The Hobart City Council will consider initial action on a sewage rate increase at its Dec. 4 meeting. On Tuesday, the city’s sanitary board unanimously approved the rate increases, which average about $3 a month to cover improvements to the city’s aging main lift station.
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Cedar Lake officials and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have been working to address the town’s water system since August following a recent IDEM report that found more than a dozen deficiencies in the system.
The Northwest Indiana residents who shopped Black Friday at Highland Grove said while the sales and crowd sizes have shifted they enjoy the tradition behind the shopping holiday.
Porter County officials got good news about the rating for its most recent bond issue, slated mostly for upgrades at the Porter County Jail, and kudos for a general fund surplus over the past nine years, though the same financial review also dinged the county for its “lack of more formal fiscal management practices.”
The driver of a car going the wrong way on U.S. 30 east of Valparaiso died in a head-on crash early Thanksgiving morning, police said. Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department were called around 12:28 a.m. on Nov. 28 to the area of U.S. 30 and County Road 450 East in Washington Township for […]
The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected on Thursday an Illinois man’s bid to throw out his conviction.
Crown Point adds to its strong junior class, which already included Dikembe Shaw.
Two men were recently separately charged for car fires in Gary and Hammond.
Wallace and Dominique Murphy hope to lead East Chicago Central deep into the playoffs.