Michael Gallenberger
ReporterMichael Gallenberger joined WVPE as a weekend announcer and newscaster in 2021, before joining the station full-time as a news reporter in 2025. His radio career has included stints at Lakeshore Public Media in Merrillville, WKVI-Knox, WYMR-Culver and WVUR-Valparaiso. His reporting has won awards from the Indiana Broadcasters Association and the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Michael holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Valparaiso University.
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Government funding for private and charter schools will be the topic of an upcoming event hosted by South Bend NAACP. The forum scheduled for Saturday, September 6 will include discussions about recent legislation and the NAACP’s national call for a moratorium on new charter schools. -
The former chancellor of Ivy Tech’s South Bend-Elkhart campus alleges that her race and gender played a role in her firing. -
"I don’t see this project as being financially viable going forward," said Council President Tim Harman. "It just makes no sense to me whatsoever." -
More mental health services will be coming to the South Bend area next year. Nonprofit Imani Unidad has gotten a $1 million grant to launch a mobile crisis team. -
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. -
“I personally think it’s very important that people on this board be able to see the police video: bodycam, car cam, et cetera,” said community police review board member Cheryl Ashe. -
Girl yells, 'You can't touch me, fool!' while officer Sam Chaput replies, 'Yes, I sure can.' -
“I don’t have enough information to make a determination on any legal strategy or legal moves," said civil rights attorney Andrew M. Stroth. "I just want to know what the heck happened.” -
“There’s a million ways that could’ve been handled,” Fred Teague told the South Bend Community Police Review Board on Thursday. “That should’ve been deescalated.” -
Superintendent Jim Dubois said the district’s operations fund is pretty tight with day-to-day expenses, so it tries to pay for bigger projects with short-term borrowing. But he said Indiana’s property tax reform will make it harder to raise taxes for facility upgrades.
