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Marshall County prosecutors formally charged 44-year-old Bobbie Jo Novak with Level 5 felony kidnapping Friday, three days after police say she took an acquaintance's 3-week-old son near Plymouth. -
Police say the Indiana State Police trooper was investigating a reported auto theft when a suspect shot him at a Michigan City gas station. -
Courtesy of City of Goshen/WVPEGoshen residents could soon be paying a monthly fee for trash pickup and other services. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEElkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker Thursday announced that Elkhart Police officers Thomas Breneman and Nicholas Ragsdale were justified under the law of self-defense in fatally shooting 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez Gomez on Feb. 8. -
Bristol Town Council President Jeff Beachy did not attend Thursday's 5-hour Elkhart County Plan Commission meeting, but he sent a letter saying the council supports the project, despite heavy community opposition. -
West Nile Virus has been detected in a pool of mosquitoes in St. Joseph County. The county health department said Thursday that the mosquitoes with the virus were found in Portage Township.
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