The Karl King Tower, 515 E. Monroe St., South Bend. Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow says tenant complaints at the senior apartments high-rise are an example of how the city needs better enforcement of rental housing standards.
Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow, whose office helps eligible tenants with rent, says the rental housing task force he has convened wants public input at a town hall meeting Thursday.
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In northern Indiana, Feeding America says the number of people who were food insecure last fiscal year rose 9% from the prior year, and it jumped 13% among children. -
Jennifer Weingart/WVPEWe Make Indiana has invited St. Joseph County Council candidates to a voter forum Tuesday and county sheriff candidates to a forum next Thursday (Oct. 1). -
screenshot/YouTubeBerrien County has approved incentives for another workforce housing development. Orchard View Lofts would bring 144 apartments to the area near I-94 and Niles Road in St. Joseph Township. -
Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker on Friday said she's confident that Nicholas Stanley will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering 38-year-old Allen Cogswell in revenge for molesting Stanley's family member. -
Provided/City of South BendThe event will bring food vendors, musical acts and other activities to Howard Park on Saturday and Sunday. -
Nicholas Stanley's defense attorney, Vincent Campiti, on Thursday told Elkhart Circuit Judge Michael Christofeno that he was wrong, and risks a retrial, for refusing to tell the jury that they can convict Stanley on the lesser charge of manslaughter for acting in "sudden heat."
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