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Quickly's Neighbors Porter County
Hey, Quickly, I again saw the Portage physical education class bicycling the Prairie-Duneland Trail this morning.
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, D-Ind., is cosponsoring legislation to finalize an interstate agreement designed to protect Lake Michigan and her sister waters from thirsty intruders.
Cause of Portage mobile home fire undetermined
The cause of a Monday afternoon fire in a mobile home at Woodland Village Mobile Home Park is undetermined, but an initial fire investigation indicates the fire was unintentional.
Burns Harbor seeks funding for cleanup, land buy and trail
The Burns Harbor Redevelopment Commission plans to assemble a citizen advisory committee both to help provide redevelopment ideas and to help the town score higher in grant applications to fund such projects.
Restaurants evacuated after suspected gas leak
Six people were hospitalized after McDonald's employees detected the odor of natural gas around lunchtime on Friday.
CHS class of 1973 reunion in two weeks
The Chesterton High School Class of 1973 is still accepting reservations for dinner until Thursday, July 24.
E-tickets saving time for Porter Police
The new e-ticket capability in town of Porter Police cars has enabled officers to spend less time writing tickets and more time catching speeders.
A 14-year-old boy from Chicago Heights, Ill., may have drowned Sunday at the Dunes National Lakeshore at Kemil Beach.
Duneland population growth rate slows a bit in 2007 Census estimates
Population growth in the Tri-Towns appears to have tapered slightly, with a total increase between 2006 and 2007 of 433 or 2.33 percent, compared to a total increase between 2006 and 2005 of 700 or 3.92 ...
Gas leak prompts evacuation at Mittal Steel Burns Harbor plant
Portions of the ArcelorMittal facility at Burns Harbor were evacuated on Thursday after a coke oven gas pipe ruptured, the Chesterton Fire Department said.
Burns Harbor looks toward future of town planning and zoning
The Burns Harbor Town Council put in place another piece of the puzzle of planning for future growth Wednesday night, agreeing to seek a $100,000 grant from the Regional Development Authority, to provide the ...
Ports officially adopts its unofficial name
The Ports of Indiana can now officially go by that name. The state group, which oversees Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor, has used that name for some time.
Burns Harbor pushes to redevelop blighted property on US 20
The Burns Harbor Redevelopment Commission voted unanimously Thursday authorizing its attorney to seek a contractual agreement that would grant right of entry onto the abandoned Standard Plaza property for the ...
Burns Harbor to spray for mosquitoes park program underway
The Burns Harbor Town council was in unanimous agreement about spraying for mosquitoes this season.
Overseas hackers steal cash of Hoosiers
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The FBI met with police and bank officials Wednesday to determine how many customers of Northern Indiana financial institutions had money stolen by hackers in Spain, Russia, Nigeria and ...
911 system makes successful debut
Earlier this year, the Porter County Sheriff's Department took over Valparaiso's emergency 911 dispatch operation.
Quickly's Neighbors/Porter County
Did Duneland look toward the Burns Harbor area? With the way it is growing, they should get the next school built in that under-served area.
ArcelorMittal, unions sign safety pact
ArcelorMittal Chairman Lakshmi Mittal has signed an agreement with international unions that guarantees minimum safety standards for the global steel company's more than 310,000 workers in 60 countries.
Quickly's Neighbors/Porter County
Obviously, no one in Valparaiso knows that the American flag is supposed to be hung higher than any other flag hung next to it.