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A snowy day on tap today. Look for at least a couple of inches of new snow during the day, maybe as much as five or six inches in our southeastern areas before it tapers off late

Monday’s South Bend Common Council meeting was cancelled, and council members and Mayor James Mueller blame city clerk Dawn Jones for failing to formally post the meeting 48 hours in advance, which is required under state law.

Another six documents with classified markings were found Friday in President Biden’s Delaware home. His lawyer says they were found after investigators were offered full access to the home, spending about 13 hours searching. The documents appear

Indiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on the state’s near total abortion ban, passed last year after the US Supreme Court reversed a 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide. The justices sharply questioned both sides. There is no

Saying the job has become too politically partisan, St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Bob Einterz is resigning effective at the end of March. Einterz and county commissioners have disagreed in the past about public health funding

St. Joseph County Commissioners Tuesday delayed a vote on abolishing the county board of voter registration, after a number of people attending the meeting raised questions about the appearance of political bias. Commissioners will take it up

St. Joseph County Commissioners could take a vote this evening on abolishing the voter registration board, and giving that authority to the county clerk. Republicans hold all three commission seats, and the county clerk is now a

Neighbors who used the Martin Luther King Junior Community Center in South Bend for years said their farewells over the weekend, as the city prepares to tear it down to build a new, larger center, to be

South Bend’s Redevelopment Commission voted Thursday to seek reimbursement from developer Dave Matthews of about five million dollars in city money meant to insure that a grocery store would be part of an east bank development. In

The tight market for law enforcement officers nationwide is leading many department to raise salaries in hopes of attracting more people, and Mishawaka is the latest example. As part of a new agreement with the union, most

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s State of the State address to lawmakers last night in Indy highlighted education and public health initiatives, as he expands his usual focus on economic and business development in his final two years

It will be later this month before the South Bend council looks at a resolution for racial discrimination reparations in the form of spending on minority communities in the city. A dispute over the legalities of putting

President Biden made his first visit to the southwest border Sunday, in El Paso, Texas, on his way to Mexico City for summit meetings with North American leaders this week. He has meetings there with Mexican and

We are still at least a month from having a new director in place for the South Bend Community Police Review Board. The common council took over the process after the first director, Joshua Reynolds, resigned under

In his final two year budget, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is targeting two major areas for significant spending increases: health and education. He’s asking lawmakers to spend more on local health departments, and focus on fentanyl, the

It’s been a hundred years since the House of Representatives in Washington failed to elect a speaker on the first ballot to open a new session of Congress, but it happened Tuesday, as three ballots ended with

A combination of illnesses and bus driver shortages have three area school systems without in-person classes once again today. Edwardsburg school will do e-learning, with no in-person classes today. Elkhart middle and high school students will e-learn,

Illnesses and bus driver shortages are causing a number of local schools to close or operate on e-learning today. Edwardsburg is on remote learning for the second straight day, after cancelling classes Tuesday. In Elkhart, middle and

As we enter peak flu season, some of the prescription and over the counter medicines used to treat it are in short supply. We are seeing more flu cases than usual this year, in part because immunities

Nearly two years ahead of the election, there are already three declared Republican candidates for Governor of Indiana in 20-24. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch formally entered the race Monday, as did Indiana US Senator Mike Braun, who