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Goshen Coach announces bus factory closing

A commercial bus manufacturer says it is closing its Elkhart factory with 159 employees.

Goshen Coach announced in a statement Wednesday the plant will close October 31st.

John Walsh, president of Goshen Coach’s parent company, said in a letter to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that some employees may have other opportunities within the Milwaukee-based REV Group. According to The Elkhart Truth, the letter didn’t spell out the reason for the planned closure.

The Department of Workforce Development says in a statement it has activated its Rapid Response Team to assist affected workers in moving toward a plan for re-employment as soon as possible.

Tony became WVPE's program director in 2022, after working as operations manager since 2014. He also produces Michiana Chronicles and works on other special programming and digital projects. He joined the station as All Things Considered host in 1997, hosted Morning Edition in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the ATC host chair from 2007 to 2016. One of his Morning Edition newscasts earned WVPE a Best Radio Newscast Award from the Associated Press in 2002. An Iowa native, Tony got his start in radio as a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Va., and managed the radio station there for three years after graduating. He also worked in commercial and Christian radio prior to his time at WVPE. Tony lives in Goshen.