Ind. 2 reopens, power being restored following storms

Ind. 2 between U.S. 231 and Interstate 65 reopened to traffic early Friday morning after being closed due to downed power lines caused by Wednesday night's storms.

1st Kankakee River Paddlers Camp now open

LAPORTE | The Northwest Indiana Paddling Association (NWIPA) in partnership with the LaPorte Co. Parks Department, the Kankakee River Basin Commission (KBRC), LaPorte Co. Surveyor’s Office, and the LaPorte County Drainage Board, would like to announce that Kankakee River Paddler’s Overnight …

Linden log cabin finds a new home

PORTAGE | The Linden log cabin has found a new home.

Rivers nearing crest as roads closed for flooding reopen

Many roads closed due to flooding on Thursday were reopened on Friday as flood waters began to recede.

Flooded roads, swollen rivers, lightning strikes as storms sock region

Heavy rain poured down Thursday on Northwest Indiana, causing road closures, flooding basements and threatening residents living near local rivers.

Heavy rains, thunderstorms could bring flooding to region

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through week's end, prompting a flood watch for the region.

Max Ahlgrim was early entrepreneur along Kankakee River

Max Ahlgrim was 17 years old when he took his first trip down the Kankakee River.

Century-old journal makes long trip home

Scrawled in pencil, Max Ahlgrim took note of every day happenings, from his children's clothing sizes to the depths of points along the Kankakee River.

Century-old journal makes long trip home

John Hodson, founder of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society, holds a hand written journal from 1899 to 1901 by Max Ahlgrim who helped settle the area along the Kankakee River in Lake County. Ahlgrim had measured parts of the river and recorded the distance in the journal.

Centruy-old journal makes long trip home

An entry in Max Ahlgrim's journal from August of 1899 in which he kept track of debts and their payments. (Provided photo)

Century-old journal makes long trip home

Max Ahlgrim came to the Kankakee River area in 1875. He founded Ahlgrim Park and, with his wife Ida, raised 11 children in the area. An early entrepreneur, Ahlgrim kept a journal. One of his journals, similar to the one sticking out of his vest pocket in this photograph, recently surfaced. (…

Century-old journal makes long trip home

John Hodson, of Kouts, founder of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society, talks about the research completed in linking a century-old journal with early Kankakee River pioneer Max Ahlgrim.

Century-old journal makes long trip home

Max and Ida Ahlgrim and their 11 children gathered for this family photograph at their home. The photograph was likely taken in the early 1900s. (Provided photo)

Century-old journal makes long trip home

A page in the century-old journal of Max Ahlgrim shows his sketch of a boat's rudder and measurements. (Provided photo)

Century-old journal makes long trip home

People traveled from Chicago at the turn of the 19th Century to hunt, fish and simply picnic along the Kankakee River at resorts such as Ahlgrim Park built by early entrepreneur Max Ahlgrim. Ahlgrim may have built the boat seen here. He and his sons would take visitors on excursions on the r…

Century-old journal makes long trip home

Chicago residents traveled to the Kankakee River area in the early 1900s to boat, fish, hunt and picnic at areas such as Ahlgrim Park developed and operated by Max Ahlgrim. This photograph was one of several found at a flea market some years ago. The box also contained a journal kept by Ahlg…

Century-old journal makes long trip home

An early 1900s photograph shows the site of Ahlgrim Park in southern Lake County, in what is now the Shelby area. Notice the sign on the right side of the photograph indicating the name of the train stop. (Provided photo)

Development of Dunes-Kankakee Trail clips along

Another small piece of the planned Dunes-Kankakee Trail can be built this summer now that Porter County has agreed to maintain it after it's built.

Wind chill advisory, flood warning issued for LaPorte County

A wind chill advisory and flood warning are in effect for LaPorte County, with wind chills dipping to 20 below zero and lake-effect snow bringing even more precipitation to the rain-swollen Kankakee River.