St. Joseph County Commissioners

St. Joseph County has decided not to study a new rail corridor along Capital Avenue, despite getting a federal grant for that purpose.

The St. Joseph County Commissioners had a chance to lay out their vision for the future of Portage Manor, during Saturday’s “Coffee with Your Commissioners” event.

Now that construction is underway on Microsoft’s Granger data center, St. Joseph County officials are promising to keep an eye on disruption to the surrounding community.

The St. Joseph County Council Tuesday night unanimously passed a resolution requiring county commissioners to bring any sale of Portage Manor property before the council for approval. Commissioners President Carl Baxmeyer noted the commissioners must sign any council actions into law.

St. Joseph County Council President Bryan Tanner wants to make sure the council exercises its full power under Indiana law before the county sells off the Portage Manor land.

During a two-hour public hearing Tuesday, people overwhelmingly opposed St. Joseph County selling the former Portage Manor county home property off to for-profit developers who would build things like housing.

St. Joseph County Commissioners thought they were ready to turn the land over to a Catholic school in October but then started hearing from others interested in the land, so they're following state law on how to dispose of the property.

St. Joseph County commissioners on Monday approved their annual animal control contract with the Humane Society.

The Humane Society of St. Joseph County apparently won't be able do add all the things it had planned for this year under a compromise they've reached with county commissioners.

St. Joseph County Council President Bryan Tanner says county commissioners never told the council that the Humane Society of St. Joseph County had requested twice their 2025 funding for 2026. The Humane Society has agreed to continue providing animal control through March, but after that, animal control would fall to county police if a deal can't be reached.