Indiana & Michigan Power on Wednesday filed a rate cut plan with state regulators that the utility says would save the average customer $100 a year, and the plan would freeze rates for three years.
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Michael Gallenberger/WVPEAmtrak and the city of South Bend are hopeful that downtown passenger rail service is closer to reality. -
ProvidedElkhart County Emergency Management Agency director Julie Tobey says I&M's donation of 12 new mobile radios isn't all her agency needs but it's a good start. -
South Bend city officials Tuesday announced contractors had resumed milling and paving Colfax Avenue east of downtown after weeks of delays when contractors discovered that underground electric utilities were in the way of where sewer pipes needed to be installed. -
Elkhart's Celebration Under the Stars organizers on Tuesday held a press conference to announce rules and offer tips for Saturday's free concert. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPESt. Joseph County is managing the water extension project and Microsoft is paying for it, and then the city of Mishawaka will assume ownership and maintenance of the new water lines. -
Tom Arthur/Wikimedia CommonsSt. Joseph County Democratic Party chair Don Westerhausen said Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes' staff told the five Democratic candidates that their paperwork was correct. He vowed to get them returned to the ballot for the Nov. 3 elections.
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