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The Indiana Department of Transportation says it understands that people are frustrated with waiting longer at U.S. 20 and Quince Road but has told them congestion will ease once work on the parallel State Road 2 finishes.

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.

The developer wants to rezone 1,057 acres along scenic Chicago Trail, designated as green space or agriculture in county and town plans, to build a data center. New Carlisle town officials say they'll already have their hands full with the massive data center that Amazon is building nearby.

Suburban and rural fire territories say it's increasingly difficult on their own to provide fire and ambulance services that people have come to expect.

Amazon has awarded $250,000 in grants to 31 local organizations in northern Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Transportation is fast-tracking an interchange at State Road 2 and Larrison Road but it's still a couple years off.

New Carlisle is getting some upgrades after being named the home of a new Amazon Data Center.

Amazon Web Services broke ground on its new data center campus on Monday. The groundbreaking officially starts the company's massive investment in Northern Indiana.

Advocates say the diverging diamond interchange requires less land, has half the potential crash points between vehicles, and moves traffic faster

St. Joseph County officials haven't yet determined how to distribute the projected $476,000 it would receive from Amazon