Area leaders prepare to take off for the Mayors Challenge at the Elkhart Riverwalk Grand Prix on Friday; Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson greets attendees ahead of the Mayor’s Challenge Race, which kicked off the Thor Industries Elkhart Riverwalk Grand Prix on Friday; Teams swap drivers during the final heat of the Mayor’s Challenge on Friday.
Margay Ignite Senior class driver Corey Osborne celebrates as he wins the 2022 Grand Prix in downtown Elkhart. Aryton Smith (88), Mike Stephenson (09), and Matthew Miller (2) are also pictured
Police show kids how fingerprints are used as evidence at last year’s National Night Out event;Kids enjoy Kona Ice at last year’s National Night Out in downtown Elkhart.
The Ben Davis Trio performs Friday in Central Park as part of the Elkhart Jazz Festival;Andy Brown Trio performs Friday in the library atrium as part of the Elkhart Jazz Festival; Attendees gather inside the Lerner Theatre to see a headlining performance at this year’s Elkhart Jazz Festival.
City officials eye project for ‘transformative’ amphitheater
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Mayor Rod Roberson and Lerner Theatre executive director Michelle Frank offer preliminary details about a proposed amphitheater project downtown during a news conference Monday at the City Hall.
A mural was unveiled in downtown Elkhart honoring Rio Allred, who died by suicide on March 14. It would have been Rio’s 13th birthday. A horse-drawn carriage brings the casket carrying U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski to Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. ABOVE: Authorities investigate a shooting in June at 1319 W. Franklin St. in Elkhart that left two people dead. RIGHT: A fire at 25445 C.R. 38 east of Wakarusa destroyed two barns and left extensive side damage to a third, one of a string of fires plaguing area farmers in 2021. Garvin Roberson, coaching girls basketball at Elkhart Memorial, was one of the best athletes to come out of Elkhart. Job seekers flocked to the Engineering, Technology and Innovation building eager to fill open positions at local companies
Todd Wyres shovels snow Friday in front of his home on Jackson Street in Elkhart with temperatures below zero. Lindsey and Patrick Ambroziak of Elkhart walk their Siberian huskies Reggie, left, and Cora on Friday near Lexington Avenue and Junior Achievement Drive in Elkhart with winds howling and temperatures below zero. Devon Beck delivers the mail Wednesday in downtown Elkhart with temperatures below zero and winds howling. “It could be worse,” he said. “We could have a foot of snow.” Ice packs the St. Joseph River on Friday looking north from Bridge Street near Elkhart General Hospital.
TOP: Rachel Glover feeds her daughter Bryla Glover, 8 months, a piece of pancake during the Breakfast with Santa at the Elkhart Central Fire Station on Saturday. RIGHT: Margo Mast, 2, and Titus Mast, 4, sit with Santa and Santa’s wife during the Breakfast with Santa event at the Central Fire Station on Saturday. The Masts are from Wakarusa. The daylong Winterfest also included ice skating, merchant open houses, a market featuring local crafts, holiday windows at The Lerner Theater and the lighting of the downtown Christmas tree.
Runners take off at the Ugly Sweater Run at NIBCO Water and Ice Park during the 2021 WinterFest. The Montoya children – Lilly, Damian, Adrian and Sara – greet Santa at the Lerner Theatre during the 2021 WinterFest.
