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Mishawaka Common Council cancels meeting due to weather, next meeting set for Feb. 2
Mishawaka City Hall (Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 26, 2026 The Mishawaka Common Council has canceled its regularly scheduled meeting for Monday evening due to weather, city officials said. The meeting, which was set for Jan. 26, was canceled under a notice issued by the Office of the City Clerk. The city said the next council meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. No further details were provided about the cancellation. C
Jan 26


South Bend Common Council to consider rules overhaul eliminating public complaint process, bond ordinance
By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 25, 2026 South Bend City Hall (Photo: Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) The South Bend Common Council will take up a sweeping overhaul of its Rules Committee powers that would eliminate the public process for filing complaints against council members at its regular meeting Monday evening. The council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall and will also offer public access via Microsoft Teams. Among the resolutions on the agenda ar
Jan 25


Mishawaka council to consider annexations, bond ordinance, tax abatement
By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 25, 2026 Mishawaka City Hall (Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) The Mishawaka Common Council will consider two annexation petitions, a sewage works bond ordinance and a property tax abatement at its regular meeting Monday. The council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall, following committee sessions at 5:45 p.m. The meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s website and social media channels. Among the items on the agenda are P
Jan 25


State finds South Bend violated public records law in handling city attorney invoices
By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 23, 2026 South Bend City Hall is shown in downtown South Bend, Ind. Indiana’s Public Access Counselor found the city violated state public records law in handling requests for city attorney invoices. (Photo: Logan Foster) SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Indiana’s Public Access Counselor has found that the City of South Bend violated state public records law by taking an unreasonable amount of time to release city attorney invoices requested under
Jan 23


Gladys Muhammad Tied to At Least $293,000 in City and School Payments, Records Show
By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d January 16, 2026 Public records reviewed by Redress South Bend show that the City of South Bend and the South Bend Community School Corporation have paid at least $293,000 since 2022 to Gladys Muhammad and entities she leads, based on contracts and invoices obtained to date. Redress South Bend previously reported on consulting contracts between the City of South Bend and Muhammad that authorized payments of up to $60,000 per year. New
Jan 16


Karen White received nearly $100,000 from South Bend schools without contracts, records show
By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d January 15, 2026 Karen L. White. (Photo: City of South Bend) South Bend Common Council member Karen L. White received nearly $100,000 in payments from the South Bend Community School Corporation over several years, but the school district says it has no contracts or written agreements documenting the services tied to those payments. According to school district payment records, the payments were made to White and to an entity identified a
Jan 15


South Bend Common Council’s Sharon McBride Not Charged After DuComb Center Probe Cites 2,514 Missing Hours and $134,644 in Questioned Pay
By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d Feb 14, 2025 SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A special prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against South Bend Common Councilwoman Sharon McBride after investigators documented thousands of hours of unexplained absences during her tenure as director of the DuComb Center, according to a newly released court filing. The DuComb Center is a county-run work-release and community corrections facility that supervises individuals serving court-ord
Nov 26, 2025


South Bend Councilwoman Karen White Allegedly Suggests Violence Against Trump, Witnesses Claim
By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Oct 7, 2025 Karen White, Official Photo South Bend Common Council Member Karen White (At-Large) allegedly called for violence towards President Trump during the St. Joseph County Democratic Party meeting on Oct. 4, 2025. According to multiple attendees who reported the incident to Redress South Bend, White was quoted saying, “ Okay, and we're gonna put the orange man. I don't know where y'all are gonna put him, but I know where I would li
Oct 8, 2025
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