Premiere Arts Academy says Elkhart Community Schools trustees will vote July 14 on whether to transfer ownership of the newly closed Osolo Elementary to Premiere Arts to expand their three-year-old Elkhart charter school.
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The Window/goshenwindow.orgA Goshen organization is confident that it will soon be able to resume programs for those facing food and financial insecurity. The Window has suspended many of its services, as it tries to stabilize its finances. -
Alex Tihonov/Adobe StockEfforts to bring broadband to more parts of rural LaPorte County are getting a boost. The county commissioners voted to designate all unincorporated areas an Infrastructure Development Zone. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEElkhart Parks Superintendent Jamison Czarnecki says the McNaughton Splash Park picked the summer's hottest week so far to have a major pump fail, but two waterslides at Ideal Beach are running for the first time in two years. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEWVPE talked with two Elkhart mothers who took their kids to splash pads in Mishawaka and South Bend Wednesday, as Elkhart's McNaughton Spray Park is temporarily closed because of a broken part that's on back order. -
The new company, pending shareholder approval next year, following a Patrick Industries and Lippert Components merger would combine revenues of over $8 billion. An industry watcher says it's too soon to know if efficiencies gained will impact local jobs. -
Mi Pham/UnsplashThe Reasonable Childhood Independence Law, which passed the Indiana House and Senate unanimously, seeks to shield Hoosier parents from child welfare investigations solely for allowing their children age-appropriate independence.
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