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Memorial Day holiday closings

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Learning about forensics

Porter County crimeTimes

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PINE TOWNSHIP

Great Futures Family Bike Ride draws families outside

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | About 200 people came out and celebrated families and healthy life choices at the Great Futures Family Bike Ride on May 5. The ev…

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Valparaiso Family YMCA

Porter County crimeTimes

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CHESTERTON

Nine National Merit Scholars named

By Times Staff

Nine local students have been named winners of the National Merit Scholarship award.

National Honor Society donates to Rusty

Dogs, owners invited to Bark for Life

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | Duneland Resale's Bark for Life will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. June 3 at the Duneland Community Center, 801 Broadway.

Porter County turns to feds for help in jail overcrowding

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

VALPARAISO | Porter County is turning to the federal government for help in tackling overcrowding at its jail.

Porter County crimeTimes

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Frog Hunt planned in June

By Times Staff

VALPARAISO | The Duneland Area Exchange Club's ninth annual Frog Hunt will be from 1 to 4 p.m. June 2 at Sunset Hill Farm County Park, in conj…

Chamber to host annual golf outing

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | Tickets are now on sale for the Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Outing, which will be held on June 4 at Sand …

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.

Family: Officer always dreamed of joining force

By Jeff Burton jeff.burton@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354

VALPARAISO | Officer Phil Pratt lived his dream.

Three fallen officers honored remembered

By Jeff Burton jeff.burton@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354

VALPARAISO | It was 31 years ago that then-Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy was shot in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

Ivy Tech student is honor society's international president

By Kimberly Cheek-Stanley Times Correspondent

Ivy Tech Community College student Ryan Palmore, 25, was recently elected international president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

Sheriff's department mourning officer killed in Wednesday crash

By Jeff Burton jeff.burton@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Flags outside the Porter County Sheriff's Department were at half-staff Thursday as officers mourn one of their own.

Porter County crimeTimes

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61st Annual Art Show begins June 10

By: Erika Mihalek

Sponsored by GFWC Chesterton’s Woman’s Club, the Art Show begins on June 10 and runs until June 24.

Essay, poems win Chesterton High junior writing award

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School junior Kalvin Ravn has been named a winner of the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awar…

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Thank you Duneland

Dianna Whitman Director of Guidance for Duneland School Corporation

Duneland Schools prosper by design and hard work by creating programs that build a future for all students. Our children benefit from a commun…

'All That Jazz' performed Saturday at Chesterton High

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Jazz Ensemble concludes the school year by presenting “All That Jazz”  at 7 p.m. Saturday in the high …

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Duneland Family YMCA

Porter County crimeTimes

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP

Local businesses featured in Midwest Living

Ken Kosky

Several local businesses featured in Midwest Living's "Best of the Midwest Travel"

Porter County crimeTimes

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CHESTERTON

Duneland YMCA to host 'never too old to play day'

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON |Duneland Family YMCA will host Never Too Old To Play Day from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in honor of Older Americans Month.

Porter County authorities investigating two crashes

By Times Staff

Porter County authorities were cleaning up after two crashes that left several people injured and trees being cut down Tuesday, officials said.

Porter County crimeBriefs

By Jeff Burton jeff.burton@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354

Cops: Woman suspected of OD ran out of hospital's ER

Porter County crimeTimes

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CHESTERTON

Erie honors two local insurance companies

By Times Staff

Anton Insurance Agency Inc., 2600 Roosevelt Road, Suite 2007 in Valparaiso and 155 S. Calumet Road in Chesterton, earned Erie's 2012 Giving Ne…

Chesterton Town Council hears progress on trail planning

By Heather Augustyn Times Correspondent

CHESTERTON | Consultant Greg Calapino with SEH, the firm hired to study Chesterton's branch of the Dunes Kankakee Trail, presented the team re…

Porter County crimeBriefs

By Jeff Burton jeff.burton@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354

Cops: Teen tried to drug his mom's food so he could go out 

Last call for golfers

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | United Way of Porter County will have its second annual Golf Classic, presented by Kramer & Leonard Office Products, May 21 a…

Order ribs for good cause

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Elections bring 3 new presidents to local steelworkers' halls

By Bowdeya Tweh bowdeya.tweh@nwi.com, (219) 933-3316

At least three United Steelworkers union locals representing steel industry workers in Northwest Indiana will have new leadership starting a t…

Duneland early voting satellite site sees large turnout

By Heather Augustyn Times Correspondent

CHESTERTON | When Ralph Ayres began his quest last year to secure an early voter satellite site for Chesterton’s Town Hall, he knew the recent…

Duneland officials to call on public panel to help budget new tax money

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

CHESTERTON | In the wake of last week's tax referendum victory, Duneland School Corp. officials want to find three to five community members t…

Students win at VU German Theaterfest

By Times Staff

CHESTERTON | Several Chesterton High School German students participated recently in the ninth annual Valparaiso University German Theaterfest…

Intermediate Book Battle

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Local students attend HOSA conference

By Times Staff

The Portage High School HOSA Chapter, comprised of students enrolled in the Porter County Career and Technical's Medical Terminology and Denta…