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Wednesday,
May 16,
2012
Duneland Schools:
State tells results of new third grade reading test
Town of Chesterton / Business:
LEL
wants to farm Morgan's Corner land
Town of Porter:
Young
Porter resident helps organize June 15 Safety Fest
Police:
Pleads
guilty to counterfeiting
Economy:
St Lawrence
Seaway shipping season off to solid start steel getting stronger
Environment:
State
begins talks with prospective operator for Dunes Pavilion restaurant
Plenty
to do at Spring Out to Sunset at Sunset Hill park
Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore superintendent to meet the public on May 23
State:
Indiana
unemployment tax safu may have cost businesses
Sports:
Chesterton
Girls, Anna Raffin edge Valparaiso for Track Sectional title
Chesterton Baseball
falls at Lake Central
Obituaries:
Service for
Robert Beglin is Saturday, May 19
Wilma
Cecelia McCardie dies at age 90
Tuesday,
May 15,
2012
Duneland Schools:
Apply now to help schools decide how to spend referendum tax dollars
CHS honors academic competition standouts
Town of Porter:
Safety concerns over crossing 49 likely to delay Porter hike/bike trail
Seven Peaks seeks zoning OK to reopen Splash Down Dunes
Town of Chesterton:
Dunes/Kankakee Trail route through Chesterton firming up
Tripping hazards on town sidewalks get ground down
Vacant
homes' weedy yards headache for town
Police:
Chase Bank branch in Portage robbed Monday
Liberty Township man charged with welfare fraud
Local History / Community:
Chesterton
United Methodist Church celebrates 150 years
Indiana:
Acting Indiana
chief justice picked to head state high court
Sports:
Chesterton Tennis
blasts Wheeler
Legal Notice
Legal Notices/Chesterton Re-establish CCD Fund 051512.pdf
Monday,
May 14,
2012
Region / Economy:
South Shore train passengers to be screened during NATO event; trains to be
canceled
Metra also plans heavy NATO security
Police:
ISP:
Trucker has close call this morning on I80
Portage
SWAT Team serves arrest warrant
Portage
PD: Woman reports armed robbery
Sports:
CHS wins softball
battle of the Trojans
Chesterton Baseball
beats Highland
Chesterton Girls
Tennis beats Culver
CHS Golf finishes 6th
at Uebele Invitational
Election 2012:
Indiana governor hopefuls tell jobs ideas
Obituary:
Gladys E.
Mohyde service Friday
Legal Notice
Legal Notices/Burns Harbor Ordinance No 247-2012 051412.pdf
Friday,
May 11,
2012
Election 2012:
County political parties looking to fill open spots on general election
ballots
Election / Schools:
Filing for 2012 school board election starts on July 25
Town of Porter:
Dueling
logos: Porter council wants input whether to use Adirondak chair or sunset
Porter
sets special meeting on trail route
Town of Burns Harbor:
Neighbors win closure of Burns Harbor police gun range
Local History:
Township
museum exhibit looks at Mother's Day
From hands to
iPads: Museum looks at history of tools in Porter County
Police:
Chesterton police make big pot bust on I-94
Charged
with possession of heroin
Cars hit
by rocks, not gunshots, on Chicago Skyway
Class Reunion:
Class of
1982 seeks classmates
Sports:
Chesterton Tennis
wraps up Duneland Conference Championship
Humphrey's double
lifts Trojans to win
CHS Golf beats Crown Point
Late Portage homer
dooms Trojan Softball
Legal Notices
Legal Notices/Porter County Additional Appropriations 051112.pdf
Legal Notices/NICTD Bidders Railroad Equipment 051112.pdf
Legal Notices/Beverly Shores Additional Appropriations 051112.pdf
Thursday,
May 10,
2012
Business / Town of Burns Harbor:
ArcelorMittal
tax abatement extension fails on 4-1 Burns Harbor vote
ArcelorMittal posts weak 1Q but North American ops are strong
Business / Town of Porter:
Utah developer seeks to reopen Splash Down Dunes in Porter
Police:
Bond
lowered in case of Portage man charged in fatal hit and run accident
ISP: $200K
in marijuana seized in LaPorte County
Environment:
Guest Commentary:
NPS plan for Cowles Bog would destroy thousands of trees open natural area
to industrial viewscape
Fraud Alert:
BBB urges caution
when opening 'Verizon' email
Sports:
Chesterton Boys grab
three DAC Track titles
CHS Softball falls 4-0
at Crown Point
Chesterton Girls
Tennis falls to Munster
Chesterton Baseball falls
3-2 to Crown Point
Legal Notices
Legal Notices/Westchester Township Additional Appropriations 051012.pdf
Legal Notices/Ordinance 12-12 Rezone Porter County Parks 051012.pdf
