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South Bend Mayor James Mueller says Oliver Davis Jr.'s bill to pause the Midwest Continental Divide Trail project is 'riddled with false and misleading claims.'
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ProvidedFriends of the late Mike Stevens wish they could have gotten him to seek help for his depression. They're saddened not only to lose him but to know what happened to him after he died. -
The South Bend school superintendent is promising to change school culture and boost cultural competency with a new strategic plan. -
South Bend Mayor James Mueller has through Thursday to sign or veto a common council measure calling on the city to pause its work on the Midwest Continental Divide Trail project. -
The St. Joseph County Health Department sprayed to kill mosquitoes around the Mishawaka wastewater treatment plant this week and plans to spray near the South Bend plant next week, only at dark. -
ProvidedGo-karts will once again take over the streets of downtown Elkhart. The annual Elkhart Grand Prix is this Friday and Saturday. -
Matt Cashore/Matt Cashore/University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame's Institute for Social Concerns invites the public to an event Thursday at 5 p.m. celebrating a new mural by South Bend native Oscar Joyo depicting four noted figures from the city's west side.
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