The Noble County Genealogical Society is offering a cemetery walk on Monday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. at Orange Township Cemetery near Rome City. NCGS members Kay Collins and Margaret Ott will lead the walk, highlighting the stories of people who rest there. Guests should gather at the caretaker’s building Read more…
Mark Newman, executive director of the Indiana Office of Tourism Development, kicked off Visit Indiana Week, May 1-7, with a stop at Stone’s Trace Historic Site near Ligonier on Sunday. The historic site presented its annual Civil War program and workshops in spinning, tombstone restoration, stained glass and gourd birdhouses. Read more…
The Ligonier Public Library, in partnership with the Noble County Community Foundation, will present a program, “Miz Rosie presents the Life and Times of Harriet Tubman and the underground Railroad” with master storyteller Rosie Chapman on Tuesday, April 12, at 5 p.m. Admission is free to this educational program.
A chili dinner on Saturday will benefit Luckey Hospital Museum and help it pay for repairs caused by a January water leak. Dinner is served from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the the Wolf Lake Community Building in Wolf Lake Park. The all-you-can-eat tickets are $6 per person. The Read more…
There is still time to get tickets for the Mid-America Windmill Museum’s annual fundraiser, “St. Pat’s Stew & Brew,” set for Saturday, March 12, from 6 to 11 p.m. at Baker Hall. Tickets are $50 per person and include a meal, green beer and wine, and music by The Bulldogs. Read more…
Contact the bureau now to participate in the first statewide public art display in the United States. Order forms are due Friday at the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Artist-decorated fiberglass bison will be displayed across Indiana this summer in a Bicentennial Legacy Project sponsored by the Indiana Association Read more…
Phone service has been restored at the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau this afternoon. A piece of equipment failed after a Dec. 28 power outage left us in the dark for several hours. Our phone and fax number is 260-854-2115.
Get those dancin’ shoes out of the closet for “Get Your Groove On,” a fundraising event for Rome City’s celebrations in 2016. The town will celebrate 50 years of incorporation, Mother of Mercy Chapel (Kneipp Springs) is marking its centennial, and Indiana is celebrating its Bicentennial. Joe Justice Live will Read more…
Saturday, Nov. 21 American Legion Auxiliary: Holiday Walk buffet brunch, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., American Legion Post 381, 611 Kelly St. Extended, Rome City. The meal is $5 per person. Artisans Market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rome City Town Hall, 123 Kerr St. and Indiana 9. Rome City Read more…
INDIANAPOLIS – Sam Boggs, manager of Chain O’Lakes State Park in Noble County received a 2015 Hoosier Hospitality on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Indiana State Fair. Boggs was nominated for the award by Sheryl Prentice, executive director of the Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann Read more…