Keith Knepp

1 week ago | goshennews.com | Keith Knepp

Midwesterners, including those in northern Indiana, may recall the thick smoke that blanketed large parts of the region in 2023. Wildfires are once again burning in Canada, and some of that smoke is expected to make its way across the border again this week. “After a quiet stretch in 2024, wildfire smoke from Canada is once again drifting into the United States,” said Alex Sosnowski, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. kAm$6G6C2= =2C86[ 24E:G6 H:=57:C6D 92G6 366? 3FC?:?8 7C@> E9C@F89 (6DE6C?

Sep 14, 2024 | inkfreenews.com | Keith Knepp

By Keith KneppInkFreeNewsNAPPANEE — The 48th annual Nappanee Apple Festival will return to the Elkhart County community Sept. 19-22. It has been recognized as one of Indiana’s top festivals, taking place in a community that has been ranked in the top five great places to live in Indiana. A highlight of this year’s festival is the display of items recovered from a recently unearthed time capsule, which was placed in the ground 50 years ago during the city’s centennial celebration.

Sep 11, 2024 | inkfreenews.com | Keith Knepp

By Keith KneppInkFreeNewsNAPPANEE — In the United States, every three hours a person or a vehicle is hit by a train. However, 95% of those collisions are preventable as they involve either trespassing or drivers trying to “beat the train.”These are some tragic facts stressed by railroad safety advocate Ed Strohbehn. What began as an interest in railroad safety has become a passion for Strohbehn.

Aug 31, 2024 | inkfreenews.com | Keith Knepp

By Laurie LechlitnerInkFreeNewsNORTH WEBSTER — “My grandparents started selling produce and flowers in 1956,” stated Ed Clayton, North Webster. “This eventually turned into Clayton Garden Center. I began coming to ‘help’ when I was big enough to walk into the store. In my younger years, I earned a bottle of pop. I was running the cash register when I was 9 years old, the old hand crank style, and I learned to figure change, for the machine did not do it for me.

Aug 31, 2024 | inkfreenews.com | Keith Knepp

News ReleaseThe Nappanee Apple Festival Committee has announced the names of the 13 entrants vying for the title of Miss Apple Blossom. They will be competing in a scholarship pageant, which will culminate beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Kountry Cabinets Entertainment Tent in Depot Plaza. Listed in alphabetical order, the contestants are:• Kayli Anglemyer, Miss G&L Milford Self Storage, is a sophomore at Bethel University. She is the daughter of Aaron Anglemyer and Sam and Cherie Ran.