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Criminal Justice Program receives state Award for Excellence
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Martin Mullins, Beth Davis, Aaron Steensma and David Davis
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
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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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
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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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
State honor recognizes longtime Northridge educator
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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State Rep. Joanna King (third from left) presents Ellen Augustine (third from right) with a Sagamore of the Wabash on Wednesday at Northridge High School for her 52 years of teaching. Others pictured are (from left) Eric Augustine, Superintendent Jayson Snyder, Northridge High School Principal Melissa Whitehead and Bruce Augustine.
Steve Storey (right), treasurer of the Elkhart Model Railroad Club, watches as the model train on the Battle Creek Model Railroad Club’s layout during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center on Saturday; Kevin Jones from Warsaw and his grandson, Liam, watch as a model train moves along the track at the Battle Creek Model Railroad Club’s layout during the Nappanee Train Show on Saturday; Steve Storey estimated about 700 to 750 people came to the Nappanee Train Show last year. He credits the marketing team and networking with vendors for the success of the train show, he said; Hugo Andes, 5, watches intently as the model train moves along the track during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center in Nappanee on Saturday; A model train moves along the track on the layout made by the Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center on Saturday
Home on Conrad Road was severely damaged by a tornado Friday afternoon just north of Edwardsburg, Michigan; An EF2 tornado in Three Rivers, Michigan, on Friday damaged this car; Menards in Three Rivers, Michigan, was severely damaged by a tornado
Mike Kamphius (left) of Conn Selmer answers a question during a panel Q&A session at the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce 2026 annual meeting in the Crystal Ballroom in the Lerner Theatre on Friday, while Ashley Martin of NIBCO Inc. and Gary Boyn of Warrick & Boyn LLP look on; LaLaesha Black (left), CEO of Heart City Health, receives the Nonprofit of the Year award from Adam Myers of Office Interiors Inc. during the 2026 annual meeting of the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce in the Crystal Ballroom at the Lerner Theatre on Friday.
Ryan Britman, an Elkhart High School freshman, looks with his mother, Shantay Britman, at some of the artwork; Bethany Ward and Lorelei Ward, 10, look at artwork at the museum
Some of the Concord High School fall sports award winners. Front row from left: Yurem Castro, Nathan Potter, Lukas Ulfig, Adam Burkert, Jack Yoder, Jaxon Meyer. Row two: Mia Sollars, Viv Casey, Teagan Walters, Jaylin Loza, Evie Mashala, Breeze Valenzuela. Third row: Allison Defreeese, Cam Bolton, Claire Campanello, Shelby Emerick, Mya Pressler.
Interior of LEER Group fulfillment distribution center at the former Concord Mall; LEER Group’s new location is at the former Concord Mall where the JCPenney used to be; storefront of ABC Warehouse, Hobby Lobby and Pippin Dental & Braces
Robert Bohyer; B-17 plane; 1st LT Edward C. Unger (P), 2nd LT Richard L. Jacobson (CP), LT John H. Belay (N), LT George W. Y. Moller, Jr. (B). Front row (Left to Right): SGT Walter W. Giffith (FE), SGT Jack K. Boyce (RO), CPL Anthony T. Guercia (BG), CPL Louis Sendek, Jr (WG), CPL Robert A. Bohyer (TG), SGT John B. McBride (WG
Gov. Mike Braun, site leader Bhautik Motiwala and Congressman Rudy Yakym, at center, cut the ribbon on Amazon’s robotic fulfillment center in Elkhart; Gov. Mike Braun speaks at the ribbon-cutting event for the Amazon distribution center Wednesday in Elkhart;
Jennifer Abrell talks about the Ken & Kathy Zienty Merit Award winner for Mixed Media called, “Spring Delight” by Jeffrey Barrick of Mishawaka; Brian Byrn (left), director of the Midwest Museum of American Art,
Omer Karavani, Israeli emissary to the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, speaks to the Elkhart Rotary Club about his family’s history at the Matterhorn Restaurant
Lerner celebrates 100 years at annual Volunteer Banquet
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Therese Geise receives the Centennial Spirit Award for Outstanding Volunteer Leadership from Deen Tuggle, Lerner Theatre’s director of operations; Therese Geise, left, and Dawn Little were honored at the Lerner Theatre’s annual Volunteer Banquet; Mayor Roberson, left, honors volunteer Bufford Skipper at the Lerner Theatre’s annual Volunteer Banquet
