Jun. 26—GOSHEN — Jose Elizalde is the first of Goshen Community School’s candidates to plead guilty to election fraud, stemming from the 2022 school board elections. Elkhart County Superior Court 3 Judge Teresa Cataldo accepted his plea, filed May 30, during court proceedings Wednesday. Elizalde pleaded guilty to one count of Filing a Fraudulent Report, […]
Jun. 25—GOSHEN — Illegal dumping helped cost the city of Goshen two Elkhart County recycling centers. Is Goshen’s current site at the same risk? Goshen Director of Public Works and Utilities Dustin K. Sailor verified by email Tuesday that dumping has been occurring at the Indiana Avenue recycling site. The security cameras set up there […]
Jun. 25—A Goshen woman was hospitalized following a crash Monday afternoon. Goshen police were called to Center and Eighth streets at 4:22 p.m. Monday. Jesse Atteberry, 44, of Elkhart, told police he looked for traffic and then continued through the intersection in a Black Ford F150 and did not see the Gold Chevrolet Cruze driven […]
Jun. 20—GOSHEN — Shanklin Park in Goshen saw brisk business Thursday, the first day of summer, as heat index temperatures reached as high as 95 degrees. The National Weather Service of Northern Indiana has issued a heat advisory through 8 p.m. Saturday. Peak heat index values of 95 to 100 degrees are expected. The Weather […]
Jun. 17—GOSHEN — Several new organizations and residential complexes in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties now have access to fresh produce this summer thanks to the expansion of Goshen Health’s mobile garden project. Through grant funding received from the Indiana Department of Health, Goshen Health launched seven community mobile garden sites in 2023. This summer, the […]
Jun. 17—Goshen police responded to a report of a python found in the 200 block of South 10th Street at 12:46 a.m. Officers transported the snake to the Elkhart County Humane Society. CRASHES —A South Bend woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at C.R. 32 and Old C.R. 17 at 2:58 p.m. Monday. According […]
Jun. 13—GOSHEN — Thursday was a busy day for firefighters across Elkhart County, with multiple departments responding to at least two separate residential fires. The Goshen Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 200 block of Crescent Street — with two houses ablaze next door to each other. Thick, heavy, rust colored smoke, […]
Jun. 6—GOSHEN — Jose Elizalde is the first of Goshen Community School’s candidates to plead guilty to election fraud, stemming from the 2022 school board elections. On May 31, Elkhart County Superior Court 3 published a motion to enter a guilty plea and the plea agreement was filed into the state’s MyCase online case management […]
GOSHEN — A Goshen man faces decades in prison on multiple allegations of child molesting. Adrian Mora Rocha, 48, is charged with seven counts of child molesting in documents filed last week in Elkhart County Superior Court 3. Police say he sexually assaulted a young girl for close to a decade starting when she was […]
May 23—GOSHEN — The Goshen Police Department has released the names of the two people found dead following a Thursday standoff. Sabrina Lieb, 30, and Elisha Smith, 36, were both found shot to death following a standoff which took place at 104 Huron St., a GPD news release stated. Goshen officers were called to the […]
May 17—GOSHEN — Trail upkeep and expansion projects in Goshen and Middlebury got some additional support Thursday from the Elkhart County Council. At its Thursday meeting, the council considered and approved an interlocal agreement between the County Highway Department and the city for bidding on a paving project for the Pumpkinvine Trail, portions of which […]
GOSHEN — A central Indiana company hopes to build a $40 million apartment project near Black Squirrel Golf Club. The Goshen Redevelopment Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to enter a development agreement with Indianapolis-based Kosene & Kosene. The company is eyeing a 13-acre plot at the northeast corner of Plymouth Avenue and Green Road for […]