Good morning, Mishawaka.

MHAM hosted its fifth annual Family Fun Fair Friday evening at Howard Park with local groups providing booths and activities to promote physical wellness and mental health.

The event encouraged families to balance online time with outdoor fun.

University of Notre Dame business professor Dean Shepherd won the 2025 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, earning international recognition for nearly three decades of work on topics like entrepreneurial failure and emotions—he will collect the statuette and €100,000 at a ceremony in Stockholm on June 2—adding to his influential career in entrepreneurship research.

On Friday afternoon, a man was stabbed near W.

Broadway and Clay Street and taken to the hospital with an upper arm wound—police later located a suspect in a parking lot at Parkview Terrace Apartments in the 500 block of E. 12th Street, noting that the victim and suspect knew each other.

The Northwest Indiana Influential Women Association has launched a six-month mentorship program for personal and professional development that will match mentors with participants through one-hour sessions offered in-person or virtual and set to begin in June.

Applications for the first session will close on June 1—mentees pay $75 while mentors join free, and a launch celebration is planned for July.

The Indiana Department of Education released a map of Summer Food Service Program sites that will offer free breakfast and lunch to kids in low-income households this summer.

In St. Joseph County — six sites including Marian High School in Mishawaka will start serving meals in the next two weeks as 28 sites are set up in Elkhart County.

Mayor Dave Wood will host Front Porch Friday on June 13 from noon to 1 p.m. as he meets community members on the front porch of the Mishawaka Utilities Business Office at 107 North Main Street.

Preparing for Childbirth Workshop

9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. — Memorial Hospital — Registration required — Learn about childbirth experiences through hands-on activities and expert discussions.