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The Brassie Golf Club stone at the entrance to the former golf club on Brassie Avenue off Pearson Road in Chesterton. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Group of local builders strike out with their pitch for Brassie golf land

September 9, 2025 at 11:34 a.m.

Local builders pitched reopening Chesterton's Brassie Golf Club and building 155 housing units around it during a Town Council meeting.

Burns Harbor was founded in 1967, and its Town Hall was dedicated in 1981. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

Burns Harbor clerk vulnerable because of failure to file paperwork

September 6, 2025 at 2:07 p.m.

Nick Loving failed to file a required oath of office document within 30 days after he was appointed on May 28 as Burns Harbor clerk-treasurer, which according to state law...

Valparaiso man drowns at Long Lake on Labor Day

September 2, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

A 42-year-old Valparaiso man died as a result of an apparent drowning at Long Lake in Liberty Township on Labor Day evening, officials said.

The Porter County Courthouse in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Chesterton man facing multiple child molesting charges

September 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

A 10-year-old girl told a teacher that she had been molested by a member of her household, leading to the arrest of a Chesterton man on multiple felonies.

The town of Porter is holding off on tearing down the dilpaidated Johnson Inn along Porter Beach until an ownership question is settled, but the spot may be developed into a boutique hotel. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Town of Porter endorses Ball State students’ ideas that could shape community’s future

August 29, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

Porter town officials believe Ball State University architecture students could help shape the community's future.

An investigator with the Indiana State Police photographs a gun next to an evidence marker on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

June police-involved shooting to be topic of Chesterton/Porter board meeting

August 28, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

A revived management board for the Chesterton/ Porter joint police dispatch center will soon meet to review the performance of their dispatchers during the June 18 police-involved shooting outside the Hilton Garden Inn in...

Porter County Road 1100 North in Chesterton has sunk a few inches and needs to be fixed before it can be reopened. (Town of Chesterton/provided)

Chesterton residents to wait a little longer for road reopening

August 26, 2025 at 5:07 p.m.

Motorists will have to wait until Sept. 7 for the reopening of County Road 1100 N, closed for weeks because of trail constrution.

The Pizza Terra restaurant in Burns Harbor reopened on Aug. 21, 2025. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Burns Harbor pizza restaurant refires up its ovens after ownership dispute settled

August 26, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

Pizza Terra restaurant in Burns Harbor reopened on Aug. 21 after an ownership dispute that caused its closure was resolved.

Porter Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Federal grant for electric vehicles slow in coming for NWI communities

August 23, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

Porter and Lake County communities have yet to receive what was promised from a $4 million grant for electric vehicles and charging stations.

The covered sign that advertised the Spring House Inn complex, located across from the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

A tale of a covered sign on land that could have a hotel one day

August 22, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

The hotel business has posed its share of challenges for the Patel family, ever since the COVID-19 outbreak dating back to 2020.

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