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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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ID	102677
Title of Article	Railroad museum wins grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Nov 25, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	National New York Central Railroad Museum, Grants, Indiana Historical Society

ID	102605
Title of Article	Mishler joins team responding to hurricane disaster
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Grant Matthews, Dr. Andre Gvozden, Aaron Mishler
Date	Nov 04, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Mishler, Aaron, Hurricanes

ID	102532
Title of Article	Community Foundation awards $3.6M in grants
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 23, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Grants, Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	102110
Title of Article	School wins Heart Challenge grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	A group of children
Date	Aug 08, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Concord East Side Elementary School

ID	102091
Title of Article	ADEC receives summer camp grant
Notes	Everwise Foundation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	ADEC employees; Everwise employees
Date	Aug 01, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Association for the Disabled of Elkhart County (ADEC), Everwise Credit Union

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	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	102053
Title of Article	Fellowship program celebrates impact
Notes	Tolson Center for Community Excellence; Taste of Africa; Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant;Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ryan Eilts, Levon Johnson; South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership; Andrew Wiand
Date	Jul 18, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Benham Neighborhood Initiative, enFocus, Hotel Elkhart, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

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	102023
Title of Article	Crossroads United Way Awards $620,900 in community grants
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 08, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Crossroads United Way, Lexington House

ID	101989
Title of Article	County council awards $300,000 in grants to nonprofits
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Child and Parent Services in Elkhart
Date	Jun 21, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Center for Community Justice, Council On Aging, Child And Parent Services (CAPS), Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

ID	101958
Title of Article	Mission of immigrant aid group evolves
Notes	Elkhart County Corrections Facility; Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S.; Culp, Mike;
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jane Ross Richer
Date	Jun 14, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Center for Healing and Hope, Deportation, Immigration Issues, League of Women Voters

ID	101930
Title of Article	Tolson Center receives $3,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Notes	Tolson Center; Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF); Tolson Summer Quest
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jun 05, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Dollar General Inc., Tolson Center for Community Excellence

ID	101896
Title of Article	Crossroads announces capital grants, unification plan
Notes	City of Goshen; LaGrange County Council on Aging; Association for the Disabled of Elkhart County (ADEC);
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 24, 2025
Page	A5
Subjects	Crossroads United Way, City of Elkhart, Amish Community, Ryan’s Place

ID	101855
Title of Article	Grant helps bring music event to river community
Notes	Music on the River; Block Grant; Vibrant Communities Block Grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nancy Nicholas; Upper St. Joseph River.
Date	May 16, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Greenleaf Boulevard, Senior Citizens

ID	101815
Title of Article	Medicaid work requirements among bills signed into law
Notes	Transportation infrastructure funding; Community Crossings Matching Grant Program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mike Braun signs executive orders
Date	May 03, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Braun, Mike (Governor), Healthy Indiana Plan, Medicaid, Indiana National Guard

ID	101761
Title of Article	Granger student leads launch team in NASA competition
Notes	Grant Parker; Wright Stuff Rocketeers (WSR) High Power Launch
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Cedarville University's NASA Student Launch team; rocket; Cedarville University NASA Student Launch team pose with rocket
Date	Apr 26, 2025
Page	D1
Subjects	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Granger

ID	101797
Title of Article	Judge grants joinder for 2 of 3 defendants in murder case
Notes	Toby Ray Fisher
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ashley Seabolt; Stephonn Sutton; Sami Hussen
Date	Apr 26, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Trials, Elkhart County Circuit Court, Shootings, Homicides

ID	101466
Title of Article	City weathers temporary suspension of $1M urban forestry grant
Notes	Urban and Community Forestry Program; anti-DEI orders
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley helps Boys and Girls Club plant tree
Date	Apr 09, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Forestry, Grants, United States Department of Agriculture, City of Goshen

ID	101423
Title of Article	Concord to launch full-day pre-K
Notes	Next Generation School Improvement Grant; On My Way Pre-K
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kara Coryn speaks to kindergarten class; Dan Funston
Date	Apr 03, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Concord Community Schools, Pre-K Services, Concord Mini Minutemen Preschool, Building Strong Brains

ID	101424
Title of Article	Small ‘block’ grants aim to bolster neighborhoods
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lauren Sedillo
Date	Apr 03, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Vibrant Communities, Vibrant Elkhart County Initiative, Grants

ID	101382
Title of Article	Mennonite Action organizes rally in support of immigrants, Palestinians
Notes	Norm Waggy, M.D.; God’s Love Knows No Borders
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mennonite Action Michiana rally
Date	Mar 29, 2025
Page	A6
Subjects	Mennonite Action, Immigration Issues, Peace Issues

ID	101136
Title of Article	Notre Dame freezes hiring as Trump threatens universities’ funding
Notes	National Institutes of Health
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Mar 14, 2025
Page	A5
Subjects	Notre Dame University, United States Department of Education, Grants

ID	100769
Title of Article	Demonstrators voice support for immigrants
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Sara Olayo-Evangelista, Goshen College students protest; Sam Linares, Felix Saldivar, Maria Banderas display banner
Date	Feb 25, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Immigration Issues, Hispanic/Latino Community, Demonstrations, Elkhart County Courthouse

ID	100738
Title of Article	100 Women Who Care gives to Friendship Flights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	100 Women Who Care Elkhart County
Date	Feb 20, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	100 Women Who Care, Friendship Flights, Grants

ID	100732
Title of Article	Indiana panel advances AG-backed immigration crackdown
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ryan Dvorak
Date	Feb 19, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Government, Indiana State, Legislature, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S., Undocumented Immigrants

