Ethanol

SOUTH BEND – Will an ongoing flooding issue in South Bend lead to lawsuits? An attorney plans to hold a meeting next week with homeowners who live on Calvert Street. Last week, Charlette James had more than a foot of water in her basement. James...

SOUTH BEND -- Even more homeowners near a former ethanol plant have added their names to a list of people who have water or in some cases mold in their houses. Everyone seems to agree that the best way to stop the problem of rising water near the former...

SOUTH BEND – It looks like things are only getting worse for those living near the old ethanol plant in South Bend. Their Calvert Street homes have flooded since the plant shut down in November. For a while, people living there hoped the plant...

SOUTH BEND – About a dozen homeowners who have been experiencing water problems and flooding issues since the New Energy plant shut down operations at the end of November say they've had enough. Enough of meetings. Enough talking. They want...

SOUTH BEND -- The New Energy Corp. ethanol plant cost more than $180 million to build in the early 1980s. But when it was sold at auction last week as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the winning bid came in at just $2.5 million....

SOUTH BEND -- Homeowners who live near a shuttered ethanol plant on the southwest side of town pressed city engineers, Tuesday evening, for solutions to rising water, which is now starting to seep into some nearby houses. But the meeting, which was...

SOUTH BEND – If you're a homeowner affected by flooding caused by the shutdown of a plant on South Bend's southwest side, you may want to attend a meeting this afternoon. The city says it's not responsible or liable to fix the problem, but leaders...

SOUTH BEND – Neighbors living near New Energy Corporation in South Bend are blaming the shutdown company for causing water problems in their homes. The ethanol plant stopped production a few weeks ago. Since then, neighbors say sump pumps have...

SOUTH BEND – As the last bit of Randy Matthys’ 2012 harvest dumped from the semi into the silo, it sounded a lot like the “ka-ching” of money in the bank. “We’ve always been sending anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Rep. Mike Pence has railed heavily against federal mandates he says are trampling on American freedoms and free enterprise. At the top of that list is the health care law that requires individuals to buy health insurance....

Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio's capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly plans to spend the week rolling out his economic development proposals while his potential rivals focus on Indiana's raucous Republican primary battle. On Monday, Donnelly visited...