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Hebron official clears bonding requirement

May 13, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

After considerable back and forth with the town council, the Hebron Clerk-Treasurer has met the bonding requirements to remain in office. Clerk-Treasurer Alan Kirkpatrick said he received a surety bond...

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May 9, 2019 at 7:30 a.m.

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Rebecca Joniskam, a branch chief with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, left, and Robert Marshall, with IDEM's Office of Land Quality, answer questions Wednesday about the renewal of a landfill permit for U.S. Steel's Midwest Plant in Portage.

Water safety issue floats to top of IDEM landfill permit renewal hearing

May 13, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

A hearing held by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management was supposed to be about a renewal permit for a landfill at U.S. Steel’s Midwest Plant in Portage, something officials...

Democratic Valparaiso mayoral candidates seek transparency, neighborhood improvements

May 13, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

The prospect of filling an open mayor’s position in Valparaiso drew Democrats Deb Porter and Bill Durnell to vie in the May primary election for the chance to face a...

Newly appointed Porter County Election Board President David Welter speaks during a meeting on Thursday.

Porter County Election Board welcomes new president; sets course for May primary

May 13, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

After almost two weeks of turmoil, the Porter County Election Board, with a new president at the helm, breezed through a routine meeting that included a report from the clerk...

Portage Township official, Terry Whitten, dead at 74

May 13, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

Terry Whitten, president of the Portage Township Advisory Board, was remembered Wednesday as someone who was passionate about his work on the board, particularly with the Bonner Senior Center and...

Law school prof named to election board in Porter County

May 13, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

A local attorney and Valparaiso University law professor has been appointed to the Porter County Election Board to take the place of its president, who resigned earlier this week after...

Porter commissioners OK bump in election worker pay

May 13, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

Poll workers can expect a bump in pay after the Porter County Board of Commissioners voted a raise that includes pay for mandatory training Tuesday with the hope of more...

Police: Man dead, two wounded in Portage fight over debt

May 13, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

One person died and two others were wounded, including a 15-year-old-boy, during a shooting and stabbing Sunday night in Portage precipitated by an outstanding debt, police said. “This was an...

Porter County Election Board members J.J. Stankiewicz, in black coat, and David Bengs, right, answer questions from the media outside the county's voter registration office Nov. 9.

Porter County election board president resigns after shouting match with clerk caught on tape

May 13, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

Democrat J.J. Stankiewicz, president of the Porter County Election Board, submitted a letter of resignation to Clerk Jessica Bailey Monday after a tumultuous week in which fellow Democrats and the...

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