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The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County awarded WVPE a $500,000 grant over three years to hire two reporters, as announced Tuesday at an Elkhart Community Schools board meeting.

The funding will boost the station’s news production in the region (advancing local news).

Notre Dame faces Purdue Saturday, Sept.

26 in its first true road game, while Elkhart Area Career Center honors Herbert Ulery with a renovated motorsports facility dedication, and residents near Plymouth urge caution at U.S. 30 and Oak Drive after a semi crash.

Former Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw will lead Meals with Muffet for Hunger Action Day next week to help fight hunger in Michiana.

Meanwhile, interest rates have increased by 0.25% to 3.45-4% amid inflation and Cass County swore in new prosecutor Sarah Scoggin on Sept. 21.

Honor Flight Northeast Indiana will conduct its 58th flight to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sept.

30, carrying 86 veterans including those honored with Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts. The public may join a Welcome Home Celebration at Fort Wayne International Airport at 8:30 p.m. (parking is available in the long-term lot).

South Bend Lyric Opera named Rita Koehler as its first executive director while celebrating its 10th anniversary.

The organization plans to expand programming and community partnerships across Michiana.

FEMA is providing over $17 million to midwest communities for disaster preparation (more than $14.9 million funds mitigation projects and $1.9 million supports floodplain management) while Indiana and Illinois are set to receive over $123,000 each for earthquake preparedness.

Owners of Juday Creek Golf Course broke ground on a new clubhouse today, just over two years after a fire burned the original in Aug.

2024 & aim to restore the venue for golfers.