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4 days ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
The Southwood Jr./ Sr. High School Class of 2025 met on the stage of the Honeywell Center to be together as a group for the last time Sunday, June 1. Senior Luke Herring welcomed those in attendance. “On behalf of all the graduates, I’m honored to welcome you to the graduation of the Class of 2025,” Herring said. “I’d like […]
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1 week ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Manchester Junior- Senior High School said good-bye to the Class of 2025 Friday night, May 23, but the mood was jovial and celebratory throughout the ceremony. Class president Macy Greer welcomed those in attendance and watching online to celebrate the outgoing seniors. “We have waited upon this day for approximately 4,661 days, but who's counting,” Greer said. “We've spent countless […]
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1 week ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
For 50 years, Sycamore Preschool has been teaching young children of North Manchester not just the basic introductory lessons like counting and their A-B-Cs, but have taught spiritual and Bible lessons as part of their curriculum. As the school, originally started as Sycamore Nursery School, was in the planning stages, Nancy Betten had her doubters. “Nancy wanted to start a preschool,” current board member Elsie Duffy said.
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3 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Thanks to a student-run project, Manchester Junior-Senior High School students are expressing themselves through art and writing, as well as gaining real-world experience in leadership and business. “Icarian Plunge” is a published catalog of student artwork and writing and had been a long-standing publication at Manchester Junior Senior High School through the late 2000s, gained new life in 2020- 21, and continues to stay strong. But, what is “Icarian Plunge”?
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3 weeks ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
The first order of business at the North Manchester Town Council monthly meeting on Wednesday May 7 was a public hearing concerning the Downtown Revitalization Plan with Mike Kleinpeter from Kleinpeter Consulting helping the Town secure the grant from OCRA. The Town received $40,000 for the plan and contributed a matching amount of $5,955. “We had to engage local stakeholders from around the community – a majority were property owners downtown,” Town Manager Adam Penrod said. “We met three times.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
“Change is never easy.”Those were the words Eli Henson uttered more than once when he talked with the Wabash County News-Journal. Henson just wrapped up his fifth season as boys basketball coach at Manchester where he led the Squires to the Class 2A state championship five weeks ago, and while he said he wasn’t looking for a change, a change found him.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
For 25 years, Nordmann’s Nook has been the place for fresh baked goods, furniture, and other miscellaneous items, and owners David and Colleena Jimenez are ready to celebrate. Along for the celebration will be original owners, David and Louise Nordmann. “We want to do it because it’s a small town and it’s been a familyrun business since David and Louise Nordmann created it as just furniture – they started it from nothing and it’s grown,” Colleena Jimenez said.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
According to sources, pending school board approval, Manchester head basketball coach Eli Henson will be named the new head coach at Tippecanoe Valley High School, pending school board approval. Henson just completed a dream season at Manchester by guiding the Squires the Class 2A state championship March 29. Henson’s grandfather, Floyd, was the first boys basketball coach when the school opened in 1974, and his father, Dave, is a 1968 graduate of Akron High School.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Holderman Park is getting a facelift. The veterans memorial on North Market Street, which hosts the annual Memorial Day and Veterans Day services, and sits as a reminder to those who sacrificed for our freedom every day. North Manchester American Legion Auxiliary Unit 286 President Gee Gee Tharp is spearheading the project with the hopes of raising $25,000. If the Auxiliary reaches the goal by June 14, the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority will match those funds.
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1 month ago | 
yournewsjournal.com | Eric Christiansen
Xavier Harting is reaching a goal that not all Scouts achieve – completing their Eagle project and earning the rank of Eagle. Harting also has a soft spot for dogs and chose to focus his Eagle Scout project on the new dog park in North Manchester for his project. “I’m working on the project for the town,” Harting said. “We are adding agility equipment to the new dog park on SR 13 next to the baseball fields by the highway (SR 13).
