Lowell shop changes name, adds antiques to offerings

LOWELL | A new sign, "Aunt Nae's," has gone up at the former location of You Shouldn't Have in the historical downtown district.

Strack & Van Til opens Cedar Lake store

CEDAR LAKE | After hungering in a food desert for three years, residents of this lakeside community happily converged on the first-of-its-kind Strack & Van Til grocery store Thursday following grand opening ceremonies.

Lowell Town Council meets in work session on Monday

LOWELL | The Town Council will meet next in a work session at 4 p.m. Monday at Lowell Town Hall.

Two-day Voyageur Rendezvous starts Saturday

HEBRON | Three centuries ago, French-Canadian fur traders and native Americans plied the waters of the Kankakee River.

Lake waste district aids Lowell Green Community drive

LOWELL | This south Lake County community is going green in a big way.

Lowell keeping Republic Services as trash collector

LOWELL | After unanimously agreeing nearly two months ago to go out for bids for the municipal garbage contract, a majority of the Town Council voted Monday to stay with Republic Services for another three years.

LaPorte County farm family honored for 115 years heritage

When Gerald Werner's great-grandfather settled in the rich farm country of Indiana from his native Germany, he planted the seeds of a heritage that continues to bear fruit.

Tri-Creek School Board OKs student trip to East Coast

LOWELL | A group of Lowell High School students will take a trip next spring break to Boston and New York.

Tickets on sale for event to honor World War ll veterans

GARY | Tickets are expected to go quickly for an event to honor veterans of World War II.

Fog cancellation day extends Tri-Creek school year one more day

LOWELL | The end of school will be one day later.

Tri-Creek School Board signs on to Green Community concept

LOWELL | The message in the Tri-Creek school system is simple.

Lowell looking to expand Town Hall parking lot

LOWELL | The Lowell Town Council has received quotes for extending Town Hall parking lot to adjacent property to the east, where the Old Grade School was razed earlier this year.

Tri-Creek seeks waiver of town fees for learning center project

LOWELL | Tri-Creek Schools Superintendent Debra Howe said she would like the town to waive $110,000 in public works fees for the learning center project, but that's a large chunk of change for the town, councilmen are arguing.

Tri-Creek schools set to discuss lease

LOWELL | The Tri-Creek School Board is scheduled to meet in special session at 7p.m. Monday to take preliminary steps for the lease with a corporation established to fund bonds to build the Tri-Creek Learning Center.

A return to normal weather means normal crop production

Dan Roeske has been in the farming business for 25 years, since he was 19 years old and took over the family's rural Hebron farm in Porter County.

Lowell Academic Decathlon team headed to nationals

LOWELL | As excited as he was March 7 when he learned the Lowell Academic Decathlon team he coaches was heading to the nationals, English teacher Joe Gianotti had to think about money.

Business offers space to work when a dedicated office is too much

Whenever Chris Vestal stopped in local coffee shops, he always found a number of patrons working away on their laptops between sips of mocha.

Lowell Academic Decathlon team holding fish fry Friday

LOWELL | The Lowell Academic Decathlon team is sponsoring a fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday to help raise money for the trip to the national competition next week.

Illiana Expressway foes to attend

LOWELL | The No Illiana 4 Us group plans to bring its handout maps tonight when bistate planners of the Illiana Corridor lay out theirs during a public meeting to examine specifics of the expressway that would run between Cedar Lake and Lowell.

Tri-Creek School Board given state's 'outstanding' kudos

LOWELL | The Tri-Creek School Board has reached "outstanding" status.

Tri-Creek board mulls refinance plan

LOWELL | The Tri-Creek School Corp. top finance official plans to save thousands of dollars for the district and its taxpayers if the state's Department of Local Government Finance agrees it can be done.

Illiana Expressway strategies to be discussed April 18 at Lowell Middle School

LOWELL | Indiana and Illinois planners for the Illiana Expressway will meet from 5 to 8 p.m. April 18 at the Lowell Middle School, 19250 Cline Ave.

Illiana opposition takes up environmental impact crusade

LOWELL | An area federal conservationist has a list he thinks Illiana Corridor consultants should follow if they are to maintain environmental justice and not destroy agriculture in the project's path.

Illiana Expressway opponents hope letters stymie construction

More than 100 people filled Niemeyer's Auction Barn Monday to hear strategies to stop the Illiana Expressway.

