Beta Steel
Portage mayor asks port to pay for city services
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Port Commission didn't cut a check Thursday after Portage Mayor James Snyder argued the Port of Indiana should pay for city-provided police and fire service, but they didn't rule out doing it someday.
NIPSCO settlement calls for electric rate hike
NIPSCO and a number of consumer groups have reached a settlement in the utility's marathon electric rate case that would limit the hike in a typical residential customer's bill to 4.5 percent.
NIPSCO settlement calls for 4.5 percent electric rate hike
NIPSCO and a number of consumer groups have reached a settlement in the utility's marathon electric rate case that would limit the hike in a typical residential customer's bill to 4.5 percent.
NIPSCO and Beta Steel reach settlement
NIPSCO and one of its largest industrial customers have reached a settlement agreement over electric rates, which the utility hopes can serve as a model in its current electric rate case.
Region families, friends struggle with loss of loved ones killed on the job
Bill Miller's stepson and Ava Miller's son, Mario Ortiz, 25, was among those killed in a 1996 explosion at Beta Steel. "He was too good for this earth. That's why he's not here," Ava Miller said of her son. "God needed another angel."
Explosion at Beta Steel kills 1, injures 4
PORTAGE | An explosion Thursday in the Beta Steel plant's furnace area in Portage killed one man and injured four others, Portage Fire Chief Bill Lundy said.
Explosion reported at Beta Steel in Portage
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