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City and Utility offices will remain closed the rest of today, Thursday, Feb. 22. Essential personnel is still working today.

As of 10 a.m. this morning, preparations for the Daddy Daughter Dance tonight are still underway. However, a state of emergency is still under place, with travel restrictions. Please continue checking the Parks and Recreation and The City of Goshen pages THIS AFTERNOON for updates. If the state of emergency is lifted, the Daddy Daughter […]

We are still currently under a state of emergency, with restricted travel for only essential needs (like work, getting groceries, etc). There is no set time of when it will be lifted. We are assessing the roads, and as they start to clear off, more information will become available.

City court at 111 E. Jefferson St., Goshen, will be closed to today due to the state of emergency on the City that is still in place.

The following roads are now open: Chicago Avenue and Indiana Avenues are open by the Old Bag Factory. Left hand turns from 2nd Street to Pike Street (US 33) and 3rd Street to Pike Street are now open (previously closed to limit access to to Pike). Bashor Road is now open west of the city […]

Borden Waste-Away did not work on their Wednesday route because of the weather and the City’s state of emergency. They will adhere to the state of emergency Thursday, Feb. 22 as well and will be waiting on an update from the City at noon on whether the state of emergency will be lifted. As soon […]

The State of Emergency Declaration (only essential travel allowed on city streets) will be at least through noon tomorrow, Thursday, February 22. A decision about ending it then, or carrying it longer, will be made by 9:30 a.m. Thursday—and an update email will also be sent by then. Please handle offices tomorrow as we did today, with only essential personnel reporting […]

Dear Residents, The last 36 hours has been different from what Goshen has ever experienced. In March of 1982 the Elkhart River hit its highest point at 11.89 feet. As of now the Elkhart River is at 12.4 feet in Goshen with a projection of 13.2 feet before this is over. The City of Goshen […]

For exiting to the west out of the city, we ask commuters to use SR 15 to Wilden Avenue. Please watch for potholes in this area. On the south, use Kercher Road for exiting west. Use SR 15 when exiting to the north. To exit east out of town use CR 34, (out by the […]

As of 11:51 a.m. the Elkhart River had reached 12.23 ft. in height. Based upon the most recent projections by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the North Central River Forecasting Center, the projected river peak height of 13.2 ft. will occur sometime around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22. At that elevation, that […]