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The new Amazon facility plans to hire for 1,000 full-time positions with benefits averaging $19 an hour. The jobs will mix physical labor with technical skills developed to operate robotics.
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La Casa de Amistad Executive Director Juan Constantino says the nonprofit Latino advocacy group has been researching and planning the food truck commissary kitchen project for two years because South Bend lacks one. -
Provided by knotperfect.orgNotre Dame student Austin Baron uses his nonprofit and American Ninja Warrior platform to raise funds and awareness in the fight against global hunger. -
St. Joseph County is the fourth Indiana county where the West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes this summer. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPETwo independent witnesses told police they saw the riderless motorcycle heading toward the museum window June 29. South Bend Police quickly impounded the motorcycle and identified the owner but say they have yet to interview him. -
ProvidedThe South Bend Community School Corporation will retain ownership of the former Clay High School building, following a 5–2 vote by the school board Wednesday night. -
ProvidedResidents on South Bend’s west side say they’re reeling from the announcement that the Western Avenue Kroger will shut its doors later this summer.
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