Two nonprofits, Friends of Potato Creek State Park and Indiana Barns Foundation, want the state to delay the Potato Creek State Park barn demolition so they can try to raise money to save it.
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Notre Dame associate professor Joyce Adams says new mothers need to be seen by a doctor sooner than six weeks after delivery. Her pilot project with 104 new mothers in the area will give them monthly visits with a nurse and community health worker over the baby's first year.
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As new housing developments come into South Bend, advocates say there’s still a need for affordable and subsidized housing.
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Next year St. Joseph County emergency management officials hope to activate a new feature to send out a sound different than the ones signaling tornadoes, for non-weather emergencies like acts of terrorism, mass shootings and hazardous material disasters.
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Human trafficking is happening in Michiana, but experts say the signs are often subtle, and members of the public play a critical role in stopping it.
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"We have, probably, the worst tenant laws in the country," said Notre Dame Law School professor emerita Judy Fox.
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Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County opens the new Mishawaka center to help clients who are facing fewer housing affordability options and more home ownership obstacles.
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