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A view of the former Pizza Hut franchise in Chesterton at 754 Indian Boundary Road. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Weeds and unpaid bills proliferate for Chesterton’s closed Pizza Hut site

June 11, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

The weeds grow taller while the unpaid utility bills pile up for Chesterton's former Pizza Hut, which has been closed for a year.

The Porter County Courthouse in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Man has a not guilty plea in Monday fatal shooting in Valparaiso

June 5, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Kuran Kinley had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf on a murder charge that accuses him of fatally shooting Trayveon Triplet.

The Chesterton Fire Department will move into the Tilden Enterprises building at 360 Lincoln St. in Porter. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Chesterton Fire Department to move into Porter building

June 4, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

The Chesterton Fire Department will move across the tracks to a downtown Porter building while the fire station is being remodeled.

The Calumet Road railroad crossing, looking south from the new parking lot on nearby Grant Avenue. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Chesterton looks to improve railroad crossing pedestrian safety with new parking lot

June 4, 2025 at 12:37 p.m.

Chesterton will soon install signs to alert pedestrians about the railroad crossing on Calumet Road with the town's opening of a parking lot nearby on Grant Avenue.

Duneland School Corporation Superintendent Chip Pettit pictured on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Duneland voters may see school referendum renewal earlier because of state law change

June 3, 2025 at 9:50 a.m.

The Duneland School Corporation might ask voters to renew an operating referendum in November because of a legislative change.

Chesterton Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Chesterton council to have closed meeting on plan commission member’s remarks

June 1, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

The Chesterton council will hold a closed meeting this month at the request of a councilwoman about alleged "misconduct."

Devin Throw, 17, of Chesterton, stands by the Waverly Road sign at the corner of Waverly and U.S. 20 on Friday, May 30, 2025, near where he helped pick up trash that he later cataloged. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Chesterton High School student converts trash into data for better environmental policy

June 1, 2025 at 8:15 a.m.

Devin Throw insisted on taking home with him all the trash collected from a recent Earth Day cleanup along Waverly Road in Porter.

An SUV with two men from the Detroit area crashed on U.S. 421 near LaPorte County Road 50 N on the morning of Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Chesterton Police/provided)

High-speed chase ends in crash and arrest for drug possession

May 30, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

More than 200 bottles of prescription drugs suspected stolen from a Minneapolis suburb were recovered after a high-speed chase.

Burns Harbor was founded in 1967, and its Town Hall was dedicated in 1981. The Plan Commission is set to consider Provident Realty Advisors’ proposal to rezone 100 acres at the Worthington Steel site to allow for a data center there. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

Nick Loving choice for Burns Harbor clerk-treasurer job

May 28, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

Long-time Burns Harbor Councilman Nick Loving will take on a new assignment as the town's clerk-treasurer.

Bernadine Renehan of the American Legion Auxiliary unit plays taps after a 21-gun salute during Chesterton's Memorial Day program Monday, May 26, 2025. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

‘It’s honoring those who gave all’: Chesterton commemorates Memorial Day

May 26, 2025 at 2:22 p.m.

Don Pratt reported for duty as he does every Memorial Day as a member of the Honor Guard for American Legion Post 170 in Chesterton.

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