South Bend

At a press conference Tuesday with common council and labor leaders, South Bend Mayor James Mueller announced his administration welcomes data centers but they'll have to follow new standards to make sure they're compatible with neighborhoods.

Democratic Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow has announced he'll run for South Bend mayor in the May primary election, for a term that starts in 2028.

Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow, whose office helps eligible tenants with rent, says the rental housing task force he has convened wants public input at a town hall meeting Thursday.

Residents, along with South Bend Common Council members Sherry Bolden-Simpson and Oliver Davis Jr., want the city to do more to improve traffic safety and emergency response in the growing Lafayette Falls subdivision.

Realtors fear South Bend's coming short-term rental rules will slow economic activity. Council Member Heidi Beidinger notes that many in the community wanted even stricter rules but the council was constrained by Indiana laws that are favorable to owners and investors.

Friends Alexa Navarro and Vanessa Bautista of South Bend had been missing since early Sunday. Niles police believe they pulled their body and vehicle from the St. Joseph River Tuesday night.

Since a small fire Aug. 25, the U.S. Postal Service has placed signs on the windows sayings operations have moved to South Bend's main post office downtown.

The St. Joseph Valley Fly Fishers invite adults and kids age 10 and up for free fly fishing lessons Saturday (Aug. 29) from 9 a.m. to noon at South Bend's Leeper Park West, near the tennis courts.

South Bend Common Council member Heidi Beidinger says residents in her eastside district are fed up with unruly parties, trash and parking problems from short-term rentals.