Lakes of the Four Seasons News

A Merrillville man admitted in court Tuesday he broke into his former wife's Lakes of the Four Seasons home with the intent to batter her.

Jun 18, 2009 12:25 pm US/Central CROWN POINT, Ind. A Northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to five years in prison, after footprints in the snow led police from a house he had burglarized right to his own home.

Voters turned out early in two referendums on school building projects, but most will show up today in Porter Township Early voting turnout for the Porter Township Schools $34 million construction project referendum was high, but an official said she didn't know if that would translate to large crowds during the election today.

No one involved in the debate over the referendum on a $34 million construction project at Boone Grove High School say they know how Tuesday's vote will go.

Portage's new soccer complex at Imagination Glen East is a real boon to the city and the soccer community.

What has happened to the parks in Merrillville? They are overrun with garbage, and the weeds are growing out of control.

Rachael Sarson and her friends, hanging out Monday evening at the Valparaiso University Athletics-Recreation Center before Purdue University North Central's commencement ceremony there, had similar reasons for choosing PNC to earn their degrees.

South Lake County firefighters were busy Tuesday night with a pair of small fires that started less than an hour apart.

When local folks talk about the three years of roadwork through their downtown, the first thing you'll hear about is the "inconvenience." Then, you'll note how that's contrasted by their optimism.

Is Porter County going to fix the flooding at the corner of County Road 325 East and Division Road in Morgan Township or will we have "road closed" signs and detours to deal with until winter? The intermittent detours are a real headache when you're trying to get somewhere on time.

A woman was stranded Wednesday morning when her rental truck stalled in water flooding the road.

Reliving the 2008 crash that took her son's life and that of his fiance and two others, Bonnie Hough can't help but think it should never have happened.

When the Drifters entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Charlie Thomas went with them.

Jim Barney and his 12-year-old son, William, drove from their Hammond home to the Valparaiso Family YMCA for a rummage sale Saturday morning.

Sunshine, fresh snow and temperatures well above zero were just what was needed this weekend for the season's first bobsled rides at Buckley Homestead in Lowell.

We also heard the loud boom the weekend before Christmas, and I live in Hobart. On Sunday we had a family get-together, and people had heard it in LaPorte, Wheatfield, Crown Point and Merrillville.