
Date	Oct 01, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen High School

ID	102432
Title of Article	City court, fire leasing historic courthouse space
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Courthouse; Steve Olsen speaks to board of commissioners
Date	Sep 30, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Courts Building, City of Goshen

ID	102391
Title of Article	Goshen holds first reading of ’26 budget
Notes	Senate Enrolled Act 1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gina Leichty
Date	Sep 24, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Budget, Goshen City

ID	102349
Title of Article	City crafts budget amid ‘looming financial crisis’
Notes	Senate Enrolled Act 1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gina Leichty
Date	Sep 19, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Goshen Common Council, Budget, Goshen City

ID	102351
Title of Article	Goshen senior named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Darin Holsopple, Ezra Tice, David Post
Date	Sep 19, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Community Schools

ID	102326
Title of Article	Goshen Recycling Center closure becomes permanent
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Sep 16, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Recycling, Goshen

ID	102320
Title of Article	Goshen Council warns of ‘looming crisis’ from SEA 1
Notes	Senate Enrolled Act 1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Sep 13, 2025
Page	A4
Subjects	Property Tax Assessments, Property Tax Caps

ID	102288
Title of Article	ARTS RETURN TO MILLRACE
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	12th annual Arts on the Millrace
Date	Sep 09, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Arts on the Millrace, Goshen

ID	102201
Title of Article	The Chief to stay open year-round with drive-thru service
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ice Cream
Date	Aug 28, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Chief, The, Goshen

ID	102175
Title of Article	Residents, council members angry about wheel tax
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	road in Goshen
Date	Aug 27, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Taxes, Wheel, Goshen Common Council

ID	102153
Title of Article	Developer to turn empty office into apartments
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	drawing of apartment
Date	Aug 22, 2025
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Housing, Goshen

ID	102118
Title of Article	Blaha named Goshen interim principal
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Karen Blaha
Date	Aug 13, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Intermediate School

ID	102112
Title of Article	Two companies face fines in IOSHA safety notices
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 09, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Stamping, Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA)

ID	102097
Title of Article	Jude Barger returns as Goshen volleyball coach
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 02, 2025
Page	C3
Subjects	Goshen High School, City of Goshen, Volleyball, School Athletics

ID	102089
Title of Article	Mayor: No plans to reopen recycling site
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen Recycling Center
Date	Aug 01, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Recycling, Leichty, Gina (Goshen Mayor)

ID	102082
Title of Article	Goshen advances local wheel tax bill
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gina Leichty; roads
Date	Jul 30, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Taxation, Taxes, Wheel, Goshen Common Council

ID	102085
Title of Article	Elkhart PD welcomes in six new officers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kaleb Rucker, Andy Rucker; Tim Hershberger, Paige Hershberger; Conner Gimson, Matthew Gimson; Rod Roberson, Desmond Wilkins-Maxwell, Seth Bayes, Kaleb Rucker, Paige Hershberger, Trenton Jacks Conner Gimson, Dan Milanese.
Date	Jul 30, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Roberson, Rod (mayor), Elkhart Police Department, Goshen Police Department

ID	102075
Title of Article	Police arrest machetewielding home intruder
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Christopher Edwards
Date	Jul 25, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Crime, Elkhart County Corrections Facility, Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, City of Goshen

ID	102070
Title of Article	Senior Day showcases singing, peeling, cooking talents
Notes	Senior Citizen Talent Showcase
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mary Jane and Willie Miller and Sherry Weaver; apple peeling contest; Lana Mull, Dana Miller, Linda Eager and Tom Jones
Date	Jul 24, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Senior Citizens, Greencroft Center

ID	102066
Title of Article	JDAI program gets $80K grant for 13th year
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ross Maxwell
Date	Jul 22, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	City of Goshen, Elkhart County Council, Elkhart Community Schools

ID	102058
Title of Article	Chickens, rabbits first up for exhibition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tim Calloway and Joseph Mitschelen look; Poultry Club members line up during exhibition Cecelia Fry coloring; over the birds;
Date	Jul 19, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	City of Goshen, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County

ID	102060
Title of Article	Goshen High launches Startup Moxie program to empower young entrepreneurs
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen Community Schools board president Bradd Weddell, Startup Moxie Elkhart County Executive Director Kristine Weimer and GCS Superintendent Jim DuBois
Date	Jul 19, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	City of Goshen, Goshen High School, Startup Moxie

ID	102061
Title of Article	Goshen schools receive grant to strengthen early learning
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 19, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Community Schools, Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	102062
Title of Article	Italy bound
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Brynn Shoup-Hill
Date	Jul 19, 2025
Page	C1, C2
Subjects	City of Goshen, Goshen High School, Basketball

ID	102052
Title of Article	Couple charged with stealing from special needs adult
Notes	Adult Protective Services; Elkhart Police Department; Special Needs
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 18, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Crime, Elkhart County Circuit Court, Christofeno, Michael (Judge)

ID	102054
Title of Article	Judge: No reason to remove Baugo trustee over financial errors
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 18, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	City of Goshen, Baugo Township, Christofeno, Michael (Judge), Elkhart County Circuit Court

ID	102050
Title of Article	Double homicide draws 140-year sentence
Notes	Christain Wall; Michael Pike; Jalen Young
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Christain Wall
Date	Jul 17, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Crime, Homicides, Elkhart Circuit Court

ID	102051
Title of Article	Hard works pays off
Notes	Notre Dame University; Northridge High School; Concord High School ; Indiana Mavericks
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Braxton Cline
Date	Jul 17, 2025
Page	B1, B2
Subjects	Goshen High School, Baseball Players, NorthWood High School

ID	102047
Title of Article	Goshen hits pause on new fire station, citing SB1
Notes	Fourth Fire Station shelved.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	drawing of fire station
Date	Jul 16, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Goshen Municipal Airport, Goshen Redevelopment Commission, Goshen Common Council

ID	102046
Title of Article	Mud run held in lieu of youth triathlon
Notes	Kerry’s Kids and Teens Mud Run;
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Children slide through foam and mud; child wears medal; child by inner tube; child crawls through mud under strings of pennants
Date	Jul 15, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Pringle Park, Shanklin Park, Goshen Parks and Recreation Department, Kerry’s Kids Foundation

ID	102039
Title of Article	Goshen RDC donates $100K to school pathways program
Notes	Career and Technical Education program;
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 12, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Goshen, Goshen Redevelopment Commission, Goshen Community Schools

ID	102032
Title of Article	Transfer of courthouse property to city approved
Notes	1905 Reliance Road, Elkhart; Courthouse, Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	courthouse at 315 S. 2nd St. Elkhart
Date	Jul 11, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart City Council, Elkhart County Courthouse, City of Goshen, Roberson, Rod (mayor)

ID	102030
Title of Article	Estimate for third phase of College Avenue work doubles
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	College Avenue
Date	Jul 10, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Goshen Redevelopment Commission, City of Goshen, College Avenue, Goshen

ID	102031
Title of Article	Little Big Idea grant program help fuel community-building
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Essie Monge. Emery Monge
Date	Jul 10, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Little Big Idea Grant, Vibrant Communities, Goshen Public Library, City of Goshen

ID	102009
Title of Article	MUSIC LOVERS PACK CANAL FOR FLOAT FEST
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Sugar Bomb performs; Kebabs cook on a kayak-mounted grill; Concertgoers share a beer
Date	Jul 01, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	City of Goshen