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Highland Councilman Mark Herak in 2017 file photo.

Highland official: ‘I let my emotions get the best of me’ in siren-free parade response

May 13, 2019 at 5:31 a.m.

Highland’s town council president addressed social media backlash over what he described as an “animated conversation” he had with area firefighters who blared their sirens during this year’s intended siren-less...

Merrillville police officer Aaron Ridgway climbed into a storm drain at Meijer Sunday two save eight ducklings that were trapped.

Merrillville police rescue flock of ducklings trapped in parking lot drain

May 13, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Merrillville Police worked for more than two hours Sunday to rescue a family of ducklings trapped in the storm drain system under Meijer’s parking lot. At least two distressed customers...

Dollar General assistant manager Susan Barrett stands in front of the damage after a car hit the front of the new store.

Driver smashes into Highland store less than a week after opening

May 13, 2019 at 5:25 a.m.

Less than a week after the newly constructed Dollar General store at 3315 45th St. in Highland opened for business, a vehicle Monday crashed into the front façade. The crash...

Ronald Eric Cole, Jr. and Kandice Cole, left, stand in front of a memorial for their son, Eric, seen on right, at the Wheatfield Little League. Eric died Aug. 5, 2017, in an accidental shooting in Crown Point.

Family tries to rebuild after shooting death of 4-year-old son: ‘I still cry like it’s the first day’

May 13, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

Ronald Eric Cole Jr. is at ease around children, who readily flock to him at the Wheatfield Little League. One minute he was raising one of his nieces in the...

Highland voters will decide in November if there should be a $15 million expansion of Lincoln Center.

Highland voters to decide on Lincoln Center expansion

May 13, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

Highland voters will decide in November whether or not they want a major expansion to the Lincoln Community Center and park. Town Council members unanimously approved an ordinance Monday that...

Charlie Cichowski of Poratge, watches as Patty Borchert and Sheri Graegen, both of Highland, feed tacos to his dog Ginger Wednesday at the first Music & the Market of the season in Highland.

Highland tunes up Midweek Farmers Market offerings

May 21, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

Patty Borchert, of Highland, and Charlie Cichowski, of Portage, sat in folding chairs under a tree in Highland’s Main Square Park Wednesday as Cichowski’s dog Ginger played at their feet,...

The group assembles another type of structure to create fish habitat on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Izaak Walton League in Griffith.

Sinking a boat, intentionally: Volunteers establish fish habitat in Griffith lake

May 13, 2019 at 5:11 a.m.

A small group of volunteers watched from a pier at the Izaak Walton League in Griffith as a fishing boat began to take on water. As two other boats navigated...

Marilyn Garner from the Lake County Auditor's office uses a break April 10, 2018 to cast her ballot at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point on the first day of early voting.

Early voting starts for May primary in Lake County

May 13, 2019 at 5:06 a.m.

There was no waiting Tuesday at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point as voting at the county's 11 early polling sites for the May 8 primary got underway....

Crown Point Mayor David Uran attempts to pin a badge on new firefighters Jared Andras, Eric Zak and Nathan Long Wednesday after the men were sworn in as the department's latest hires.

Three new firefighters join Crown Point force

May 13, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Crown Point Fire Rescue added three new full-time members to its ranks April 4 in a move that for the first time will allow the department to staff a third...

Mock victim Eddie Piaseczny, painted with fake blood, studies for a test as he awaits the start of an active shooter drill at the University of Saint Francis Crown Point on April 9, 2018.

Active shooter drill in Crown Point puts first responders, students to the test

May 13, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Senior nursing student Rachelle Bisping applied pressure to two "gunshot wounds" on Edward Piaseczny's leg, attempting to slow the pace of a suspected femoral artery bleed. "He has two leg...

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