Mayor, city council agree on Portage raises
Less than a week after Portage Mayor James Snyder and the City Council's budget committee appeared to agree on the controversial salary ordinance amendment that became a political hot potato,...
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Police investigate after SWAT responds to Lake Station house
Lake Station police continued to investigate Monday after responding to a house with a SWAT team Sunday afternoon in Lake Station. Police responded to a possible robbery involving a firearm...
Portage mayor, council remain at odds over salary ordinance
City officials will again try to determine if city workers not represented by unions will get raises, how much those raises will be and if the council can support Mayor...
Salary ordinance discussion gets heated in Portage
A relatively routine Portage Common Council meeting Tuesday night collapsed into name-calling, finger-pointing, a sudden adjournment, accusations of grandstanding and intervention by police. After hosting officials from U.S. Steel, who...
Boutique hotel development plan tabled in Portage
Visitors to the upscale Marina Shores development would be able to take boat rides to Lake Michigan, ride bicycles to the Indiana Dunes or stay for several nights in a...
Portage renews interest in Central Avenue project
The Board of Works took two small steps that may make a big difference for residents on Portage's west side. The board voted to get two appraisals on a house...
Portage OKs contract with new Porter animal shelter
The city officially jumped on board with the new Porter County Animal Control shelter when the Board of Works signed a contract with the shelter the same day county officials...
Portage firefighters get 10% raises
Portage's 55 full-time firefighters will get a 10 percent raise over three years under a contract unanimously approved by the city council. The new contract, retroactive to Jan. 1, provides...
Portage police lukewarm on dashcams, body cameras
The Portage Police Department is taking another look at dashboard cameras, or dashcams, for its patrol units, but the department is not alone in Northwest Indiana in going without the...
Portage may seek governor’s help in bringing steelmaker to meeting
City officials said they will step up the pressure on U.S. Steel, possibly even calling on the governor for help in getting a representative from the mammoth steel company to...