Wednesday Jul 1 | Chesterton Tribune
RDA and RTA language in state budget bill defended, attacked
For Northwest Indiana, the state budget bill that passed Tuesday is a big boost to those favoring more regional government, and an equally big slap for Porter County officials who have rejected the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority and the prospect of more taxes.
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the Ogden Dunes Town Council as follows: AMENDING Section 1: of Ordinance #702 to read as follows.
Hey (Hey), You (You) Get Off of My Dune
"Not on my dune, you don't," a Northwest Indiana town is telling city folk out looking for a frolick on Lake Michigan .
Tallian to push for adult ed funding in state budget
State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, is making a last-minute push for increased state funding for adult education.
Town wins lawsuit to stop homeowner from renting
Ogden Dunes has won a lawsuit against a couple for renting their house out on a weekend and weekly basis.
Mitch talks tough on state's financial plight
In five minutes Monday night, Gov. Mitch Daniels sketched out his vision for Indiana's finances over the next two years: spending cuts, education increases and rainy day fund preservation.
Historical marker notes author's Hoosier home
Late Pulitzer-prize winning author and photographer Edwin Way Teale, whose summers and holidays in the dunes as a child left a lasting impression on his life and art, is now commemorated with a historical marker outside the home he owned here.
Solutions sought to flood woes
The manager of the town waterworks says a solution to the flooding of homes at the south end of town must start with the National Park Service and continue with help from the city of Gary.
Portage Schools asked to keep adult ed afloat for another year
The Portage Township School Board will be asked at its meeting tonight to continue serving as the fiscal agent for the region's adult education, keeping the struggling program intact for at least one more year.
JROTC helps Portage salute military, families
At a minute after noon Monday, Anthony Norlock, 5, jumped to his feet on the curb across from City Hall, pointed toward the flashing lights and sirens, and shouted, "They're coming!" Moments later Portage paramedic Nathan Bryan, his uncle, waved to him from the cab of Portage Fire Department Rescue One as it passed on Central Avenue, headed for ...
IDEM proposes adding new lead monitor in Burns Harbor
A new lead monitor would be located in Burns Harbor near the Arcelor Mittal plant, under a proposal by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to increase its air monitoring network.
Rain forces Utility to bypass into river
Heavy rains late on Wednesday forced the Chesterton wastewater treatment plant to bypass untreated or partially treated sewage into the Little Calumet River, the Utility said.
A new team is laying plans for the community to join five other Northwest Indiana cities and towns as Indiana CLEAN communities by the end of this year.
Ogden Dunes residents want council to take action now
Flooded basements caused some heated exchanges between Ogden Dunes Town Council mem- bers and residents Monday night.
Ogden Dunes flooding a mystery for residents
The sump pump in Karel Kearl's basement has been running almost constantly since she installed it April 6. "If I'm not pumping out, my basement would be full to the top," she said.
Water company seeks rate increase of nearly 30 percent
Indiana-American Water Company is seeking to increase its rate by 28.86 percent, in what would be--if granted by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission --the fifth rate hike obtained by the company in seven years.
Agency slow to resolve enviro permit issues
When IDEM Commissioner Thomas Easterly was appointed in 2005, a pile of backlogged permits were collecting dust on agency desks: Nearly 300 air permits and 276 water permits.
Quickly's Neighbors/Porter County
When the police officer at Vale Park and Silhavy roads in Valparaiso is directing you on which way to go, you do not still have to stop at the stop sign.