1933 | 75 years ago
Suggested reductions in electric rates presented to the Public Service commission of Indiana by the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., if approved, will bring total reductions made by the company since Jan. 1, 1931, up to about $450,000 a year said President Morse DellPlain.
Valparaiso will profit directly from the legalization of beer in Indiana for the municipal government will get half of all license fees from wholesalers, importers or retailers located within the city limits, it was explained by a legislative leader.
Worried pupils of the Kenwood School of Hammond were relieved yesterday afternoon when they discovered the flock of cedar waxwings that halts in the neighborhood each year on its trip north had arrived. Each spring the waxwings show up during the last 10 days of March.
Five petitions, signed by practically every resident of Chesterton, has been filed with the town board asking the board to bring pressure on the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to reduce electric rates 40 percent in that territory. The petitions also ask the board to investigate the feasibility of building a municipal plant.
The Indiana Highway Commission today conducted a tour of inspection over the three-mile strip of land from Maynard to Lincoln Highway, which is being proposed as an extension of Calumet Avenue in Hammond.
Porter County did its bit to help President Roosevelt stabilize the nation's currency by turning in $175,000 in gold to the Federal Reserve system at the conclusion of Saturday's banking business. The gold flowed into banks in Valparaiso, Chesterton, Porter and Hebron.
1958 | 50 years ago
Gasoline-fed flames raced through an apartment building and an auto repair garage in the Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago Saturday night, displacing seven families and causing an estimated $55,000 in damage.
Twelve eager Valparaiso High school journalists arrived at The Vidette-Messenger office this morning. Their purpose was to learn the trade and receive ideas on how to operate their own paper, the Valpost, more smoothly. On their arrival they were assigned to various staff members. May Ruprecht, Valpost editor, took up the role of V-M courthouse reporter.
Judge Felix Kaul will rule Monday on a petition filed by Gary steelworker Peter Mandich for a temporary restraining order to keep his name on the Democratic ballot as a sheriff candidate.
A new hog and sheep barn for the county fairgrounds will be built by Reid Peck and Son, Valparaiso. The firm's low bid of $7,125 was accepted by County Commissioners C.A. Carpenter, Martin J. Ericson and Frank A. Ferguson.
Three Illinoisans were killed and six other people injured in Calumet Region traffic accident Saturday. One of the collisions, with fatalities, took place in Calumet City and the other in Lake Village.
A 15-year-old Hebron High school sophomore, Michael Regan, is looking forward to his first plane trip and a five-day Navy cruise. These awards will be Regan's for being one of the top winners in the science fair at Valparaiso university. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Landis Regan.
1983 | 25 years ago
The next big population shift in the country is headed to the Midwest, and cities like Hammond, according to a Washington-based economic forecasting service, people will move to medium-sized cities of 35,000 to 100,000 population with good universities, quality lifestyles and low crime rates.
Chairman for the 1983 membership campaign of the Porter County Association for Retarded Citizens is Donald Zandi, president of R.W. Pool, PCARC President David Spitler has announced.
Spurred by the recovery in the housing industry, the value of residential building contracts in the Calumet Region more than doubled last month.
Terry Hanson of Porter-Starke Services was named Region 1 Social Worker of the Year. Region 1 consists of Lake and Porter counties.
The Lowell town board agreed in special session Tuesday to ask for cost estimates to repair sewer line leaks.
Citing the need for work for Porter County residents, county commissioners awarded the general construction contract for the expo center building to Dobbin Industrial Builders, second-lowest bidder on the project.
