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Notre Dame says having a dedicated bioengineering department will allow it to offer a new undergraduate degree, and focus its faculty and research programs.
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provided/LaPorte County Sheriff's OfficeThe sheriff’s deputy who was critically injured in a hospital shooting is now back in LaPorte County. -
Democratic South Bend Mayor James Mueller has not announced to news media whether he'll seek re-election to a third term next year but he's planning campaign events this week and next. -
LaPorte County police on Tuesday announced that a DNA match shows that Carl David Phillips murdered 31-year-old Juanita Boyd in 1981. Phillips died in 2017. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPESouth Bend Mayor James Mueller on Tuesday announced the city is increasing its annual funding for Ready to Grow St. Joe, a nonprofit child care advocacy group. -
South Bend Mayor James Mueller says a council bill to bar city staff from signing confidentiality agreements about projects is overly broad and "unworkable." -
Jeff Parrott/WVPESouth Bend Mayor James Mueller says a common council bill barring city staff from entering confidentiality agreements is too broad and would force employees to violate state and federal laws or be fined.
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Mennonite Mission Network Mobilize for Peace fundraising campaign.
The City Of Elkhart Parks and Recreation presenting WinterFest. Saturday, 5th, 2026
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Saturday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. when blues rocker and acoustic blues solo artist Denny Snyder, performing as Southside Denny,takes the stage at Wild Rose Moon Performing Arts Center, joined by WVPE's bluesman Ole Harv for a live taping of the Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour
2026 Faith Mission Turkey Stampede! Thanksgiving Morning (11/26/26) at 8:30 am!
Goshen Theater's Lobby from 5p-7p November 12th
South Bend Civic Theater presents Miracle on 34th Street
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A ship bigger than the Titanic is being sunk off the coast of Florida to make an artificial reef. -
A gunman opened fire at a gym in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle Thursday morning. One person has been confirmed killed and four others injured. The gunman is dead, according to police. -
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff went to the Kremlin to brief Russian President Vladimir Putin and are scheduled to fly later to Ireland for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. -
Raka is the son of former President Joko Widodo. The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court ruled last month that the documents that Raka submitted regarding his overseas education didn't meet election requirements. -
Huang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. But reports that he may have had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly sank his career.
