South Bend

Renovation at West Side Democratic Club forced Democrats to Dyngus at M.R. Falcons Monday, while a much smaller, more subdued group of Republicans gathered at Allie's Cafe in River Park.

The nonprofit Rebuilding Together St. Joseph County is working in River Park this year and plans expansion into Mishawaka and unincorporated St. Joseph County this fall.

The city of South Bend is inviting people age 18 and older to offer designs and paint sidewalk murals to raise awareness of how storm drains send pollutants into the St. Joseph River.

The M.R. Falcons hall, 3212 Keller St. in South Bend, has stepped up to host the Dyngus Day lunch and political candidate speeches on Monday, after a burst pipe has forced an unexpected kitchen renovation at the West Side Democratic and Civic Club.

Former South Bend Mayor and U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg hasn't said whether he'll run for president in 2028 but he was looking like a candidate this past weekend.

The median rent in St. Joseph and Cass counties is now $1,375, which is 28% lower than the national median rent of $1,924.

New York data center developer Western Hospitality Partners plans a 10-shell data center on a 300-acre industrially zoned site on South Bend's southwest edge.

The three projects — two on South Bend's south side and one on the city's western edge — would create a total of 272 apartments with income-based rents.

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.