Chesterton News

Commended Students: Chesterton High School seniors Adam Potrzebowski and Luke Morgan are among the nation's 34,000 students designated as commended students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A Michigan City man who the Porter County Drug Task Force said was dealing cocaine in Chesterton was arrested Thursday on drug charges.

An Illinois woman who gave birth in September while a prisoner in custody of the Porter County Jail pleaded guilty Tuesday to a string of grocery store thefts.

A 32-year-old Chesterton man was arrested Monday on drug charges after the Porter County Drug Task Force said that he sold heroin to a 16-year-old girl whom he'd met at the skate park at 15th Street and Broadway.

Chesterton Police have documented another incident involving an autistic resident of the 1000 block of South 18th Street, this one, on Tuesday, coming to blows.

Notice is hereby given that the Chesterton Town Council will, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, on November 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as its schedule permits, at the Chesterton Town Hall, 726 Broadway, Chesterton, Indiana 46304, hear the Petition of Lorrie A. Wells to vacate the following real property located within the ...

Indiana-American Water Company should receive a rate increase of less than half the amount which it has asked the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to approve, the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is saying.

The romance and charms of Florence, Italy, await all who experience the Tony Award winning musical, The Light in the Piazza to be presented at Chesterton's 4th Street Theater on Friday, October 30, Saturday, Oct.

WHEREAS, the Chesterton Town Council on March 26, 2001, adopted a Unified Comprehensive Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Chesterton Town Council has initiated an amendment to the text portion of Chesterton's Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinance in order to address the issue of nonconforming structures and uses; and ...

The Chesterton Art Center has begun raising funds for a new building, and a recent Art After Dark gala was the first step in the campaign.

Chesterton residents have until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, to apply for appointment to the open seats on the town's municipal boards.

West Porter Ave. between South Calumet Road and Fifth Street will not be ripped up this year to replace the 16-inch force main discovered last year to have prematurely rotted.

The cleanup of Coffee Creek-clogged by debris from the Aug. 19 tornado-is complete.

Valparaiso University's Department of Music will host its annual Family Weekend Concert this Saturday, featuring original music and a special tribute by Chesterton composer Michael Boo.

A Portage man has been sentenced to 38 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to a charge of arson-causing serious bodily injury, after Portage Police said that he set his mother's bedroom on fire in May.

On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Chesterton High School Music Department and the CHS Band Boosters will host 30 marching bands from across Northern Indiana as they compete for the right to participate in the Indiana State School Music Association semi-state competition.

The Chesterton Advisory Plan Commission on Thursday voted 7-0 to have a developer's $40,000 surety check cashed and deposited in the town's favor, and a stop-work order on new homes in Phases 4 and 5 of The Villages of Sand Creek entered.

A Valparaiso man accused of having sexual contact with a young mentally handicapped man in his care at a group home will have to come up with $32,500 if he wants to bond out of the Porter County Jail.

Through traffic on South Calumet Road between Venturi Drive at the apex of the Triangle-rapidly being converted into a trapezoid-and 1100N is now just a memory.

Seven years ago, in May 2002, a sampling of elected and appointed officials from Duneland, along with a good mix of businesspeople, took a bus tour of some of the development hot spots in Porter County: the AmeriPlex in Portage, the Eastport Centre in Valparaiso, and Coffee Creek Center in Chesterton.