Cedar Lake News

“He (U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind.) wants us to be emotionally involved in it like you are”

The Town Council has jumped the track and is off the South Shore rail extension bandwagon. via NWI Times

“That's just the way he operates”

BY MARISA KWIATKOWSKI mkwiatkowski@nwitimes.com 219.662.5333 CROWN POINT Crown Point Mayor Dan Klein called Wednesday for the resignation of Lake County Republican Chairman John Curley and city chairman John ... via NWI Times

“It must be sustainable over the next five years. We cannot approve a one-shot deal another year. It consumes too much time and effort.”

BY SHARLONDA L. WATERHOUSE Post-Tribune staff writer Adult Education center funding cost $1.6 million cash out of school district coffers for elementary, high schools On Tuesday, the Portage Township School ... via Post Tribune

“You need to contact the Corps. Don't tell them what you don't want”

About 50 people living in unincorporated West Creek Township came out Thursday to express concerns about Cedar Lake's intentions for the 114 nearby acres the town purchased. via The Times

“It's not quite as shocking to us (nurses) as to parents”

BY BRIAN WILLIAMS bwilliams@nwitimes.com 219.548.4348 Schools across the region on Tuesday ramped up efforts to inform families about MRSA, while attempting not to overreact and spread undue concern. via NWI Times

I am still waiting to hear what Crown Point does to the person or persons who used the Internet to attack a minority business owner. via Post Tribune

“It took 22 horses and a gentleman, just like that.”

BY CHAS REILLY creilly@nwitimes.com 219.662.5324 MERRILLVILLE Friends of John Lesniak didn't have much time to grieve Friday after a barn fire tragically took the 60-year-old man's life, as well as the lives of ... via The Times

“I think they should have closed the school”

BY CARMEN McCOLLUM cmccollum@nwitimes.com 219.662.5337 CEDAR LAKE Crown Point school officials are taking precautions after a MacArthur Elementary school student was diagnosed with MRSA. via The Times

Residents of Cedar Lake will likely choose new town leaders next month based largely on the issues of town growth and finances. via Post Tribune

Two people were killed in a house fire late Sunday in Northwest Indiana, authorities said this morning. via Fire Engineering

Hats off to the Mary Joan Dickson, the park director in Cedar Lake. It's wonderful seeing all those kids playing soccer each Saturday morning. via Post Tribune

“With webcasting and pod casting capabilities, these classrooms permit students to be in the classrooms from virtually anywhere in the world”

BY CARMEN McCOLLUM cmccollum@nwitimes.com 219.662.5337 HAMMOND A PUC computer networking major is excited about the many possibilities the new virtual classrooms at Purdue offer to students. via NWI Times

“When she was by herself is when we worried about her”

BY RUTHANN ROBINSON rrobinson@nwitimes.com 219.662.5331 CEDAR LAKE Fire investigators await lab results on a "very intense" fire early Monday morning that torched a Cedar Lake home and burned two people beyond ... via NWI Times

BY LAURI HARVEY KEAGLE lkeagle@nwitimes.com 219.852.4311 CEDAR LAKE The bodies of a man and a woman were discovered burned beyond recognition in a house fire in Cedar Lake early Monday morning. via NWI Times

BY CHAS REILLY creilly@nwitimes.com 219.662.5324 MERRILLVILLE A group of men burned a Merrillville man with a cigarette Wednesday, poured cleaning solvent, salt and hot water on the wound and hit him with a ... via NWI Times

Associated Press - October 2, 2007 12:14 PM ET CEDAR LAKE, Ind. - Restoration could begin soon on a northwestern Indiana lake that has been polluted for decades with sewage and stormwater filled with fertilizer ... via WFIE-TV Evansville