Lowell Public Library budget certified; no cuts planned

LOWELL | It has been 13 years since the Lowell Public Library's budget has seen an increase, and this year is no exception.

Lowell waives fee for sewer connection at Little League concession stand

LOWELL | The Town Council has gone to bat for the Lowell Little League, giving it a $3,655 break on improvements at the fields it uses now.

Veteran Lowell police officer retires

LOWELL | Veteran police officer Scott Tokach tendered his retirement resignation Tuesday.

Lowell weighs costs of joining ethics commission

LOWELL | The Town Council will wait a bit to decide if the town will join the Shared Ethics Advisory Commission.

Lowell approves paying for engineering design work on Powell Ditch

LOWELL | The Town Council has agreed to pay $22,500 for engineering design work on Powell Ditch to avoid flooding for a few residents on the town's south side.

Second Lowell Alumni of Year class will be inducted April 21

LOWELL | The second class of inductees in the annual Lowell High School Alumni of the Year ranges from politicians and entrepreneurs to a bowling industry executive.

Lowell Middle School bands score well at state contest

LOWELL | Lowell Middle School bands recently performed to excellent reviews during the 2013 Indiana State Music Association Middle School Organizational Contest.

Tri-Creek School Board nixes work session slated Thursday

LOWELL | The Tri-Creek School Board has cancelled its work session scheduled for Thursday.

Lowell investigates purchase of new aerial firetruck

LOWELL | The Town Council is ready to jump on board with the lease/purchase of an aerial firetruck if the deal meets all legal requirements.

Tri-Creek Learning Center on track to open in 2014

LOWELL | Architects are still refining the floor plan for the Tri-Creek Learning Center, a a unique partnership with Ivy Tech Community College, planned for this summer.

No more World War ll re-enactors at Buckley Homestead County Park

LOWELL | The war is over for re-enactors at Buckley Homestead County Park.

Tri-Creek schools' breakfast, lunch prices to rise 5 cents

LOWELL | The cost for school breakfasts and lunches in Tri-Creek schools will go up by 5 cents next school year.

Opera singer Brenda Roberts to appear in concert Sunday

LOWELL | Soprano Brenda Roberts will present a recital of opera, art songs and sacred songs at 3 p.m. Sunday at United Methodist Church of Lowell.

Fewer next-generation farmers grab the reins

Janny and Greg Kleine work for their father on their family's dairy farm in rural Cedar Lake where 100 cows are milked twice daily.

Corporal named Lowell interim police chief

LOWELL | Cpl. Erik Matson was named the interim police chief Thursday in a special meeting of the Town Council.

Grocery delivery, errands service company expands

When special education teacher Sally Moyer decided she wanted to do something different, she thought shopping for a living was an attractive notion.

Lowell expected to name interim police chief tonight

LOWELL | The Lowell Police Commission Council will meet at 6 p.m. tonight to make a recommendation for the interim chief of police in the wake of Chief John Shelhart's recent resignation.

Lake Prairie Elementary hosts blood drive March 26 in Lowell

LOWELL | Lake Prairie Elementary School will host a blood drive March 26.

Lake Prairie Elementary will use grant for math assist

LOWELL | Lake Prairie Elementary School has received a $500 grant from Smart Stop Stores and Exxon Mobil.

Lowell High students to bust barriers at anti-bullying event

LOWELL | Lowell High School students will mix it up from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.

Some Lowell councilmen consider westward expansion

LOWELL | Some members of the town council want to head west.

Lowell council OKs E-911 merger with Lake County

LOWELL | Delaying a decision on an agreement with the Lake County Sheriff's Department two weeks ago has put a kink in the town's emergency dispatching operation.

Lowell embraces Tri-Creek Learning Center concept

LOWELL | If two recent public input sessions are any indication, Lowell residents are excited about the prospects of the planned Tri-Creek Learning Center.

Shelby residents like life away from busier world

SHELBY | There is a rich history that surrounds this unincorporated community that cozies up to the northern banks of the Kankakee River stretching toward the farmland surrounding it.

Little changes in quiet Schneider

SCHNEIDER | An early settler in this southernmost Lake County town observed in 1884 the area was a paradise for hunters visiting the Kankakee River valley.