Amazon on Wednesday announced the opening of its Elkhart Delivery Station off John Weaver Parkway. Its 250 employees, earning an average $19 an hour, sort and pick the packages before loading them into delivery vehicles.
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An Elkhart Sheriff's Department spokesman says the truck driver was not ticketed because he had covered his load with a tarp as required but he told police it shifted when he was forced to brake hard after another driver cut him off.
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After reopening this spring following a fire, the South Side Soda Shop in Goshen is preparing for exterior renovations with help from a $50,000 grant.
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The St. Joseph County Public Library Board isn’t letting the South Bend School Board president’s new appointment take his seat. The library board passed a resolution Monday denying a request to seat Bill Sniadecki, saying that the seat is already filled.
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The agreement gives the parties two months to map out a service area for Mishawaka water and sewers across a four-mile radius beyond city limits into Granger.
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The LaPorte Community School Corporation says they've made no decisions on what to do with historic Kiwanis Field and they're forming a community committee to explore options.
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Plymouth’s common council voted unanimously Monday night to create a municipal wheel tax that will take effect Jan. 1.
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