Garden club opens scholarship to all Tri-Creek graduates

By Times Staff

LOWELL | The Lowell Garden Club is again offering a $1,000 scholarship.

Lake County tax sale off to a million-dollar start

Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

CROWN POINT | The Lake County commissioners' spring tax sale gleaned $1,285,800 in its first day.

Lake County school construction built on red ink

Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

CROWN POINT | Lake County's public school districts are carrying $1.8 billion in debt on their books.

Proposed trash-to-ethanol plant runs out of gas

Jim Masters Times Correspondent

SCHNEIDER | The proposed trash-to-ethanol plant in Schneider apparently has run out of gas, financially speaking.

Sheriff says foul play unlikely in Schneider woman's death

Times Staff

CROWN POINT | Foul play is not suspected in the death of a Schneider woman at this time, according to a news release issued Thursday by the of…

Coroner's office: Schneider woman strangled

Times Staff

SCHNEIDER | Officials are investigating the death of a Schneider woman who was strangled Monday in her home.

Lake County commissioners schedule 2013 tax sales

Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

CROWN POINT | Delinquent taxpayers beware.

Norfolk Southern crossings statewide will get safety upgrade

Keith Benman keith.benman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3326

In a rail crossing improvement program targeting mainly rural communities, Norfolk Southern railroad and the Indiana Department of Transportat…

Lake wheel tax is back around for debate

By Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

CROWN POINT | The debate about whether to pass a Lake County wheel tax has come round again.

Tri-Creek sets kindergarten registration for this week

By Times Staff

LOWELL | Registration for children entering kindergarten this fall in the Tri-Creek School Corp. will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 …

Public defenders awarded in $1.3 million fraud case

Bob Kasarda bob.kasarda@nwi.com, (219) 548-4345

VALPARAISO | A Hammond woman and a Lafayette man accused of unlawfully collecting $1.3 million in real estate investments and dipping into the…

New Lake County assessment picture may not be all smiles

Bill Dolan bill.dolan@nwi.com, (219) 662-5328

CROWN POINT | The newest financial pictures of Lake County property values are in.

Year End stories -- South Lake County

Mentally ill youths, families left at court system's mercy

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