The city council Monday locked in annual cemetery fee increases of roughly three percent for the next 10 years. While those annual increases have been a longstanding practice, Mayor Gina Leichty says the city still has to dip into its general fund to cover the full cost.

St. Joseph County prosecutors have charged 55-year-old Stephen Sherwood, on parole for beating a 4-year-old girl to death in 1995, with attempted murder after a New Year's Eve home invasion and stabbing in Mishawaka.

Following a grand jury indictment, Elkhart County prosecutors charged County Clerk Christopher Anderson and his chief deputy, Carol Smith, with felony official misconduct. Prosecutors says he paid her for 80 hours of work every two weeks when she only worked 72.

Notre Dame has received a $50.8 million Lilly Endowment grant to expand a faith-based AI ethics framework launched earlier this fall.

St. Joseph County Council Democratic President Pro Tem Bryan Tanner says Democrats' coalition with Republican Dan Schaetzle worked well, including tapping cash reserves to shore up police pensions and double road repair spending.

With highs staying below freezing, warming centers are open across Michiana. Libraries and community spaces are offering a safe place to get out of the cold.

"You don’t have to have a perfect history," Police Chief Dan Milanese told the Elkhart Board of Public Safety last week. "That’s not what we look for, but there are some significant things that people have in their past that we’re unable to rectify, when it comes to that background process in hiring."

Prompted by growing consumer frustration over long power outages, the Michigan Public Service Commission in 2022 launched a third-party audit of the state's two largest electric utilities.

Marshall County is officially disbanding its sewer district. It was established to expand sewer service to homes currently served by septic systems, but residents and elected officials voiced concern about the cost to homeowners.

The South Bend school board is forming a committee to review discipline data under a decades-old federal desegregation order and report findings in January.