Don’t forget about Elsmore. That was Brenda Boyle’s request to county commissioners, as she asked for help with stormwater projects. Elsmore received $10,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and decided to use the…

Finding the Farm-City Days medallion required a bit of knowledge about superheroes, Allen County trivia and an active imagination.  And had the hunt lasted long enough, being familiar with the works of Shakespeare would have…

Members of the Elsmore Savonburg Fire Department are, front from left, Chad Starliper, Michael Beggs, Assistant Chief Gary Beggs, Travis Friend, David Jansenn; back, John Starliper, Gary Henderson, Chief Jay Jackman, Alex Henderson and Jerry…

This year’s Elsmore Days has been canceled due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, according to Johnny Gillham, president of the Elsmore Ruritan Club.  The celebration was scheduled for Sept. 11. “With the increase…

Emergency grant funding from the federal government may aid Elsmore and Savonburg residents as they look to repair their water system. Allen County commissioners said Tuesday they likely would support a request by representatives from…

YATES CENTER — Connie Schmidt loves to sew. So much so, that she’s opened 4 Golden Stitches, a new quilt shop on the east side of the square in Yates Center. According to the Elsmore…

Like Prince Hamlet and his friends, when last in Elsinore I, too, saw a ghost. It wasn’t atop the ramparts of an ornate castle in Denmark, however, but near the banks of Big Creek in…

“I couldn’t get it out of my head,” remarked Silverio Garcia at the prospect of transforming the old Elsmore school into a therapy resort for veterans. Not long ago, he found himself watching the sun…

Elsmore might seem an unlikely place to find an enormous bamboo garden, yet that’s exactly what’s hiding in Terry Allison’s backyard. Allison has called Elsmore home for around 20 years, and is now “semi-retired” due…

The sky between Moran and Elsmore is open and dreamily quiet. There, late summer corn sways subtly upon warm wind and you can sense your heartbeat slowing to match its rhythm. But in the 1870s…