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Valparaiso matchups, agendas take shape after primary

May 10, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

Valparaiso residents will have a dramatically different city government next year, with a number of city council members running for other posts or not seeking another term. Those races started...

Election signs fill the lawn outside Woodlawn Park, a polling place for Portage's municipal primary, on Tuesday.

Portage, Valparaiso Dems back Lynch, Durnell in city mayor races

May 13, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Democratic voters in Portage decided Councilwoman Sue Lynch was their pick to take on Republican Mayor John Cannon in the November election, in unofficial tallies, while Valparaiso Democrats chose Bill...

The supporters of various candidates on the Portage primary ballot hold signs Tuesday outside Woodland Park, a polling place.

After November snafus, few speedbumps in new Porter County voting process: officials

May 13, 2019 at 7:14 a.m.

Tuesday's municipal primaries in Porter County saw a few hiccups, good reviews for new equipment, and some busy polling places in Duneland, where voters faced continuing a school referendum, and...

A sign directing early voters sits in a hallway in the Porter County Administration Building.

Early Porter County voters top 2015 numbers

May 13, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Early voting for this year's municipal primaries surpassed the totals for four years ago by several hundred votes, Porter County Clerk Jessica Bailey said Monday. In all, after the polls...

Herb and Charlotte Read dedicated their lives to protecting the Indiana Dunes for future generations to enjoy as they both have since they were young children.

Charlotte Read, a fierce advocate for the Indiana Dunes and an ‘unstoppable force,’ dead at 90

May 13, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

The many people who knew Charlotte Read throughout her decades of environmental advocacy for the Indiana Dunes recall her brilliance, her passion and her attention to knowing all the facts....

Valparaiso High School senior Alex Clanton, left, plays the role of mayor during a mock city council meeting at the Porter County Administration Building on Friday, May 3, 2019. Beside him is classmate Max Isley, portraying a city council member.

Students take charge of Valparaiso city government for a day

May 13, 2019 at 7:11 a.m.

With the bang of a gavel and a reciting of the "Pledge of Allegiance," the city council meeting was off to a start. There was a presentation on the new...

Construction workers remove brick on the facade of the pavilion at the Indiana Dunes State park on Friday, April 26, 2019.

Indiana Dunes pavilion work continues; May deadline looms

May 13, 2019 at 7:08 a.m.

A recent amendment to the lease between Pavilion Partners and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for work at the pavilion at Indiana Dunes State Park lays out a timeline...

Police: Stun gun used to subdue Chicago man after sentencing

May 13, 2019 at 7:11 a.m.

A criminal defendant in Porter Superior Court resisted being taken into custody after he was sentenced and, after being subdued with a stun gun by court security, became unresponsive and...

A walkway that once led to the beach now ends at water due to erosion at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk on April 10, 2019.

Mayor: Lack of funding in erosion fight may force Portage to close Riverwalk

May 13, 2019 at 7:10 a.m.

With increasing erosion threatening the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk and $800,000 in funding over the next two years to address the problem abruptly cut from the state budget last week,...

Veteran Tina Sanders stands near a memorial outside of VFW Post 2511 on April 23, 2019.

Memorial run in Porter County aims to help veterans get help: ‘We’re here as a community’

May 13, 2019 at 7:07 a.m.

For Tina Sanders, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2511 in Porter, helping out with the Jesse Meredith 2nd Annual Memorial Run is the natural thing to do. The...

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