Lowell News

Twenty-six inside vendors and two outside vendors greeted visitors to the first Winter Market at the Crown Point Civic Center on Saturday.

Rosemary Johnston Hawn of Lowell wasn't seeking a "slimmer figure," hoping to "look years younger," as a Northwest Indiana plastic surgeon's phone message promises.

Fundraiser benefit for cancer fight: A fundraiser from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Lowell VFW Post, 17401 Morse St., will help Sara Milanowski's fight against breast cancer.

David Lee seemed to have found the perfect job. He was a longtime crack addict who, in sobriety, had discovered a talent for persuading other users to seek treatment.

Editor's Note: This warning comes from the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association and appears in its latest RV Executive Today Online edition.

Find quilts, home accessories, candles, jewelry, PartyLite candles, popcorn, bake sale and more during the Holiday Craft Show at the Lowell Public Library, 1505 E. Commercial Ave.

Residents welcomed the holiday season during Friday's 11th annual Festival of Lights parade.

Santa's parade: Santa will arrive via helicopter at 10 a.m. today at the Pointe Mall, 1900 N. Main St.

Final boundaries for a newly created downtown state historic district were approved Monday by the Town Council.

Pavement work on the intersection of Burr Street and Indiana 2 will not be complete this year and officials are demanding to know why.

MUNCIE - Lowell A. 'Bud' Davis, 83, passed away Saturday morning, November 21, 2009 at the Renaissance Rehabilitation Center.

Cline Avenue isn't the only Northwest Indiana bridge in bad shape. Eight bridges in Lake and Porter counties are more structurally deficient than at least one of the Cline Avenue ramps that the Indiana Department of Transportation recently closed for safety reasons, according to federal records.

Two ironworkers were charged Friday with beating and critically injuring a 67-year-old man at an Uptown gym Nov.

The Voters Registration Office reported this week that three voting precincts, including one in Westchester and one in Pine township, turned in flipped results in last week's countywide referendum.

Hey, Art Theater in Hobart, why don't you find out what the first movie shown there was and bring it back? That would make a cool evening.

Community Crime Watch meeting: A guest speaker from the Lake County Sheriff's Department will talk about Internet safety and current crime statistics at the Crime Watch meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Highland Branch of the Lake County Public Library, 2841 Jewett Ave.

Veterans Day program, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jane Ball Elementary School gym, 13313 Parrish Ave.

Gov. Mitch Daniels honored three Lake County businesses for longevity and community service during the annual Governor's Century and Half Century Business Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.

With a sigh of relief, county officials were glad to see the public finally take a stand in Tuesday's special election for the Northwest Indiana Regional Transportation District referendum.

Darlene Propst of Lowell wanted to give her Cub Scouts the opportunity to earn their history badges, so she brought them to Buckley Homestead, near Lowell, over a recent weekend.