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Kiwanis Field Staying Put as School Board Approves $50M Facilities Plan

(La Porte, IN) - It looks like Kiwanis Field in La Porte is here to stay. This week, the school board unanimously voted for a resolution that earmarks $50 million in funds to be borrowed for maintaining facilities throughout the district. Among the projects is renovating and restoring Kiwanis Field,...

La Porte, IN · 2d
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BZA Approves Exception For New Building At Nappanee-Based Business

The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals approved an exception for a Nappanee-based business and required them to rezone to an Industrial-2 district during a meeting Tuesday. At the board's October meeting, Ryan Miller, president and CEO of PWI, requested an exception to allow the expansion of the business through...

Nappanee, IN · 3d
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Main Street Warsaw Presents Facade Grant To KCJRA Holdings For Building Improvements

The fourth-generation owners of the building at 112 E. Center St., Warsaw, received their second facade grant in two years Thursday from Main Street Warsaw. Kacy and Clint Davis bought the building in 2024 from her mom and uncle and renovated it. “We completely gutted it on the inside, but...

Warsaw, IN · 1d
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LaPorte County 4-H Youth Lead Statewide Fight Against Hunger

What started as a friendly competition between county fairs has turned into a statewide effort to fight hunger, and Indiana 4-H members are proving that young people can make a BIG difference. During the 2026 fair season, thousands of 4-H youth across 40 Indiana county fairs collected more than 181,000...

Laporte County, IN · 1d
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Fuel Prices Hitting County Highway Dept.’s Budget

Like anyone else’s, the cost of fuel is affecting the Kosciusko County Highway Department’s budget. Thursday, KCHD Superintendent Troy Kintzel went before the Kosciusko County Council to request a transfer of $88,000 from the department’s lane mile distribution fund bituminous to lane mile distribution fuel. “I’m going...

Kosciusko County, IN · 1d

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ABC57 speaks to South Bend Cubs Owner, Andrew Berlin on what 'Holiday Lights on the Diamond' means to the community

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Four Winds Field kicked off the holiday season Friday, Nov. 13 with the opening of its 'Holiday Lights on the Diamond' featuring more than a million Christmas lights, seasonal food, and activities throughout the ballpark. The South Bend Cubs are bringing 45 nights of holiday lights...

South Bend, IN · 23h

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Silver Lake Council Hears Concerns About Claypool Elementary, Ordinance Enforcement

SILVER LAKE – At Thursday night's meeting, rescheduled from Wednesday, the Silver Lake Town Council heard from the public regarding the possibility of Claypool Elementary's closure and the enforcement of town ordinances regarding trash, abandoned vehicles, unmowed lawns and more. Anna Berner, Kari Airgood and others spoke up against...

Silver Lake, IN · 22h

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Downtown Nappanee To Light Up For Annual Miracles At Main & Market Street Christmas Parade On Saturday, Dec. 5

NAPPANEE, — The Miracles at Main & Market Street Parade Committee invites the community to kick off the holiday season in downtown Nappanee at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, for the annual Miracles at Main & Market Street Christmas Parade and Celebration. Following a record-breaking turnout last year, this...

Nappanee, IN · 1d

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Elkhart County planning commission approves data center ordinance

GOSHEN, Ind. (WNDU) - The Elkhart County Planning Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to pass an ordinance setting rules for data centers. The proposal now goes to county commissioners for final approval. The ordinance sets land-use rules for data centers, including where they can be built and how they operate.

Elkhart County, IN · 1d

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Elkhart schools, teachers reach impasse over contract

Elkhart Community Schools and its teachers won’t hit a state deadline of Monday to reach an agreement on a contract for this school year. That’s forced the state to appoint a mediator. Indiana law gives school corporations until Nov. 15, which falls on Saturday this year, to file...

Elkhart, IN · 2d

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Fallen Marine welcomed home

A final homecoming for a fallen Marine. Shipshewana welcomed 22-year-old Corporal Ethan Berkley Konkle home to be laid to rest. Konkle was killed in a crash Monday while stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. Signs honoring him lined his return route and a police escort accompanied his body to Miller-Stewart...

Shipshewana, IN · 1d

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The Largest Garden Center In Indiana Will Make Any Nature Lover Feel Like A Kid Again

Some places have a way of turning a perfectly responsible adult into someone who completely loses track of time, and Linton’s Enchanted Gardens in Elkhart, Indiana, is exactly that kind of place. You came for a bag of potting soil. You’re going to leave with a fountain, three hanging...

Elkhart, IN · 4d

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South Shore Line denied federal funding for realignment project

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Shore Line will be without federal money for a proposed project aimed to hasten the trip between South Bend and Chicago. South Shore Line officials tell ABC57 that it asked the Federal Railroad Administration to match its own $56 million investment into the realignment project; the Administration reportedly declined.

South Bend, IN · 3d

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The Most Unusual World War II Aircraft Restorations

Some of the most striking World War II restorations involve aircraft pulled from lake bottoms, raised from seabeds, or rescued from unlikely second careers as roadside attractions. The challenge in each case extends well beyond ordinary metalwork. Recovered from the Water. FM-2 Wildcat 57039 spent 68 years on the floor...

Portage, MI · 1d

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Return of measles prompts vaccination effort in Elkhart County

More Elkhart County residents are getting vaccinated against measles, after the county has seen its first recorded cases in decades. Elkhart County Health Officer Melanie Sizemore says the count of measles cases was at five, as of Thursday morning. "We had not seen it in quite some time," Sizemore explained. "Our records go back to 2018, shows nothing, and then we have other records that we have looked at that go back to 1991, and we’re not finding anything."

Elkhart County, IN · 1d

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Elkhart Community Schools teacher contract negotiations expected to miss deadline; state mediator would intervene

ELKHART, Ind. -- A mediator expected to intervene in the contract negotiations between Elkhart Community Schools and the Elkhart Teacher's Association union. In an email obtained by ABC57 News and confirmed by multiple sources, ETA leaders say the union and the district will not meet the state deadline to finalize a final master contract due to disagreements. Officials say a state-appointed mediator will work with both sides to reach a deal.

Elkhart, IN · 3d

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Mishawaka approves higher ambulance fees

Mishawaka’s Common Council has unanimously approved an increase in ambulance fees. The fire department says it hasn’t raised rates since 2022, while costs for staffing, equipment and facilities have grown. EMS Chief Brian Thomas says the new charges will rise from roughly 150 to 200 percent of Medicare’s...

Mishawaka, IN · 2d

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St. Joseph County Board of Zoning Appeals approves sound wall for Microsoft data center

GRANGER, Ind. (WSBT) — The St. Joseph County Board of Zoning Appeals has approved a proposal for a sound wall at Microsoft’s data center under construction in Granger. The 30-foot wall would run along the north end of the site, parallel to the Indiana Toll Road. Microsoft says it would reduce noise reaching nearby neighbors once the data center opens.

Granger, IN · 2d