Mishawaka Parks Superintendent Phil Blasko says overgrown invasive species are ruining views along the riverwalk but prior contractors have cleared the good along with the bad, and it's risky work on a steep incline.
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Provided/Bristol Innovation Park"The petitioner on August 3 submitted a letter to the town requesting that the application be withdrawn from the council’s consideration,” said Bristol Town Attorney Alex Bowman. -
provided/Citizens' Climate Lobby - South Bend/Elkhart Area chapterFollowing last month’s wildfires, local advocates are calling on federal lawmakers to protect funding for the U.S. Forest Service. -
ProvidedSouth 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.' -
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. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEA letter from FEMA said the tornadoes’ impact “is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.” The storms left four people dead, including a 12-year-old in Cass County.
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