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Police say two fishermen found a Mishawaka man trapped in an overturned pickup in a creek Tuesday near Interstate 94 in Porter County. Indiana State Police say the fishermen at first thought the occupant was dead, but he turned his head and spoke to them when one of them touched him.

Amid shrinking local news staffs, a group of South Bend journalists is turning to the public to keep local reporting strong in the future.

Michigan State Police found Garvin Roberson’s body in a vehicle submerged in water in the area of Fawn River Road and White School Road.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a two-day business jaunt to Washington DC, where she has meetings set up with Biden administration officials and members of Michigan’s congressional delegation.

South Bend police say they are now investigating the incident as a murder/suicide.

The Former Supervisor of Fabius Township near Three Rivers in Southwest Michigan will be tried on multiple felony criminal sexual conduct charges.

The Benton Harbor School District is one of 54 districts around the state of Michigan to be targeted with a partnership agreement with the Michigan Department of Education.

Police say two people were killed and a third is in stable condition. The incident is thought to be a murder/suicide.