St. Joseph County prosecutors say Gloria Niedbalski committed felony identity deception Dec. 9 when she pretended to be County Council member Amy Drake's elderly neighbor in a call to the Department of Child Services. Niedbalski has bonded out of jail and on Monday she resigned from the county's Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals.

"I’m a dreamer," Andy Stephenson told city officials Friday. "I like to be innovative and come up with new things."

Passenger service on the Monon Corridor will officially start on Tuesday, March 31 at 11:45 a.m. Retiring Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland made the announcement Friday in his farewell letter to riders.

Leaders with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson at a press conference Tuesday, March 16 regarding the EPA's plans to remove lead-contaminated soil from the former Conn-Selmer site at 1101 E. Beardsley Ave.

More than $24 million in state funding was awarded to area road projects last year, according to the Michiana Area Council of Governments’ annual review. Meanwhile, 40 local projects equating to almost $136 million dollars in federal funding are planned over the next four years.

St. Joseph County Circuit Court Judge John Broden ruled Thursday that Indiana statutes don't require a political candidate to be in good standing with their party, and that overruling the county election board in Republican Dan Schaetzle's case would be an abuse of the court's discretion.