Wanatah News

Imagine the smell of fresh pine, cool air against your cheeks, the excited laughter of children dressed in boots and mittens, and a jingling bell from the horse ready to pull the next wagon full of visitors out ...

Sharon Holland came to the Northwest Indiana Women's Show at the Porter County Expo Center on Saturday for several reasons.

To the casual observer, it might have seemed like a typical fall weekend festival.

A Morgan Township man, who lives with his grandmother, told Porter County police someone damaged his grandmother's lawn and stole 50 bottles worth $5,000 from his grandmother's antique liquor bottle collection.

Work has started to repair the section of Porter County Road 400N that was washed out from the floods a month ago, the city engineer said Thursday.

Several local Dairy Queen restaurants will be getting a new look which they hope will lead to a bigger bite of the quick service food market.

Thanks to the Kiwanis and the sponsors for the wonderful Hot-air Balloon Fest at the Porter County Fairgrounds.

Someone called in about the city of Valparaiso ignoring the Windsor Park subdivision homeowners.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Pinney Agricultural Center will host its annual field day at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

This southern LaPorte County town recently won a grant that will help it to build a new library.

The tornado that slammed into Griffith Monday was rated an EF2 by the National Weather Service, and the strongest in more than a decade.

Cleanup of storm debris went smoothly on Wednesday as Porter County wasn't hit as hard as Griffith, officials said.

Cleanup could take up to a week in Wanatah after Monday's storms ripped branches, uprooted trees and struck the water tower with lightning, town officials said Tuesday.

Pictured from left to right are buyer Jim Chaplin, 4-H members Christopher and Stephanie Chaplin and the children's mother Beth Chaplin.

“I just got a card three weeks ago saying I've got such a wonderful son”

The state fire marshal continues to investigate the cause of a fire that killed a 73-year-old woman early Monday. via Post Tribune

“The family tried to get her to quit smoking through the years without much success”

A lighted cigarette apparently started a fire in Nellie Lerch's bedroom, resulting in her death. via Post Tribune