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Elkhart receives permit to burn storm debris
ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - The Elkhart Fire Department has received a 60-day burn permit to burn tree limbs and brush from the tornado and severe storms that rolled through the city earlier this week. Burning of storm debris will begin on Monday at 7 a.m. at the City of Elkhart’s...
Update on Concord Mall redevelopment to business park
ELKHART, Ind. -- The Concord Mall redevelopment into the Concord Business Park has entered a new phase of construction. R. Yoder Construction shared with ABC57 on Tuesday that their role of clearing the interior of the building space is mostly finished. The new property owners, Industrial Commercial Properties, closed on...
Several Elkhart schools damaged after tornado hits city
ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - After the storms and EF-1 tornado that happened earlier this week in Elkhart, the “City with a Heart” is trying to clean up and get back to normal. Especially schools, who are expecting students back on Monday for the Jumpstart Program. All hands are...
Storms rip through homes in Elkhart
ELKHART, Ind. -- NIPSCO still has about 21,000 customers off-line in the wake of the Derecho windstorm and two tornados that left some 140,000 homes and businesses in the dark in Northwest Indiana Monday. Indiana Michigan Power is down to about 850 outages, mostly in the hard-hit Elkhart area where...
Elkhart, neighbors help cleanup after tornado leaves disaster
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — The community wrecked by a tornado Tuesday morning continues to pick up the pieces to return to normal. There has been a lot of cleaning of debris, but you probably would not have noticed if you weren’t out here yesterday to compare. There are...
Habitat for Humanity, Winnebago team up on home
ELKHART — Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart County celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a home at 1114 Middlebury St. Joining future homeowner Dyshiea Woods at the event were the city’s Director of Communications Corinne Straight, Winnebago’s Customer Service and Operations Manager Steve Eriksen, Grand Design’s Community Outreach Emily Stahley, Newmar’s Executive Assistant Chelsea ...
Number Of Trees Down From Tuesday Morning’s Storm
Along with thousands of people losing power across the county and beyond, the storm that swept through Kosciusko County late Monday night and into early Tuesday morning fell a number of trees, resulting in some damage to cars, homes and other property. Kyle Brown, meteorologist with the National Weather Service...
Zimmer Biomet could relocate headquarters following safety battle with state
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet, the largest employer in Kosciusko County, is threatening to exit the region if the state does not modernize a 155-mile stretch of nearby highway, according to a July 18 report from Inside Indiana Business. "We want to be in Warsaw, Indiana, for the next 100 years,...
8 things to do at South Bend's new Indiana Dinosaur Museum
SOUTH BEND ― In just its first weekend of operation, the Indiana Dinosaur Museum complex at 7102 Lincoln Way West drew more than 2,000 visitors, and attendance could continue growing as the attraction is fully developed in the future. The 23,000-square-foot dinosaur museum is the main attraction on the...
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