- July 2025
- Issue 012
On June 10, layoffs rocked the State Library and Indiana Historical Bureau. Just this year, the staff at the IHB has been reduced from a team of eight employees... to just one.
Aaron Helman takes us inside the state's decision to kneecap the Historical Bureau and explains why it affects all of us more than you might think.
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Betsy Jochum came to South Bend in 1943 to play for the Blue Sox in their inaugural season. She never left. More than 80 years later, Jochum passed away at the age of 104.
For 45 years, Erasmus Books has been South Bend's best-kept secret, a bookstore that feels like a magical adventure, a time machine, and a treasure hunt all at the same time.
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