Cedar Lake News

Lowell, IN - A new study says it could cost more than $1 billion to build a highway linking Interstate 65 and Interstate 57 south of Chicago.

Really, I don't make these things up. Next Monday is Embrace Your Geekness Day. Sally Sorenson from Schererville e-mailed me a while back just in case I might be interested.

"...You get a line and I'll get a pole, We'll go fishin' in the crawdad hole, Roger Marvel, 75, said: "For the most part, my business has grown by word of mouth.

"There are," they say, "no small roles, only small actors." I've decided to take that adage to heart, and am, accordingly, making the most of my very small -- in fact, only auditory -- role in Michael Mann's film of John Dillinger's last year of life, "Public Enemies." Wayne Keilman of Cedar Lake stands outside the Hall of Justice in Crown Point ...

Motorcycle enthusiasts biked throughout Northwest Indiana recently as they vied for the highest poker hand -- and, along the way, raised money to help fight cancer.

Celebrate summer tonight through Sunday at the aptly named Celebrate Summer Festival at Redar Park, Austin Avenue and Gregory Street, Schererville.

The 2009 Model A Restorers Club will finish off its week with a cruise from Merrillville to Crown Point.

Susan Brown is one busy woman. A Valparaiso resident, she serves as associate music director at Christ Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, teaches music lessons and plays various instruments with the Pinhook Bogtrotters.

Bravo to the Lake Station schools for getting Mohawk child out of class. Any intelligent person can understand that this child would be too much of a distraction for our kids.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will neither confirm nor deny that it is investigating the Lake County Health Department amid allegations that two former employees falsified drinking water tests.

Lions Clubs worldwide are known for their dedication to improving communities and promoting healthy eyesight.

Freedom Park in Lowell is the place to be this spring and summer. For dog lovers, the award-winning Bark Park is open to all canine friends.

Kay Schulman of Crown Point recently e-mailed to ask what I've been reading lately.

James Johnson of Cedar Lake had a dream earlier this week that he won the lottery.

A robber took a cash drawer containing more than $118 Monday night from Walgreen's at 2500 Grant St., Lt.

One man is dead and another escaped injury after a 10-foot-deep trench they were digging caved behind a Lowell home, Lake County authorities said.

A Valparaiso man was killed when a 10-foot-deep trench he was digging with a co-worker collapsed on him Friday afternoon.

Four men were charged with possession of marijuana following a traffic stop in the 200 block of W. Main Street on April 1, police said.

A Cedar Lake man has been charged with theft and two counts of battery in a Feb.

A man who escaped while being escorted to the Newton County Courthouse in Kentland was sentenced to 30 and a half years in prison.