ID	100711
Title of Article	Joy Blooms wins grant to ‘spread joy’
Notes	2528 Bypass Road, Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jaime Garton makes bouquet; Erica Coppens puts together small bouquets; Martha Weaver and Ritva Menbere talk
Date	Feb 15, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Joy Blooms Inc., Elkhart County Community Foundation, Grants, Hellenic Senior Living of Elkhart

ID	100715
Title of Article	Mennonite Church USA joins ‘sensitive locations’ lawsuit
Notes	Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Feb 15, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Mennonite Church USA, Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S., Undocumented Immigrants

ID	100668
Title of Article	Community braces for anti-immigration campaign
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Matt Elliston; protesters
Date	Feb 13, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S., Hispanic/Latino Community, Braun, Mike (Governor)

ID	100281
Title of Article	‘Put their needs first’
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mike Braun gives his first State of the State address; rally outside Statehouse
Date	Jan 31, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Braun, Mike (Governor), Taxes, Property, Undocumented Immigrants, Indiana Economic Development Corp.

ID	100267
Title of Article	Health board awards $1.1M in pass-through grants
Notes	Health First Indiana
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Board of Health
Date	Jan 28, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Grants

ID	100249
Title of Article	MACOG gets grant to help study rail safety improvements
Notes	Railroad Crossing Elimination Program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Traffic waits for freight train; map of crossings in study
Date	Jan 22, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG), Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp., Grants, Railroad Traffic

ID	100213
Title of Article	City secures funding for Hively overpass
Notes	U.S. Department of Transportation; 2024 Railroad Crossing Elimination Program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	intersection of Hively Avenue and South Main Street; Alternate travel route plans; view of the project looking south
Date	Jan 16, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Grants, Infrastructure, Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp., Aspire Elkhart

ID	100129
Title of Article	Goshen adopts anti-hate statement after flyers found
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Dec 26, 2024
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Goshen Common Council, Ku Klux Klan, Undocumented Immigrants

ID	100128
Title of Article	Museum announces grant from Bristol American Legion Post 143
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Frank Parmater, Julie Park, Jane Rieth, Roger Evans deliver donation check to the Elkhart County Historical Museum
Date	Dec 24, 2024
Page	A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, American Legion

ID	100115
Title of Article	$7.5M grant to support early childhood program
Notes	Building Strong Brains; Community Leadership Implementation Grants; Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT VIII)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Pete McCown
Date	Dec 21, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc., Tolson Center for Community Excellence, Grants

ID	100107
Title of Article	$42.5M awarded in regional READI fund grants
Notes	Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) 2.0
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Dec 20, 2024
Subjects	Regional Development Authority, Northern Indiana, Tri-County Workforce Home Ownership Initiative, Elkhart River District, Cherry Creek

ID	100109
Title of Article	Grant to fund Beacon’s mobile maternal services unit
Notes	Mobile Mom Unit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Representatives from Beacon Health System and 1st Source Foundation
Date	Dec 20, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Beacon Health System, 1st Source Bank, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program

ID	99929
Title of Article	Little BIG Idea Grant 2.0 announces first winner
Notes	2025 Halloween Book Giveaway
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rebekah Whirledge with table of books; trick-or-treating visitors select books
Date	Dec 14, 2024
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Little Big Idea Grant, Vibrant Communities, Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	99679
Title of Article	Well Foundation boosts local health programs
Notes	Greatest Need Fund
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Dec 07, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Well Foundation, Elkhart County, Health Care, Grants

ID	100199
Title of Article	Klan flyers urge immigrants to leave
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	anti-immigrant Klan flyer
Date	Nov 20, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Ku Klux Klan, City of Goshen, City of Elkhart, Undocumented Immigrants

ID	99283
Title of Article	100 Women Who Care awards grant to Bristol food pantry
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Representatives from Hearts United for Bristol receive a $10,000 grant
Date	Nov 16, 2024
Page	A5
Subjects	100 Women Who Care, Grants, Food Pantries

ID	99135
Title of Article	Community Foundation of Elkhart County reports record $461M in assets
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Nov 02, 2024
Page	A5
Subjects	Elkhart County Community Foundation, Grants

ID	99128
Title of Article	EV charger grant survives budget debate
Notes	American Rescue Plan Act
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	electric vehicle charging station; Brett Weddell
Date	Oct 30, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Electric Vehicles, Goshen Common Council, Budget, Goshen City

ID	99092
Title of Article	‘Taking action is everything’
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Beth Sokolowski and students with check; pumpkin race in Middlebury
Date	Oct 25, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Little Big Idea Grant, Vibrant Elkhart County Initiative, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	98939
Title of Article	Grant to support development of infants, toddlers
Notes	Music Together
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 15, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Horizon Education Alliance, Goshen College, Early Years Initiative, Triple P Positive Parenting Program

ID	98875
Title of Article	100 Women Who Care marks 10 years
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Sheila Terlep, Jenny Welch
Date	Sep 28, 2024
Page	D1
Subjects	Grants, Samaritan Center, Saving Grace Advocacy, 100 Women Who Care

ID	98809
Title of Article	The Source receives third $4M federal grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Anna Sawatzky
Date	Sep 20, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Health Department, Mental Health Issues

ID	98807
Title of Article	Subdivision granted for industrial park as plans change
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ryan Thwaits; The Goshen Plan Commission voted to replat a large lot in the industrial park
Date	Sep 19, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Industrial Parks, Goshen

ID	98655
Title of Article	AMBS received research grant from library network
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Date	Sep 11, 2024
Page	A6
Subjects	Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Libraries, Grants