Legal
Notices/Ordinance 12-13 Rezone Myers.pdf
Wedn esday,
May 9,
2012
Education / Schools:
Investment in the future: Duneland voters approve tax for schools
Yes and No: Referendum by the numbers
Primary Election 2012:
Commissioner races: GOP voters pick Evans and Heinold
Blaney easily takes South County Commissioner
Democrat nomination
County Council races: Graham, Whitten, Poparad to face Hoffman, Neff,
Wszolek
Hudson beats Rensberger in GOP Surveyor race, will face Breitzke in fall
Seen and Heard at the polling places Tuesday
Joel Phelps to face Visclosky in the fall
Porter County 2012 Primary Election Results
Sports:
Chesterton Tennis
wraps up share of Duneland Conference title
CHS Girls finish 3rd
at Duneland Conference Track Meet
Tymorek dominant in
11-3 win over Valparaiso
Trojan Baseball falls
at Valparaiso 3-0
Trojan Golfers beat
Lake Central and Portage
Obituary:
Russell
Warren Larson dies at age 93
Election 2012
2012 School Referendum and Primary Election Results
Candidate Profiles:
Poparad and Kovachevich challenge incumbents in County Council atlarge race
Vote for three: Six compete in Republican County Council atlarge primary
Biggs and Evans face off in GOP Commissioner primary
GOP race: Heinold and Polarek vie for South County Commissioner nomination
Blaney and Puckett vie for Democrat South County Commissioner nomination
Lugar strong. Mourdock poised in GOP Senate debate
Phelps and Wenger vie for GOP US House nomination
Hudson and Rensberger seek Republican County Surveyor nomination
Tuesday,
May 8,
2012
Education / Schools:
School board votes to lease space at LIS for regional education center
Town of Burns Harbor / Business:
Traffic, incentives and
town park access discussed for $5.5 million Burns Harbor hotel plan
Police:
Former
Valpo financial adviser admits stealing $800,000 of client's money
ISP
report hit-and-run on Ind. 51 in Lake Station
Teen
passengers spell danger for novice drivers
Environment:
Army Corps speeds
Asian carp study
Business:
Horizon Bancorp
posts record quarterly results
Sports:
No. 13 CHS upends No.
5 SB St Joseph in tennis
Obituaries:
Myrtle
Johnson Grieger dies at the age of 92
Robert
Urbanski dies at age 71
Monday,
May 7,
2012
Environment:
Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore picks plan to reduce deer numbers
Police:
PCSP:
$4,400 seized from car on Toll Road
Sports:
Trojan Boys finish 2nd
at Valparaiso Relays
Humphreys, Trojans
shut out LaPorte 1-0
CHS Girls Tennis
remains perfect in DAC
Chesterton Softball
gets another DAC win
CHS Boys Golf 10th at
Lafayette Jeff Invite
Obituaries:
Lewis 'Lew'
E. Willis service Saturday
Kathy Louise
Mort Flory dies at age 54
Legal Notices
Legal
Notices/IDEM PSC Metals 050712.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Education Services Records Destroyed 050712.pdf
Special Report on Indiana Education
*Educators
left in the dark as Indiana retreats from compulsory education
*Truancy
loophole: Little oversight or protections for children withdrawn from school
*Neighboring
states laws more stringent
Friday,
May 4,
2012
Election 2012:
Early voting ends noon on Monday
Business:
ArcelorMittal dedicates new heat-treat line at 160 inch plate mill
Visclosky urges ITC
to maintain pipe tube duties
Porter County:
Donated horse to
join Sunset Hill Farm; Raise the Barn center to begin first phase
Environment:
National
Park Service invasive plants plan open for public comment
Breaking News:
Asian carp
barrier had power outage
Indiana:
State restores
funding for in-home child protection programs
Sports:
Trojan Girls Tennis win
again
Obituary:
Dennis Whisler
dies at age 55
Legal Notices
Legal Notices/Porter County Education Services Records Destroyed 050412.pdf
Legal Notices/NICTD Bids Railroad Equipment 050412.pdf
Thursday,
May 3,
2012
Election 2012:
Lunch Pail Republicans endorse Senator Dick Lugar
Police:
Four
charged in string of robberies returned to federal court
Burglary
charge filed against local man
Robbery
warrant served at Chesterton High School
Schools:
Discovery Charter School sets open houses for parents and students
Business:
Indiana Dunes and
Valpo ice cream in running for state top ten lists
HealthLinc in
Valparaiso gets $5.25M in fed grants
Sports:
Chesterton Tennis
blanks Andrean
CHS Baseball works
overtime for DAC win
Late error dooms
Chesterton Softball
Trojan Golfers win 2
of 3 DAC matches
