ELKHART COUNTY — With the Elkhart County 4-H Fair planning season in full swing, queen pageant directors are preparing for a fresh take on a longtime fair tradition. Beginning in 2019, the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Queen and Senior Queen will be crowned several days before the start of the fair. The 4-H Fair Queen …read more.

By CAPT. JAMES L. BRADBERRY Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department ELKHART COUNTY — Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department officers responded to Fairfield High School at approximately 11:39 a.m. today, Wednesday, April 18, after school officials were alerted by a student that a threatening note of a bomb was found written inside of a bathroom. In response to …read more.

SYRACUSE — Sixteen of the radio and television students of the Pathways cooperative based at Wawasee High School, representing 93.7 FM The Mix and CPG-TV (Collective Production Group), attended the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters conference at the University of Indianapolis Monday, March 12. They were among 34 schools and 883 students and staff in …read more.

GOSHEN — Fairfield Cosmetology Department struck gold at the SkillsUSA State Conference in Indianapolis April 21-22.

GOSHEN — Wawasee/Fairfield will hold a building trades open house from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the project site, 67408 Kensington Drive, Goshen.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee, West Noble and Fairfield high schools recognized their 2016 building trades students at a banquet held Tuesday, May 3, in Wawasee High School’s cafeteria. In all, 31 students have worked throughout the year to build a new home for Troy and Linda Hostetler at 67408 Kensington Drive in Goshen. Troy Hostetler was …read more.

GOSHEN — Fairfield Jr./Sr. High School National Honor Society is hosting a fundraiser to support the FHS Alumni Scholarship Fund. Instead of selling Nelson’s Chicken this year, the students will be selling frozen meat patties from Mishler Meats. There are one-third lb patties in 6 pound boxes, available in beef, pork and new pork jalapeno. …read more.

This year’s building trades banquet at Wawasee High School, held Thursday evening in the cafeteria, was a little different. Since the project house has been a joint effort between Wawasee and Fairfield building trades students, the banquet was a combined effort, too, and instructors for each program honored and recognized their respective students. Ed Waltz …read more.

Fairfield cosmetology brought home the gold again during the 50th year celebration of SKILLS USA. The cosmetology department at Fairfield High School has competed at the national level of SkillsUSA for the past five years, and will again this year.

Matthew M. Simmons, 17, of Millersburg, Ind., died unexpectedly early Friday morning, Aug. 30, 2013. He was born Feb. 5, 1996, in Goshen, Ind. to Heather Simmons. Matt was a student at Farifield High School where he excelled academically, particularly in physics, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. He was a member of the wrestling …read more.

Cosmetology students at Fairfield High School have been using their skills and talents since the start of the school year while running their SkillsUSA club and working toward completion. SkillsUSA is an organization where high school students can compete in both leadership and trade skills contests. This year, Fairfield has three competitions the students could …read more.

The Goshen College Choirs will welcome the Fairfield High School Concert Choir to the Sauder Concert Hall stage in the Music Center to perform scenes from various operas throughout music history in their winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. The choirs will perform scenes from operas by Giuseppi Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Gilbert & …read more.

Students from the Fairfield High School Cosmetology Program traveled to Kansas City to represent Indiana June 23-26 at the National Skills USA Competition. The students were representing Indiana in two categories: Esthetics and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship team consisted of Jennifer Schrag and Alicia Yoder from Fairfield High School, Yaritza Barrientos from West Noble High School and …read more.