The South Shore Line will have to wait a bit longer to build a shorter route to South Bend International Airport.

Heading into the final days of early voting, tens of thousands of Michiana residents have already cast their ballots.

Career Academy hopes to move into the former Clay High School in 2028, while the South Bend School Board considers its options for keeping the building.

The university’s iNDustry Labs launched its AI Leaders of Tomorrow fellowship program back in February. Since then, 50 students have completed almost 30 projects.

The total 2027 budget adopted by the school board Wednesday is just over $148 million, about $23 million less than the one the board approved for 2026.

“And I think the fact that it’s only in a couple places in our state probably means that they feel we run a pretty good show,” Gov. Mike Braun told reporters in South Bend on Wednesday.

“Elkhart is one of the most dynamic economies in the country – cyclical in nature, impacted by some of the things that are on the bigger front that we deal with,” said Governor Mike Braun.

As the city of South Bend moves forward with a $6 million bandshell project for Howard Park, its contractor says it needs to bore deeper to find soils suitable to support the riverside structure.

On Nov. 3 Village of Baroda residents will vote on whether the village should disincorporate and be absorbed by the surrounding Baroda Township.

St. Joseph Superior Judge Mark Telloyan, a Republican, has ordered South Bend Community Schools to give the former Clay High building to businessman Larry Garatoni's Career Academy charter school.