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Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant plans to open a location in Schererville's Shops on Main development in early 2025. This file photo is of a Morton Grove, Illinois, location. (Jennifer Johnson / Pioneer Press)

Cooper’s Hawk restaurant coming to Schererville

March 13, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.

Cooper’s Hawk, an upscale winery and restaurant with locations currently in 11 U.S. states, is coming to Schererville. The Schererville Plan Commission recently greenlighted the business for the Shops on...

The old Crown Point's Courthouse Square is pictured in this 2022 file photo. (Jim Masters / Post-Tribune)

CP council OKs relocation of Pickletime, Anytime Fitness

March 10, 2024 at 8:57 p.m.

By a just one-vote margin, the Crown Point City Council on Feb. 4 approved a special use permit to allow a 24-hour fitness center and indoor pickleball court facility at...

Seventh-grader Donna Gaham plays "Dorothy" while classmate Aliyana Silva performs as "The Scarecrow" in Griffith Middle School's February production of "The Wizard of Oz." (Photo courtesy of Debbie Johnson of Image Perfect Photography)

Griffith theatre program expands student opportunities on and off stage

March 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

The Griffith High School and Middle School theatre program is breaking box office records as it continues to grow and attract aspiring actors, musicians and set and prop designers. Leading...

Darryl Hebble, from left, Garry Mang and Rick Ryfa, R-3rd, cook up six different types of bratwurst at the "German Sausage Booth" during the annual Griffith Oktoberfest at Central Park on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (John Smierciak/Post-Tribune)

Griffith insists events will proceed despite missing budget line

February 26, 2024 at 3:10 p.m.

When Indiana Gateway website showed no line item for “Events” in the Griffith’s 2024 budget, it cast doubt on whether the town would host its usual slate of outdoor events...

Crown Point eyes economic development funding, director

February 25, 2024 at 9:39 a.m.

The City of Crown Point has big plans for approximately $2.3 million it has received as its share of the County Economic Development Income Tax. The city has allocated the...

Crown Point regulates massage businesses

February 7, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

Massage businesses operating in Crown Point will now need a special use permit, the City Council decided by unanimous vote at Monday’s meeting. Previously, Crown Point lacked a measure of...

The town of Schererville is redeveloping the former Illiana Speedway into a 66-acre sports and recreation facility and park. (Joe Puchek/Post-Tribune)

Schererville eyes Illiana Speedway development groundbreaking in late 2024

February 7, 2024 at 12:22 p.m.

The Town of Schererville envisions the former Illiana Speedway property as a regional destination park in Northwest Indiana. When complete, the 66-acre parcel will effectively become part of one larger...

Griffith teacher saves student from choking

February 2, 2024 at 11:08 a.m.

January 29 was a typical day for Griffith Middle School math teacher Adam Noel until a sixth-grade student who appeared to be choking approached his desk. As Noel explained the...

Munster street realignment project nears start

May 13, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

Munster is on schedule to bid and break ground on the long-awaited grade separation project at 45th Street and Calumet Avenue to alleviate traffic congestion. Various land use and constructions...

An empty field sits on the west side of Manor Drive north of Ridge Road. A plan to expand the South Shore line into Munster and Dyer calls for a train station in that area.

Relocated station plan pleases Munster officials

May 13, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

Munster officials are happy that a planned South Shore Railroad station at Ridge Road and Manor Avenue has been moved to the vacant land on the west side of Manor....

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