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Suspected bio-waste discovered in Valparaiso bin brings district warning

May 13, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction’s efforts to reduce contamination at its drop-off bins were further stymied this week when someone left three bags labeled as bio-waste in a bin...

Republican Stephanie Kuziela, left, files for another term as Chesterton's Clerk-Treasurer Wednesday at the Porter County Clerk's Office with the assistance of Beth Tyler, a deputy clerk.

Candidates get start to primary races as filing opens

May 13, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Stephanie Kuziela was first in line Wednesday morning to file for this year’s municipal elections in Porter County, handing over the paperwork to run for another term as Chesterton’s clerk-treasurer....

Soliday bill would change Porter County election process

May 13, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Democratic and Republican Porter County officials are throwing their support behind legislation that would change how elections in the county are handled. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso,...

School resource officer Jerry Patrick speaks in front of a mock teenager's bedroom during a presentation on potential drug warning signs to look for in your child's room on Jan. 8, 2019.

School superintendents, police offer safety assurances in Porter County

May 13, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

Porter County’s Safe Schools Commission gave an overview Tuesday of the many things in place in the county’s school districts to provide a safe learning environment and respond to a...

Heath Carter, chair of Valparaiso's Human Relations Council, speaks at Living Hope Community Church in Valparaiso on July 10, 2018.

Nazi graffiti discovered at Porter County airport

May 13, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department are investigating Nazi and vulgar graffiti found recently on a building at Porter County Regional Airport, five months after racist, homophobic and obscene...

Police: Man said he was too drunk to run from crash

May 13, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

Porter police arrested a Michigan City man over the weekend on three misdemeanors related to drunken driving after he allegedly rolled his car and told police he tried running away...

Family waits as pretrial conferences continue in Portage couple’s deaths

May 13, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

The shuffling of court dates for a Portage architect charged with 24 felonies and four misdemeanors related to alleged drunken driving in the deaths of a Portage couple out for...

New Porter County Council members experienced in government

May 13, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

The new and new-ish members of the Porter County Council are looking forward to settling into their roles as the council prepares for its first meeting of the year on...

Murder, arson charges dropped against man accused in mother’s death in Ogden Dunes

May 13, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

Frederick Fegely, charged with murder and felony arson in an Ogden Dunes fire that took the life of his mother in 2015, prepared for life as a free man Friday...

A sign taped to the door at the headquarters for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore notes the federal government shutdown.

Dunes official: No problems with ‘trash and human waste yet’ during government shutdown

May 13, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

Officials with the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes Tourism said they’re lucky the partial federal government shutdown happened in the winter and not during the height of the...

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