Eric Rimmel News Today

Oct. 27, 1976 The Central Noble Cougars football team defeated Manchester 41-6 in the homecoming contest. Preceding the game, a parade through the downtown section was held. The Cougars have an outstanding grid record, leading the league, and the win over Manchester added to their impressive record. Plans were underway at Central Noble for the Annual Parent-Teacher Organization Fall Festival on Nov. 6, 1976, at Wolf Lake. Games, contests, booths, food and a drawing for prizes would be in the of...

KENDALLVILLE — Hop in your car from Kendallville, and you can get to Chicago in roughly three hours. But when local pump manufacturer Flint & Walling hears materials it needs in its production process have reached Chicago? It’s no cause for celebration or even anticipation. “It doesn’t mean anything if it’s in Chicago,” Flint & Walling president Eric Rimmel told U.S. Rep. Jim Banks during the congressman’s Thursday visit to the Kendallville plant. Getting that...