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Park patrons in Mishawaka can see dinosaurs and insects up close through augmented reality app

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Coilin Walsh and his wife, Ashley, initially purchased 5 acres of land on the north side of Mishawaka to start a small farm as a way to teach their daughters

Coilin Walsh and his wife, Ashley, initially purchased 5 acres of land on the north side of Mishawaka to start a small farm as a way to teach their daughters the benefits of gardening and working with nature. The family works on weeknights and weekends at Walsh Family Farms cultivating such produce as radishes, kale and tomatoes and has simply sold the items to the public at a roadside stand near their home. But this year, they wanted to do more. “The real benefit we saw with this is that the farmers market serves as an effective means to set up a time and space to connect with the local...

MISHAWAKA — Mishawaka’s new ice ribbon and cafe-events center at Beutter Park’s Ironworks Plaza is a step closer to becoming a reality. City leaders say they knew they were on the right track last month when bids on the project came in at a tad more than $15 million — nearly $5 million less than the $20.5 million estimate. And there were five firms bidding. With the blessing of the Common Council and Redevelopment Commission, the city signed off on a $50 million stimulus bond issue to pay for the ice ribbon project and nearly a dozen other planned construction projects thi...