Bob Poparad had a gruff exterior but a heart of gold and a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge about the inner workers of Porter County government. That knowledge was lost when Poparad, 64, a Porter County Council member who was in the last year of his third non-consecutive term, died Friday morning after battling lung cancer. Poparad, a Democrat, represented […]

In the early morning hours of June 3, 2019, Troy Clark awoke to a phone call he said he never expected in a million years. His newly renovated event venue, Allure on the Lake, had an active fire in progress that resulted in a total loss of the building. “When I heard that I thought okay the cigarette tower caught […]

The Town of Porter is applying for a $2 million state grant for a sanitary sewer to spur growth north of U.S. 20, after withdrawing an earlier proposal because it had been altered without their permission by a regional economic development agency. During a Jan. 25 meeting, the town’s Redevelopment Commission and Town Council both unanimously authorized Michael Barry, director […]

Porter County residents again shared their thoughts about the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds with elected officials but this time around, the suggestions were mixed with praise for the recent announcement that officials are backing off from using $5.5 million of the money to renovate the Memorial Opera House. In a guest commentary published Jan. 25 in the […]