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In recession, pets go homeless in droves

Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:37 AM EST

By kari-huus (Clipped by Sean Federico-O'Murchu)

Each day at five, staff members of the Humane Society of Elkhart County close the animal shelter and hold a meeting. And each day, like clockwork, they begin hearing a "thump, thump, thump" from outside.

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A few jobs, and a reprieve for the jobless

Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:14 PM EST

By kari-huus

The latest unemployment numbers are out, indicating that the Elkhart area is, well, moving in the right direction, but the modest improvement isn’t about to spark any spontaneous dancing in the streets.

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RV industry no longer running on empty

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:37 PM EST

By John Schoen (Clipped by Sean Federico-O'Murchu)

ELKHART, Ind. - The wheels are slowly turning again for the RV industry here, the mainstay of this region’s economy.

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Long-term unemployed face dwindling options

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:23 PM EST

By John Schoen (Clipped by Sean Federico-O'Murchu)

ELKHART, Ind. - At the edge of this town, at the end of a long driveway, lives Lawrie Covey, who's at the end of her rope.

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Similar counties, but stimulus impact miles apart

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:41 AM EST

By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent (Clipped by Sean Federico-O'Murchu)

RICHLAND, Wash. - If you want to win the stimulus sweepstakes, it helps to have one of the planet's nastiest toxic waste sites in your back yard.

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Vroom, vroom: RV company to hire 400

Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:51 PM EST

By kari-huus

In another stirring of life in the RV industry, a producer of towable RVs in Elkhart announced that it will hire 400 more workers to step up production, The Elkhart Truth reported on Wednesday.Heartland Recreational Vehicle LLC has new demand, which dealers say is at least in pa …

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Elkhart closing park to save money

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:15 PM EST (22WSBT news)

Really? Another something that is free to the families in this area gone. What happened to the city making all that money from the new business from the $4.5 million airport, or the big business Monaco was going to bring in.