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Sheriff's sales on foreclosed properties spiked again in 2009 Porter County drainage study ready for public input Tourism office adopts Indiana Dunes Tourism as new brand name Injured county officer not getting full pay; elected officials differ over why Harper urges county employees to participate in sick bank program Jackson Township subdivision petition pulled from county plan meeting Boys and Girls clubs included in plans for new county park BZA grants Porter hospital stormwater variance Commissioners approve enhanced insurance and wellness programs for county workers Porter County website payment option ready soon Judge postpones RDA ruling until March 11 Tourism board votes down grant to fund concert for hunting organization Dunes Visitor Center to get landscape improvements Porter County is 16th healthiest in state; Lake County 84th Suicides spike last year in county; fatal overdoses down Chesterton attorney named to tourism board County Council tables Auditor's salary requests Property tax rates revised in the wake of assessed valuation error Commissioners approve aerial photography bids for drainage study County budget order revised to include homestead credit rate DLGF approves county 2010 budget orders and tax rates County Park Board favors Liberty Township sports fields plan Supreme Court won't hear appeal against new Porter hospital Commissioners approve Expo Center and opera house upgrades County parks committee eager to develop active park for youth County Council and RDA face off in Jasper County court County Park board adjusts committees and elects officers Nationwide travel slump felt here, tourism board told Timberland Farms subdivision to begin building in spring Commissioners approve aerial photography in drainage study, make appointments County Council tables tourism board appointment, Whitten president for 2010 Property tax collections near normal despite year of delays Johnson Controls selected by county to replace jail boilers Porter County Fair Commissioner Harper pulls tourism board proposal Porter County assessed property values submitted to state Amendments would tighten county development ordinance Water contamination protection system gets commissioner approval Porter County files lawsuit against Tower Meadows subdivision Commissioners select firms for countywide drainage study Cuts from the election board and phone system balance 2010 county budget State: Taxing units would not be penalized if they get county aid Safety audit spotlights county's dangerous intersections State: Home rule allows county to use hospital funds for local units County sets rules for wind power as firm eyes Pleasant Township for turbines Liberty Township targeted for more development: Planners seek elusive consensus on future growth County Council explores ways to make up for late tax bills County proceeds with assessment of privately owned Porter Hospital Council rejects RDA legal fees for auditor, treasurer More auditor overtime, hourly funding awarded for late tax bills Existing problems vs. future development: County looking at drainage priorities Dunes Kankakee Trail would pass through Chesterton Downtown County Park Superintendent Ed Melendez resigns County Park Board joins others in support for Dunes Kankakee Trail State Attorney General says Porter County was mandated to join RDA and can never leave Evans: Hospital should keep ambulance service if it expects tax abatement Porter County seeks court ruling in support of RDA withdrawal County tax data now online Council rejects tourism plan to cut funding for county venues Porter County approves more funding for bus service Commissioners nix request from Lake County for ambulance funds Commissioners call on National Lakeshore to reopen Chellberg State law blocking Assessor appeal of ArcelorMittal value Expo Center to be dedicated in William Carmichael's honor Failed culvert prompts county suit against the state Revived county finance board to oversee investments Flooding woes a sign of past mistakes, county says County prepares energy saving programs with stimulus grant County Park Board proceeds with second phase of Liberty Township land buy Porter County approves new tree and homeowner protection rules Dunes/Kankakee Trail backed by Porter County Council Council approves county funds for halfway house and new patrol officer Commissioners approve guide to development on major roads County income tax would help fund halfway house for men New activity center at Sunset Hill Park moving forward Porter County and hospital owner in legal tangle over software dispute Towns and cities call on county to reverse RDA decision If cities and towns could tax to save the RDA, would they? Towns and cities fight to keep Porter County in RDA County eyes controls on development along major roads Commissioners seek budget earmarks from Visclosky Murphy and Kopp defy County Council vote to withdraw from RDA Archived Porter County News