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Mishawaka Utilities Commission Order 46221

On April 22, 2026, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued Order 46221 granting the City of Mishawaka approval of Ordinance 2025-08 establishing the city's municipal water and wastewater utility as the exclusive service provider for areas within four miles of Mishawaka's corporate boundaries. The Commission approved the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement entered into by Mishawaka, St. Joseph Regional Water and Sewer District, and St. Joseph County, following an evidentiary hearing on December 15, 2025. Granger Water Utility, LLC, which also intervened in the proceeding, did not join the settlement. As of April 17, 2025, Mishawaka Utilities served 16,626 residential, commercial, and industrial wastewater customers.

Campbell v. Broome County - Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment § 1983 Claims Affirmed in Part

The Second Circuit affirmed the District Court's sua sponte dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) of plaintiff pro se David John Campbell's amended complaint alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional violations against Broome County and City of Binghamton officials, finding the complaint factually frivolous and lacking allegations of municipal policy or personal involvement of certain defendants. The appellate court vacated and remanded solely the claim against Officer Nicholas Mushalla for allegedly unreasonably seizing firearms and other items from Campbell's home, which was not subject to the companion Binghamton I dismissal.