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Great Lakes Super Grand Prix Charity Silent Auction Taking Donations
MICHIGAN CITY | Visit Michigan City LaPorte Convention and Visitors Bureau would like to present to you the opportunity to donate to the 2012 …
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Maria Davila receives ROSE award
MICHIGAN CITY | Most times, when a waitress or bartender comes into work, the last thing they imagine doing on their shift is searching for de…
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Battle of the Badges
Prior to basketball games beginning, spectators observed a moment of silence Friday for Phillp Pratt, 24, of the Porter County Sheriff's Department.
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Medal of Honor recipient recalled
WESTVILLE | Close to 1,000 people turned out Saturday for a ceremony that united two veterans with the family of the Marine who saved them fro…
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Dunham's Sports opens in LaPorte
LaPORTE | LaPorte residents will no longer have to drive to Michigan City or places further east and west to buy a new baseball glove or other…
Family sues LaPorte schools for up to $18.7 million in sex case
LAPORTE | The family of a girl who was sexually involved with her former junior varsity volleyball coach filed a lawsuit Thursday against the …
May 24, 2012 6:15 pm PhotosPhotos
Volunteers, donations needed for American veterans traveling tribute
WESTVILLE | A number of items and volunteers are needed in order to make the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) and Traveling Vietnam …
LaPorte considers legalizing golf carts on streets
LAPORTE | The city is looking into legalizing golf carts on city streets.
Region WorkOne sites closing
Four WorkOne express service centers will close in the next few months as the regional operator of the state's workforce development system br…
Officials focus efforts on downtown LaPorte events
LAPORTE | More special events are scheduled in downtown LaPorte this summer as part of a more aggressive effort to promote and attract people …
Cruis'n for a Cure sets out today
LAPORTE | Cruis'n For a Cure begins at noon today at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds, 2581 W. Ind. 2.
LaPorte County man gets prison for large marijuana growing operation
LAPORTE COUNTY | A Hudson Lake man has been given a 25-month sentence in federal prison for running a large indoor marijuana growing operation.
Battle of the Badges
Prior to basketball games beginning, spectators observed a moment of silence Friday for Phillp Pratt, 24, of the Porter County Sheriff's Department.
May 18, 2012 6:32 pm PhotosPhotos
Fisherman comes forward after his boat capsized
LAPORTE | James Lindsey was so exhausted from swimming back to shore that he slept the entire time search crews in LaPorte combed the waters f…
LaPorte County officials search for possible drowning victim
LAPORTE | Rescue workers used sonar devices to scan much of Fishtrap Lake for a possible drowning victim Thursday, but found no body by early …
Westville-area man pleads guilty to molesting 9-year-old girl
LAPORTE | A Westville-area man pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting a 9-year-old girl between April and December 2009.
OWI driver was pregnant and on morphine, LaPorte County police say
A pregnant woman was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging she drove while she was impaired by morphine and other drugs and her 5-year-old daug…
LaPorte man charged with driving mobile meth lab with children in car
MICHIGAN CITY | A LaPorte man is accused of driving three children in a vehicle containing a meth lab.
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Judge sentences Wanatah man to 90 days in jail for OWI death
LAPORTE | A 90-day jail sentence was given Friday to a Wanatah man under the influence of alcohol when he struck and killed a Hobart man on a mo-ped.
Police: Michigan City man molested boy at LaPorte hospital
LAPORTE | A Michigan City man could face up to a 50-year sentence on allegations he engaged in deviate sexual conduct with a 3-year-old boy.
Woman gets probation in case of 2-year-old falling off roof
LAPORTE | A LaPorte woman was sentenced Wednesday after her 2-year-old daughter fell off the roof of their residence.
Marijuana, psychedelic drugs found in LaPorte County home
MICHIANA SHORES | Marijuana, hashish and psychedelic mushrooms were confiscated from a home Tuesday.
Decker defeats Huston in LaPorte County commissioner race
LAPORTE | LaPorte County Commissioner Barb Huston was soundly defeated Tuesday in her bid for a third consecutive term by Dave Decker, a membe…
Officials: LaPorte salvage yard fire may have been caused by lightning
LAPORTE | Storms early Monday could have touched off a fire that did substantial damage to a salvage yard in LaPorte.
