The South Bend Community School Corporation, Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation and Goshen Community Schools would all give teachers raises, under contracts up for their school boards’ approval Monday.

“The potential’s there for six to 12 inches, and where this band anchors and kind of remains stationary, there’s a potential for amounts over a foot,” National Weather Service Northern Indiana Office Lead Meteorologist Nathan Marsili said in a YouTube update Saturday afternoon.

"I would say, on the whole, South Bend does pretty well," Chief Innovation Officer Denise Riedl told the common council’s Information and Technology Committee. "We were one of the first small cities in the country to deploy any kind of policy or governance document for our city, and we were one of the first small cities to roll out Copilot."

Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley officials say they'll remember Executive Director Mark "Moshe" Kruger for his optimism, high energy and "go-getter" spirit.

Flight reductions at major hubs like Chicago, Charlotte, and Indianapolis could ripple into South Bend. SBN officials urge passengers to check flight status.

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.

New York-based New Carlisle 25 LLC has refused to disclose the name of the company it would build the data center for. The St. Joseph County Council has granted their request to postpone their vote on a rezoning the project needs from Wednesday's meeting to the council's Dec. 9 meeting.

Dowagiac Police Chief Steve Grinnewald says the department likely will get another K9 in the spring but they don't want to rush it as they mourn the deaths this week of K9s Tole and Cash.

The new Dismas Hub in South Bend will let the nonprofit offer more of the types of services that studies show can reduce chances of returning to prison by 67%.

REAL Services Executive Director Karla Mapes says they've had some carryover money from last year to help the first households signing up for energy assistance but that won't last if the federal government shutdown continues much longer.