Legal Notice
Legal Notices/Porter County Education Records Destroyed 050312.pdf
Wednesday,
May 2,
2012
Porter County / Indiana Dunes:
County
to close roads in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Tremont and Furnessville
to remain open
New state law may
give new life to Porter County property tax amnesty
Police:
Woman
gets six years in prison for OWI in fatal crash at US 20 and Waverly
Speed
blamed: Police say safety restraints saved lives of Munster woman and child
in I-65 crash
CFD
believes cigarette the cause of Tuesday fire
Sheriff
Lain warns of unsafe overcrowding and liability at jail
Hobart
man charged with threatening US president
Chesterton residents to get test call on Friday from new warning system
Burns
Harbor residents can now sign up for emergency text email notices
Election 2012:
Fact Check: Campaign flier misuses Tribune news stories
Duneland Schools:
Chesterton High School students sweep honors in German Theaterfest
Environment:
DNR says
Peregrine Falcon nesting program continues to be successful
Sports:
CHS Boys split final
DAC double dual
Chesterton Girls Track
beats LaPorte, falls to Lake Central
Class Reunion:
CHS
Class of 1977 seeks classmates
Tuesday,
May 1,
2012
Election:
BMV
to issue IDs needed to vote
Porter County:
State says no:
Auditor drops amnesty for homestead violators
Police:
Fire
extensively damages home on Dakota St in Western Acres
Robbery
charge filed in Valparaiso park incident
Business / Economy:
Mild winter
hits NiSource earnings
Report: Indiana
poverty up; wages down
Porter hospital
owner posts solid 1Q results
Election:
Tribune tells primary election deadlines
Obituaries:
Former local resident dies in Virginia
Junior F.
Schrader service Thursday May 3
Legal Notices
Legal
Notices/Porter County BZA Littell 050112.pdf
Legal
Notices/Porter County BZA Chupp 050112.pdf
Monday,
April 30,
2012
Porter County:
Commissioners to
vote on Dunes Lakeshore request to close roads
Report says new
county animal shelter to cost $2.9 million
Police:
Chesterton Police Captain George Nelson retires after 38 years of service
Human
remains found buried in Lake County yard; suspect in custody
Liberty
man pleads guilty to child porn charges
State
Police: Valpo man found dead in ditch on I-80/94
Environment / Community:
IDEM urges be
green as you green your lawn
Indiana:
Indiana
officials say online ISTEP troubles fixed
Lawsuit
targets Indiana's largest hospital group or higher rates for uninsured
Sports:
CHS Golfers finish 6th
at Wawasee Invite
Obituary:
Rev. Al
Nondorf service Wednesday
Friday,
April 27,
2012
Community / Labor / Business:
A mill is a
terrible place to die: USWA Local 6787 honors the lost
Indiana:
Another state
snafu: Indiana counties underpaid on excise tax money
Community:
60 miles a day: Skateboarders for a cause make a stop in Chesterton
Town of Chesterton:
BZA
approves fiber optic signal boost for Haines Broadway site
Police:
Judge Alexa rules Chesterton man a danger to police, may not yet have his
guns back
Porter County
Sheriff’s Merit Board terminates officer
Poerter County:
Auditor says
homestead violators have until end of year to verify exemptions
Business:
US Labor Department
sues Portage businessman
Great Lakes:
Lampreys from
Great Lakes destined for queen's pie
Sports:
Trojan Softball shuts
out Merrillville
Chesterton Tennis
sweeps Crown Point
CHS Baseball falls at
Merrillville
Trojan Golfers drop
two at Michigan City
Legal Notices
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-10 042712.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-08 042712.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County BZA Montgomery 042712.pdf
Thursday,
April 26,
2012
Porter County:
Raise the Barn
project 'long overdue.' enthusiastic County Council says
Council tables
request for Porter-Starke use of hospital interest money
Education:
Discovery charter school welcomes new director
Chesterton High School Prom royalty candidates named
1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed
ACLU: Three Indiana girls expelled over Facebook jokes
Town of Porter:
Brickyard
trail being built; Dunes Kankakee trail advances with land offers
Police:
Heroin
link? Charges filed in burglary of Valparaiso residence
Community:
David Moscoe wins state honor
Business:
Senate votes to slow
closing of post offices
Environment:
DNR Man shot
turkey after baiting it
Legal Notices
Legal
