Lakeville News

Mayor Steve Luecke is defending a list of proposed cuts released Tuesday that outline the future of city services if a Local Option Income Tax increase is not approved by the end of the month.

Clarice Balmer, 81, clutches the arm of her grandson, Arden Balmer Jr., 28, as her grandson, Lcpl.

July 7: Transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Montgomery fields questions during a news conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Akron July 4: Fireworks at dusk in downtown Akron. Bremen July 4: Fireworks at 10:30 p.m. in Sunnyside Park.

John Harden holds a 1953 newspaper article about the 1934 South Bend Indiana bank robbery by infamous depression era outlaw, John Dillinger.

Akron Fourth of July Celebration, car show, games, activities for children and more; begins 5 p.m. July 3 and continues through July 4 ; downtown Akron; 893-4123 or 505-9881. Bremen Bremen's Firemen's Festival, June 30 through July 4 , Sunnyside Park; 546-3660. Goshen FreedomFest, there will be no event this year; freedomfestgoshen.com. Lakeville ...

Bound, gagged and beaten, a robbery victim nonetheless managed to exit his apartment Monday and hop down a flight of stairs to a first-floor hallway, where he was later found lying half-naked and helpless on a concrete floor, police and neighbors said.

A new e-ticket system - a way for police to electronically deliver traffic tickets on the road - benefits motorists, taxpayers and police, officials say.

If you get a ticket while driving in LaPorte County, expect the whole process to take less time.

Not many people in Lakeville know "The Prom Night Murders" is at bookstands. Even after reading the title of the book by New York Times best-selling author Carlton Smith, it doesn't click that the book is about the Pelley murders that took place in Lakeville on April 29, 1989.

Right to worship, To speak freely, To assemble unimpeded, These are gifts enjoyed by every American citizen.

Several area police departments intend to participate in the upcoming statewide Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization, according to a news release.

Two people will compete Saturday for a spot on the St. Joseph County Council, and a third said she should have a chance, too.

A recently resigned St. Joseph County Council member confirmed Tuesday that he stepped down largely because he had been living outside of his district the entire time he was in office.

On a gigantic aerial photograph in the middle of a high school gymnasium, Elizabeth Harbaugh points to the trailer she's lived in since 1980.

The $420-million dollar realignment of U.S. 31 between South Bend and Plymouth appears to be creating a bridge building bonanza.

The Indiana Department of Transportation will hold Open Houses to present plans and answer questions from residents about the New U.S. 31 being built between Plymouth and South Bend.

Sitting on the orange Kubota tractor, Ryan James lowered the auger into the earth.

By Carol Anders Correspondent LAKEVILLE - A few patrons of the Union-North School Corporation forwarded a petition to the State Board of Accounts last week asking for an audit of the corporation's financial records.

A task force working to combine and consolidate 911 dispatch centers in St. Joseph County continued its work Monday.