Lake Station News

So Gary Mayor Rudy Clay comes home from Las Vegas with a $10,000 check. How much did it cost the taxpayers to send Rudy on this "vacation?" Lake Station Fire Department, you did an awesome job at the Halloween trick-or-treat in the park.

Lake Superior Court Judge Diane Ross Boswell sentenced a Hammond man to 10 years in prison for dealing in cocaine.

Two Lake Station men have been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing $25,000 in gold chains.

The halls of the Lake County Government Center resembled a refugee camp, as hundreds of children and their parents crowded the hallways to wait for flu shots from the Lake County Health Department.

The Lake County Health Department will offer H1N1 vaccinations to students in the Hobart and River Forest school districts beginning Monday.

Hospice fundraiser: Tickets are available until Monday noon for the dinner prepared by Chef Arthur Stark, owner of Scarborough Faire Cafe & Bakery.

'Remember When': This lunch and show with a local doo-wop group will benefit the Northwest Indiana Food Bank.

Financial education workshop: The Crown Point Community Library, 214 S. Court St., will conduct a free financial education workshop presented by First Midwest Bank of Crown Point at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

A Hobart man has been charged in Lake Superior Court with child molesting involving a 5-year-old girl.

Agency fields more than triple the number of telephone calls it normally receives as residents apply for federal assistance Comments October 19, 2009 BY GITTE LAASBY, 648-2183 Northwest Indiana residents are eager to get their homes weatherized.

A dress up area is among the fun at the new play center that is part of the Lake County Parks Dept.

Good morning. Yes, I just love, love, love, love, love, love your new format. It's a pleasure every morning.

Jim Martin's drive home to the Miller neighborhood has been more perilous since this spring, but he says he's seeing light at the end of the Borman Expressway construction.

A Lake County judge has granted an appeal of a 1982 rape and robbery conviction for a Lake Station man who served a 35-year prison term for the crimes.

Congratulations to Dottie and Bill Hebert on their 60th wedding anniversary. Many Hobartites remember the Heberts, who were longtime Hobart residents before they moved to Lake Station.

The Bonner Senior Center's recent 30th birthday party exceeded expectations. Because it was a birthday party, there was cake.

Keeping youngsters warm during the winter can be a struggle for parents in today's economy.

Share + Sep 24, 2009 5:32 pm US/Central LAKE STATION, Ind. Take a log and a chain saw, add some creativity and a love of nature, and you've got an incredible local artist.

If you read my bowling column in today's Post-Tribune, you know about a handful of local centers that force high school bowlers at schools sponsored by the centers to also bowl in their respective youth leagues -- Ray's Lanes in Lake Station, Westchester Lanes in Chesterton and Country Lanes in Lowell.

Tired of high utility bills? Some permanent help could be coming your way soon. About 545 homes in Northwest Indiana will be weatherized for free in the next eight months thanks to stimulus funding.