Notices/Porter County BZA Hurst 042612.pdf
Legal Notices/Valparaiso Schools Bus Bids 042612.pdf
Wednesday,
April 25,
2012
Porter County:
County Council
urges working with municipalities on E911 fund crisis
Town of Porter:
Porter to
test reverse 911 alert system
Police:
Two
residents of Rose Hill Estates charged with dealing crack cocaine
PCSP: Man
charged after hypos found in restroom of Family Express in Valpo
Family
seeks $10M from coughing trucker who blew red light in fatal crash
Business:
Scrap and slag
recycler moves to Port at Burns Harbor, has Arcelor contract
Sports:
Chesterton
Baseball upsets No 1 Lake Central
Chesterton Boys Track
beats CP
CHS and Crown Point
run to a tie
CHS Girls Tennis shuts
out Portage 5-0
Trojan Softball falls
to Lake Central
Obituaries:
Service for
Joann Hill Saturday
Lorraine
Horner service Saturday
Legal Notice
Legal
Notices/IN ABC Hearing May 10 042512.pdf
Tuesday,
April 24,
2012
Town of Chesterton:
Town to seek NIRPC help on Dickinson Rd north extension
Town
Council ponies up $2,500-plus for State Park fireworks event
Indiana 49 corridor project likely to go out to bid in next few weeks
Election 2012:
Early voting still on at Chesterton town hall
Education:
Discovery Charter School to announce new administration
Business:
USS posts stronger
quarter but hit by pretax losses and charges
Police:
Police
warn about cash tossed by NWI robber
Community:
Help available to attend Camp FUNset at Sunset Hill Farm Park
Environment:
Army Corps
expands list of options for stopping Asian carp
Obituaries:
Stanley Simon
dies at age 82
Charles
'David' Kara service Thursday
Legal Notice
Legal Notices/NICTD Bidders Track Material 042412.pdf
Monday,
April 23,
2012
Election 2012:
Commissioner races top draw in campaign finance reports
School referendum backers report donations
Police:
Portage PD: Video of girl's beating posted to Facebook
Portage PD: SWAT Team finds weapons at reported gang member's residence
State and convenience store group partner to reduce late night retail store
violence
Indiana sex offender registry full of errors
Community:
Author Petrakis recounts tales of youth with Duneland Historical Society
Sports:
Late homers lift
Trojan Softball to DAC win
Pitching leads CHS
Baseball to pair of wins
CHS Boys Track sets
two Meet records
CHS Girls finish 5th
at West Lafayette Relays
Obituaries:
Dean Morgan dies
at age 56
Lorraine
Horner service Saturday
Charles
David Kara services pending
Thomas
Peters McCormick passed away
Laurie Jane
Schlueter dies at age 53
Friday,
April 20,
2012
Community / Schools / Election:
Chamber urges 'yes' vote on school referendum
Election 2012:
Election officials report low early voter turnout; poll workers needed
INGOP leader: No Mourdock sanctions before primary
Town of Chesterton:
Apparent consensus reached on Dunes Kankakee Trail route thru town: Straight
down Broadway
Community:
Porter County Community Foundation tells local grants
Ecnomy:
Jobless
rate dips nominally statewide and here in Chesterton
Indiana / Education:
Supporters defend Indiana voucher law in court briefs
Sports:
Trojan Golfers edge Munster
Chesterton Girls
Tennis beats Valparaiso
Legal Notices
Legal Notices/Bev Shores Plan Amend 155.026 042012.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-08 042012.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-09 042012.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-10 042012.pdf
Legal Notices/Porter County Ordinance No 12-11 042012.pdf
Thursday,
April 19,
2012
Town of Chesterton:
Three
Dunes Kankakee Trail routes through town on the table with the costliest at
$6.5M
Work
on Lincoln Avenue detention basin finished
Town of Porter:
Porter
planners to developers one final year to start building
Franklin
neighbors get a say on Porter four unit apartments
Porter County:
State upholds
Martin firing of county worker
Truck shed for
tree service in Liberty tabled by BZA
Waste District
board nixes application for grocery compost at Boone Grove site
Police:
Westville
man charged after high speed pursuit on 1050N
Environment:
Sea
lamprey barrier to be dedicated Friday on Trail Creek near Michigan City
Sports:
CHS softball pounds out
14 hits to beat Valparaiso
Valparaiso one hits
CHS Baseball in Duneland Conference game
Chesterton Tennis
blasts SB Clay
Legal Notice
Legal Notices/Valparaiso Schools Bus Bids 041912.pdf
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