With lower tax revenues forecast to create a $1.8 billion budget deficit over the next two years, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says the state will drain the reserve fund to zero, but will still need at least $300 million in education cuts to balance the budget.

The Environmental Protection Agency will use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds on engineering projects in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes.

The Michigan City Redevelopment Commission approved a $150,000 grant to create a downtown “artist’s colony.”

Ironworkers Local 395 celebrated the opening of their new union hall Tuesday.

By damming a culvert to create a water supply, firefighters in Wheatfield managed to extinguish a pesky muck fire than had been burning since June.

A museum, a hospital and a casino were all suggested as possible new uses for the College Football Hall of Fame building in South Bend. The Hall is relocating to Atlanta next year.