St. Joseph County Commissioners

Special prosecutor Christopher Gaal acknowledged an Indiana State Police investigation finding that former DuComb Center director Sharon McBride wasn't always at the work release facility during business hours, but says she wasn't required to be, as an exempt salaried employee.

On Tuesday St. Joseph County commissioners will consider whether to hire a consultant to study whether the county should move out of the County-City Building and into the former Studebaker Building 113 on Lafayette Boulevard.

St. Joseph County Economic Development Director Bill Schalliol says the county hopes the gas station on the opposite corner can remain, while noting the overpass has not yet been designed.

St. Joseph County two years ago hired a firm to identify existing Granger subdivisions with failing septic systems, but paused that work recently when its dispute with Mishawaka developed over who would serve the planned Microsoft data center with water and sewers.

St. Thomas More Academy officials say taking over the former Portage Manor county home will let them consolidate their three buildings downtown into one space.

Boston-based Cyvl says it's already helping over 100 municipalities more quickly and easily monitor the condition of infrastructure like streets, sidewalks and signage with artificial intelligence.

Plans for a new interchange on State Road 2 could take another step forward Tuesday. The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to build a diverging diamond interchange at Larrison Boulevard and Strawberry Road, to handle traffic from the Amazon and GM developments.

Solar farms and data centers were hot topics during St. Joseph County’s first “Coffee with Your Commissioners” event Saturday.

UKA Group, based in Germany with a North American headquarters in Florida, recently sent a letter to farm owners in southern St. Joseph County, asking their interest in leasing parts of their land for wind towers.

Republican St. Joseph County Commissioners President Carl Baxmeyer would only say that commissioners have made no decisions on what to do with the Portage Manor property.