Chesterton News

The Duneland community fireworks exhibition scheduled for tonight at Indiana Dunes State Park is a go.

A semi trailer hauling Corona beer sustained significant damage on Friday after its rear tires caught fire, the Porter Fire Department said.

The Liberty Township man who police say admitted bludgeoning a Luke Oil clerk to death in December has pleaded guilty to the robbery-murder. On Monday Bruce Guest, 18, formerly of 51 E. U.S. Highway 6, pleaded guilty before Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford to both charges filed against him in connection with the death of Portage resident ...

Bruce Guess of Chesterton admitted the killing of Barbara J. Heckman of Portage during a Dec.

Battle lines have been drawn over the proposed new charter school in Duneland, with a new parents group formed hoping to block the school.

It wasn't a public hearing. That's not until July 23. But a representative of CVS Pharmacy faced some serious questioning Thursday from the Chesterton Board of Zoning Appeals during a preliminary hearing.

A security guard who is accusing a Burns Harbor police officer of assaulting him has filed a civil rights complaint with the FBI and asked the Porter County Sheriff's Police to pursue a charge of battery against the officer.

Banks and property owners were put on notice Tuesday that unmowed grass --- especially when it reaches several feet tall --- is unacceptable in the town of Porter.

Although the federal grant for a new fire station which the Chesterton Town Council has authorized Fire Chief Mike Orlich to apply for does not require a match of any kind, it certainly wouldn't hurt the town's chances to pony up a match anyway.

The Town of Burns Harbor has a new zoning ordinance that replaces the 1995 version previously in use.

The town known as the Gateway to the Dunes will soon become the second Porter County municipality to be featured on ABC-7 Sunday night television program "190 North." Host Janet Davies and her crew were in Chesterton on Friday videotaping businesses and sites for an upcoming June 28 or July 5 episode.

A crew ruptured a natural-gas line on Thursday on the South Calumet District work site, causing what the Chesterton Fire Department described as a 'major leak' and forcing the evacuation of several buildings.

A surge in suicides this year in Porter County is prompting Coroner Vicki Deppe to urge persons considering suicide to seek professional help immediately.

Porter officials confirmed Wednesday that a 190-home subdivision, approved last night by the Porter Plan Commission, was discussed more than 18 months ago with Chesterton's former utility superintendent.

A quick-thinking Chesterton resident avoided being scammed in a check deception scheme, Chesterton Police said.

If you happen to see a film crew out and about in Downtown Chesterton on Friday, smile.

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-1st, may use campaign funds to pay legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with an ongoing federal investigation, according to a draft advisory opinion issued on June 11 by the Federal Election Commission .

With a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday's meeting of the Porter Advisory Plan Commission on the primary plat for a 190-home subdivision, Chesterton Utility Service Board Member Scot McCord is wondering whether the Town of Porter has been in contact recently with the Utility on the subject of its authorized reserve capacity at the wastewater ...

Westchester Public Library employees won't get raises this year but the matter still can be revisited, the Library Board determined Thursday.

The Chesterton Stormwater Utility has taken delivery of its new street sweeper. Stormwater Utility Superintendent Mark O'Dell told the Town Council at its meeting Monday night that the new sweeper, purchased from Brown Equipment Company Inc.