Mark Peterson

Winona Coatings is closing its Warsaw plants on Polk Drive and permanently laying off 108 workers. The closings will occur on December 31st.

Nestle has filed plans to close its plant on Keystone Ave. in Indianapolis idling 172 workers by the end of the year. Nestle is also closing a Fort Wayne plant eliminating 69 jobs there.

A former Mishawaka PTA Council President faces a felony count of theft for allegedly stealing more than $20,000. 42 year old Chasity Edmonson is said to be "remorseful" and has since paid back about $11,000.

Sears stores in Mishawaka and Merrillville are slated to close in late October. The Auto Centers will close in late August. Store liquidation sales should begin around August 15th.

Those who have complained about shoddy landscaping at St. Joseph County roundabouts will soon have a chance to do something about it. The county will soon unveil an "Adopt a Spot/Road" program designed to tap the talents of green thumbed do-gooders. https://t.co/PJVUwRIIYA

How hot is the real estate market? 43 percent of the tax delinquent properties in Berrien County offered today at auction were purchased. The auction brought in a record $1.6 million. The County Treasurer says the previous record was just over $1 million.

Pitbull as rescheduled his cancelled South Bend concert for Friday August 16th at Four Winds Field. To thank fans for their patience, the Cubs are comping home game tickets when someone purchases a resked Pitbutt ticket.

Sgt. Ryan O'Neill has resigned from the South Bend Police Department according to a press release from FOP Lodge 36. Reasons for the resignation included job related stress a lawsuit, national media attention and hateful things said on social media.

It's condo chaos in Benton Harbor where 43 units at the New Harbor condo complex will be sold in a delinquent tax auction later this month. Some of the delinquent units are still occupied and just under half the units are involved in the tax sale. https://t.co/kzHqK43AM3

The Mishawaka Chick fil A will close for approximately eight weeks this summer for renovation and expansion. It'll reopen with twice the kitchen capacity and outdoor seating. https://t.co/eUoPQRVn1M

Benton Harbor High School would be closed starting in the 2020-2021 school year and students would transfer to neighboring districts. That's under the terms of a bold state plan unveiled today. K-8 schools would remain open. All high school students would get free transport.

A Facebook post from Benton Harbor's mayor calls the "dissolution of Benton Harbor High School" a "reckless misadventure" on the part of the administration of Governor Gretchen Whitmer that signals the unraveling of public education for Black, Hispanice, and poor communities.

The Boy Scouts LaSalle Council is looking to be the first troop in the nation to create an outdoor STEM lab. Plans include putting a wind turbine, solar panels, and a geodesic dome among other things on the grounds of Fredrickson Park in South Bend. https://t.co/2t0Lqs27K2

If you're the kind of person who likes to putter around the house perhaps you'd be interested in plans to build up to 36 new homes on the Blackthorn Golf Course in South Bend. The homes would take up 13.8 acres on the far northwest corner of the course-where the Blarney Hole is

Proposed plans call for an 8 story, 200 room hotel to be built on the grounds of the Century Center in South Bend. https://t.co/MH2QIUSy5h

Whirlpool stock had dropped $6 a share before southwest Michigan business leaders today gathered with their congressman to talk tariffs. "These tariffs are acting as an incentive to send jobs overseas rather than keep them here, and that’s why they need to end," said Fred Upton

Every day is a 90 degree day when it comes to parking in downtown South Bend. City plans to switch to angled front parking along Michigan between Colfax and Western to more like a 40 to 60 degree angle. https://t.co/6kWcmagV5I