Mark Kiesling

About Mark Kiesling

Mark Kiesling has been the general columnist for The Times since 2004 and previously covered crime, courts and politics in Lake County and Cook County since 1978.

Nov 23, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Major fight looms over minor office

Should all things go according to plan and Lake County Recorder Mike Brown take over the job being vacated by County Clerk Tom Philpot, it begs the question of who would then become recorder.

Nov 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Judge gets a helping of hot potato

This year's political hot potato is now in the robed lap of Lake Superior Court Judge Jesse Villalpando.

Nov 23, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: He's looked at law from both sides now

For more than 30 years, Bernie Johnsen has been a police officer in St. John and has done it all from patrolman to chief.

Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Hands off my courthouse, council!

You've heard of the "not in my backyard" movements whenever someone wants to open a landfill or some equally noxious but necessary thing.

Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Long nap ends with Brown as front-runner

Yeah, OK, we all know that politics makes strange bedfellows and all that, but it looks like everyone's in this bed together on the question of who will be the new Lake County clerk.

Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Going around about roundabouts

A couple of years ago, we took a vacation to Washington, D.C., but stayed in suburban Alexandria, Va., and had to take the George Washington Parkway to get into the capital.

Nov 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Some guys get all the luck

Once again, Tim Leimbach has avoided the long arm of the law, which is all the more distressing given he is an East Chicago police officer.

Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: The tale of two courthouses

There is disorder in the court.

Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Golden years could be county's gold

Not many of the Lake County government employees who are eligible have chosen to go gently into that good night of retirement, and now the county is basically stuck because it has no mandatory age at which one must bid farewell to the public trough.

Nov 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Fly on wall would have heard it all

All insect considerations aside, I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when Lake County Prosecutor Bernie Carter decided to ask for a special prosecutor in the case against Dave "The Mailman" Woerpel and his family.

Nov 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Hair today, gone tomorrow

I know the World Series is over and that the Yankees won for the umpteenth time, but watching the series reminded me of a day and time when Johnny Damon looked a lot different than he does now, playing in New York pinstripes.

Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: RTD vote leaves more questions than answers

A few questions linger after Tuesday's stunning setback to the creation of a Regional Transportation District in Lake, Porter, LaPorte and St. Joseph counties.

Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: It's not the time for austerity in Gary

There are some things that leave you at a loss for words, and there are other things that leave you with plenty of words to say, none of which can be printed in a family newspaper.

Nov 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: The bogeyman is for real

I've been following the case of the murders of Milton and Ruby McClendon. Haven't we all? They're the elderly couple who apparently were slain in their Hammond home and later dropped onto a bicycle path in a Cook County forest preserve in Calumet City.

Nov 02, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

MARK KIESLING: Who's guarding the guards?

When I was in sixth grade, one of the most alluring jobs was to be a crossing guard, not in the least part because you got out of class 15 minutes early to get to your post.

Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

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