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Some thoughts on water to consider as you read the October Stormwater Toolbox Newsletter: – Water is a resource worth protecting.– What would it be like if we lost access to water for a day?– Only Rain Down the Drain!– Groundwater, the largest source of freshwater.– Happy Water New Year! Click here to read the […]

The Elkhart County Fairgrounds and contractor Beer and Slabaugh will be extending a water main across Monroe Street by Gate 3 at the fairgrounds. This will require a road closure on Monroe Street starting Monday, Oct. 28 and until Monday, Nov. 8, 2019. Detour for eastbound traffic will be Monroe to Blackport Drive to Lincoln […]

Trick or treat hours for the City of Goshen will be Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Trick or treat Main Street, an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce, will be Thursday, Oct. 31, from noon to 5 p.m., in downtown Goshen.

Norfolk Southern Railroad will close the Railroad crossing on Kercher Road between CR 31 & CR 33, due to a broken rail. They will close it around 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 and expect it to be reopened later that evening, unless delayed by the weather.

The second community conversation hosted by the Community Relations Commission and Goshen Community Schools will take place Thursday, October 24 at Schrock Pavilion in Shanklin Park, 411 W. Plymouth Ave. The conversation is titled How Goshen Grows: Balancing Power and Raising up Leaders. This conversation will address leadership and power in the Goshen community. Participants […]

9th Street will be closed between Waverly and College avenues from Monday, October 14 until Wednesday, October 16 to allow the utilities department to install a catch basin to fix a drainage issue.

Stormwater management staff reported a sanitary sewer overflow the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 10. The overflow made its way to a storm sewer connecting to a ditch, which in turn connects with the Elkhart River. The City asks residents to not kayak or perform other water activities on the Elkhart River from the Goshen Dam […]

TO PURCHASE 401, 405, 409, and 411 SOUTH THIRD STREET and 204 WEST MADISON, REAL ESTATE The Goshen Redevelopment Commission is soliciting proposals to purchase 401, 405, 409, and 411 South Third Street and 204 West Madison Street, Goshen, Indiana.  Informational packages describing the requirements for the proposals may be obtained from Mark Brinson, Community […]

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.

Greene Road will be closed the week of October 14 to allow contractor C&E Excavating to work on utility taps for the new intermediate school. The road will be reopened Friday, October 18. Traffic will be detoured to Plymouth to Indiana to Berkey.