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The intersection of Wilden Avenue and 1st Street will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 13, and will reopen Saturday, Aug. 17. The detour will be Wilden to Michigan Avenue to Johnson Street to Main Street (SR 15).

Work on Main Street will begin Monday, August 12, beginning with sidewalk work on the south end of the project corridor (Madison Street). Sidewalks and some parking spaces will be under a rolling closure as work will continuously move north until completion in September. The closure may include a restriction of the outside travel lanes, […]

Lincoln Avenue, which has been closed between Main and 8th Street for milling and paving, is expected to reopen today around 5 p.m.

Mark your calendars! Goshen’s 2019 trick-or-treat hours will be 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. These are the same hours as the last three years.

It is that time again! If you would enjoy seeing your favorite photo on the Greater Elkhart County Stormwater Partnership’s bi-annual calendar, please send us a copy by August 15th. Limit 10 photos per photographer and each photograph must be in a 300 dpi JPEG digital format and 11” x 8 ½”. We are looking […]

It’s been about a year since the City sought public input on what Main Street should look like. Thanks to everyone’s comments, the City has developed plans and is ready to move forward with the project. On Friday, July 19, the Goshen Redevelopment Commission approved a contract to rebuild Main Street. A bid for $989,657.60 […]

The July brush pickup will begin on Monday, July 29. During scheduled brush collections, the Street Department will make only one pass through the city to pick up brush. Please have your brush by the front curb, but not in the street, by that first day in the morning at 7 a.m. Brush will not […]

Lincoln Avenue will be closed Monday, July 29, from Main Street to 8th Street for milling and paving. Milling and paving on that stretch of the road may last longer than a week. Norfolk Southern will also close down the railroad crossing at Lincoln Avenue (east of 8th Street) for repairs on the crossing on […]

On Monday, July 29, the contractor will be moving to the north half of the 9th Street project between Purl and Jackson streets, and will be working on the west side of the road installing the new path. Access will be limited to northbound traffic only.

City of Goshen Mayor Jeremy Stutsman ordered all flags at City offices to be lowered at half-staff Thursday and Friday, July 25 and 26, in honor of Goshen Police Officer Kevin Koontz, who passed away Monday, following a courageous battle with cancer. Mayor Stutsman also invites all Goshen residents and businesses to lower their flags […]