MENTONE — After much research and investigation and through the council of Ed Rock Kosciusko County Emergency, Management Director, the Mentone Chamber of Commerce regrets to announce the cancellation of the Egg Festival for 2020. Due to the COVID-19 virus and the uncertainty of when the crowd banning will be over, we have no choice …read more.

MENTONE — The Mentone Egg Festival is honoring heroes this year. No not superheroes, true local heroes — emergency responders. The parade, one of the festival’s main events, took place this morning, June 1. Keeping with the theme, longtime Fire Chief Mike Yazel was this year’s parade marshall. Yazel has served as a firefighter for …read more.

MENTONE — The town of Mentone will honor its firefighters during the 2019 Egg Festival, scheduled for May 30 to June 1. In keeping with the theme of recognizing firefighters, longtime Mentone fireman Mike Yazel will be this year’s parade marshal. Many of the all-time favorites of the Egg Festival will again be featured with …read more.

MENTONE — This morning the Mentone Egg Festival started off bright and early at 6 a.m. with the firemen’s pancake and sausage breakfast. Breakfast fueled everyone up for the 8 a.m. Egg City 5K Run. Residents lined up along Main Street to await the parade as it advanced downtown. This year’s parade theme was “The Olympics” with Eileen Bowser as the parade marshall.

MENTONE — The planners of Mentone’s annual Egg Festival are hoping for gold medal weather in order to ensure a successful event and with a theme of “The Olympics,” silver or bronze just won’t do. “The big thing of course is weather,” said Rita Simpson, Chamber of Commerce president and head of the festival planning …read more.

MENTONE — There’s still time to head to Mentone this afternoon, Saturday, June 3, and have some fun during the final day of the Mentone Egg Festival, sponsored by the Mentone Chamber of Commerce. Later this afternoon there will be an egg toss, along with the band Sentimental Journey performing as well as awards being …read more.

MENTONE — The 2017 Mentone Egg Festival will be celebrated June 1-3, with the Cowboy Boots and Midwest Roots theme. The egg festival is a great way to build community relationships and connections. Many nonprofit organizations are able to earn enough money at the festival to fund their yearly projects. The festival is very family …read more.

MENTONE — A failed pipeline topped discussion during the regular meeting of the Mentone Town Council Monday evening, June 6. According to James Emans, Emans Engineering, Bremen, approximately 500 feet of pipe beneath Main Street has failed. Emans and Water Superintendent Josh Shephard called on a company from Rochester to send a camera through the pipeline to …read more.

MENTONE — The 2016 Mentone Egg Festival took place June 2 through June 4. The parade of the festival was accompanied by cloudy skies on Saturday, June 4, yet this did not scare the loyal spectators. The “Back In The Day” themed parade was opened by the fire, police and medical department vehicles, blasting their …read more.

The 2016 Mentone Egg Festival will be held on  June 2, 3 and 4. The festivities begin Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. with 50s and 60s music by The Bulldogs in Downtown Mentone.  On Friday, food vendors, crafts and the flea market will open.The car, tractor, motorcycle and tractor show is scheduled for 4 p.m. in downtown …read more.

The Mentone Egg Festival Miss Chick and Mr. Rooster Contest was held on Saturday, the last day of the festival. Six children participated in the contest, four girls and two boys. Most of the participants dressed up to match this year’s parade theme, “There is no Place Like Home.” The 2014 Miss Chick and Mr. …read more.

The weather was beautiful for the last day of this year’s Mentone Egg Festival. The sun shined on all of the visitors Saturday morning as the parade marched downtown. This year’s parade started at 11 a.m. and most of the floats followed along with the theme of “There is no Place Like Home.” The parade …read more.

Here is the entertainment listing for this weekend. To have an event added to the list, please email [email protected] with the what, when, where and cost. Warsaw/Winona Lake Northern Indiana Lakes Festival – June 5 through June 20 at various locations in Warsaw and Winona Lake. Click the link or visit lakesfestival.org for full schedule …read more.

The annual Mentone Egg Festival will kick-off this Thursday, offering a variety of entertainment, games, food as well as a parade for guests. The three-day festival will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 4, with the opening of flea markets, crafts, food vendors and the kids’ area uptown. At 7:30 p.m. The Bulldogs, formerly Spike …read more.

The annual Mentone Egg Festival 5K and one mile walk is coming on Saturday, June 6, at the Mentone Community Services building, located at 201 W. Main St., Mentone. Registration on race day begins at 6:30 a.m. and runs until 7:45 a.m. with the race beginning at 8 a.m. The start and finish line will …read more.

Monday night’s Mentone Town Council meeting saw apologies made for the heated exchange that occurred during March’s meeting (see: Heated Exchange Fuels Mentone Town Council Meeting). Council Member Jill Gross started the meeting by stating, “Last month’s meeting got out of hand and was embarrassing to the whole town and to the council. I am …read more.

Photos by Andrea Yeater The Mentone Egg Festival is in full swing. Today is the last to get out and enjoy the festival, however, but the afternoon and evening still has some events to take part in. See the entire schedule of events HERE.

The annual Mentone Egg Festival is being held this week with lots of events and fun planned for the 3-day event. It all starts Thursday with lots of entertainment, games, food and even a parade. Don’t miss out on the huge car, truck, motorcycle and tractor show, the flea market and craft vendors and more. …read more.

The board of directors for the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum Inc. recently met to finalize plans for summer activities. On the agenda was a Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser. Pre-paid orders will be picked up Friday, June 6, at the food tent in downtown Mentone during the Egg Festival. It was voted to continue the …read more.

By STEPHANIE LONEY The Mentone Egg Festival was held over the weekend and new cutie royalty was crowned. The newly crowned Mr. Rooster, Grayson Waldo, and Miss Chick, Kherington Craft, won the judges hearts. This year, four girls and three boys competed for the titles.

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces that SR 25 is scheduled for closure in Mentone at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, due to the Mentone Egg Festival. The closure is between SR 19 and North Morgan Street. The detour is SR 19 to West Harrison Street to North Morgan Street. The road will be re-opened …read more.