Break Time crew wins Coho Classic in Michigan City
MICHIGAN CITY | A crew competing for the first time in the pro division netted the $10,000 championship Sunday during the Hoosier Coho Club Classic.
May 06, 2012 8:30 pm PhotosPhotos
Fire destroys LaPorte County barn
Fire destroyed two barns and items that included antique tractors near Hanna during a Thursday night storm.
Local students, universities finding more success with job placement
Hiring in 2012 is expected to climb 10.2 percent, even higher than a previous estimate of 9.5 percent, according to a survey by the National A…
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LaPorte County commissioner race becomes heated
The race for one of the seats on the LaPorte County Board of Commissioners could tip the balance of power.
Plea deal calls for jail time, payback in embezzling case
LAPORTE | A Mill Creek woman has ageed to serve time in jail and pay back more than $64,000 she embezzled from the accounts of her elderly and…
Two men arrested in alleged burglary attempt at mini mart
LAPORTE | One man was arrested and a second suspect was hospitalzed after a police chase early Thursday ended in a crash following an attempte…
Former Valpo man charged with stealing from employer
LAPORTE | Charges have been brought against a former Valparaiso man accused of stealing more than $20,000 in cash from the sale of scrap metal…
LaPorte students hear story from Valpo father who lost daughter to heroin overdose
LAPORTE | A retired Valparaiso podiatrist last week played a recording for 2,000 LaPorte High School students. The recording was of the 911 ca…
Man credited with saving three children from mobile home fire
WESTVILLE | A Westville man was seriously burned Monday morning while saving three young children from a mobile home blaze.
Annual PNC writing contest winners announced
WESTVILLE | The winners of the Purdue University North Central annual Student Writing Contest for 2011-12 have been announced by Robert Mellin…
Movie theater to reopen in LaPorte
LAPORTE | The city's movie theater, shuttered in March, will reopen this week.
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World War II items stolen from home north of LaPorte
LAPORTE COUNTY | Bayonets and other World War II items were taken in a residential burglary Wednesday north of LaPorte, LaPorte County sheriff…
LaPorte man gets home detention for buying pot for buddies
LAPORTE | A man caught while on a marijuana run for his friends was sentenced Wednesday to two years of home detention.
'Night at the Museum' planned
LAPORTE | May is National Museum Month.
April 25, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Officials say LaPorte fire may have been caused by pillows in dryer
LAPORTE | Investigators on Monday were looking into the possibility that pillows in a clothes dryer caused a fire that heavily damaged a LaPor…
2 Democrats, 2 Republicans running for LaPorte-area Senate seat
INDIANAPOLIS | State Sen. Jim Arnold, D-LaPorte, faces a Democratic primary opponent and two Republicans are running May 8 for the chance to r…
War veteran gets six years for armed robbery
LAPORTE | A disabled veteran of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan was given a six-year sentence Friday for robbing a LaPorte gas station at knifepoint.
Westville woman gets jail time for driving drunk, crashing into cop car
A Westville woman was sentenced Wednesday to five days in jail for driving drunk and crashing into a parked police car.
Lake Station woman charged in Westville clinic theft
LAPORTE | A woman is accused of stealing from a medical clinic in Westville while she was being trained as a medical assistant.
Former treasurer for LaPorte County lake patrol jailed
LAPORTE | The former treasurer for LaPorte County Police Lake & Safety Patrol was arrested in court Wednesday for violating a judge's orde…
Summer Calendars Are Here!
LAPORTE | This week saw the arrival of the 2nd trimester Visit Michigan City LaPorte Convention & Visitors Bureau Calendar of Events which…
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Michigan man wanted for bank robbery is arrested in LaPorte
LAPORTE | A man wanted for bank robbery in Michigan was awaiting extradiction Monday after being arrested in LaPorte.
LaPorte woman recoverring from wax explosion burns
LAPORTE | A LaPorte woman is back home in her recovery from serious burns suffered when hot wax exploded in her apartment.
Man pleads guilty to meth ingrediant that sickened child
LAPORTE | A man has agreed to a 12-year prison sentence for making methamphetamine at his Kingsford Heights home where a girl was seriously bu…
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