The St. Joseph County Health Department is preparing for a possible surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

St. Joseph County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday went to a home in Granger, just east of South Bend, on a report that a knife-wielding man was chasing his wife.

Civil jury trials in St. Joseph County are postponed until after April 20. Defendants who have not been released on bond are being held in the county jail.

The St. Joseph County Health Department confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the county Wednesday afternoon. Health officials say they are expecting more cases in the next few days.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said the remains were moved to Indiana because the St. Joseph County coroner was the first to step forward with the capacity for the investigation.

South Bend and St. Joseph County officials reached an agreement this past week for splitting $18 million for the project's local contribution.

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies are searching the two properties in St. Joseph County in the Ulrich Klopfer investigation.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter filed paperwork asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor. Circuit Court Judge John Broden has granted that request, but has not yet assigned a prosecutor.

Family and community members continue to question the official version of events on the fatal police shooting of Eric Logan early Sunday morning in South Bend.

Community members at a vigil in South Bend Monday night are looking for answers following the shooting death of 53-year-old Eric Logan by a police officer early Sunday morning.