Shelley Jones

The Porter County Board of Commissioners announced its intention Tuesday morning to extend the deadline for applicants to the West Porter Township Fire Protection District Board to April 18 at...

Mitch Peters, president of the Indiana Dunes Tourism Board, says he will not step down from the volunteer position as requested last week by Porter County Council Vice President Red...

The Porter County Council on Tuesday gave the health department unanimous approval to expand the role of health officer from part- to full-time as a replacement is sought for retiring...

In an effort to increase civic awareness, all Porter County fifth graders are getting a chance at redesigning the iconic “I voted” stickers given out at polling places. Finalists will...

Porter County Councilman Jeremy Rivas, D-2nd, issued a warning at the end of the council meeting Tuesday evening regarding the cost of the $18 million highway garage being proposed by...

The Porter County Council grudgingly approved by a vote of 4 to 2 a $225,000 severance settlement Tuesday with former Indiana Dunes Tourism Director Lorelei Weimer to pay out the...

The produce market at 1569 Indian Boundary Road in unincorporated Chesterton looks likely to receive a continuance of the zoning variance it is requesting to stay open.

The conga line got longer and longer as sixth grader Nick Kintz led his classmates in his electric wheelchair at the urging of DJ/School Resource Officer Joe Christian. Exuberance was...

An anonymous letter was sent on March 8 to the Porter County Board of Commissioners, Porter County Council, Porter County Superior Court Judge Mary DeBoer, the county’s human resources director,...

Two-time Paralympic gold medalist, author, and Northwest Indiana native Patty Cisneros Prevo and friends gave a lively talk and wheelchair basketball demonstration Saturday morning at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in...