Hobart News

"Region magistrate not selected as semi-finalist for Indiana Supreme Court vacancy" is the heading to this NWI Times story by Dan Carden, writing again about Lake County Magistrate Michael Pagano.

The Porter County Board of Zoning Appeals nixed a solar farm planned for Union Township and continued a decision on a second in Portage Township, pending information on landscaping on the site and the zoning of nearby land.

Not wanting to miss the opportunity to have their voices heard in Indianapolis as they did with the right-to-work bill, the City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution opposing pending legislation to fund the Little Calumet River Basin Commission.

State Rep. Ed Soliday, D-Valparaiso, is defending his proposed Lake County flood control legislation from local critics, saying their arguments don't hold water.

Lincoln Solar LLC has received Merrillville Town Council approval to operate a solar electric-generating facility on Grand Boulevard and now has its sights set on acreage in Hobart for a similar project.

The executive director of the Little Calumet River Basin Commission said Hobart will benefit from a proposed new $45 annual fee to operate and maintain levees along the river both through the $4.5 million Hobart Wetland Mitigation project and lower flood insurance rates for some of its residents.

A family of four was rescued from their burning vehicle on Saturday by Patriot Guard Riders as they were escorting the body of a serviceman killed in Afghanistan, the Porter County Sheriff's Police said.

A mother and her 6-year-old daughter were seriously injured in a fiery two-car crash Saturday morning on westbound U.S. 30 east of County Road 325E in Washington Township.