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Woman fears daughter's slaying 20 years ago may go unsolved

PORTAGE, Ind. - Two decades after a college student was found slain in her apartment with a rug thrown over her body, the woman's mother says she fears the killing will never be solved.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Dunes residents have last Thanksgiving in homes

Dozens of people who live within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore celebrated their final Thanksgiving in their homes Thursday, months before the government is set to take possession of their properties.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

H1N1 vaccinations on track in schools

The Porter County Health Department has conducted H1N1 flu immunization clinics at every school in Porter County, with one exception.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Post Tribune

Child support rules changing

Since early 2008, the number of people using the Child Support Service office at the Porter County Courthouse has dropped from 3,000 to 965.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Post Tribune

Top officials clash over 'facts'

Leigh Morris wanted to set the record straight about the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, disputing what he calls 10 misconceptions and misinterpretations about the agency, mostly lodged by Porter County officials.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

CPD: Two charged with theft of scrap parts from Doler Heating

A Porter resident and a Portage resident were arrested Thursday on a charge of theft after Chesterton Police said that they stole scrap from Doler Heating and Cooling at 1575 S. Calumet Road.

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Post Tribune

Portage High presents 'Rebel without a Cause'

For most of the audience at Portage High School's fall play, "Rebel without a Cause," it won't be just another opening of another show.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Post Tribune

Few queries answered in ArcelorMittal meet

Nearly everyone who hoped to get answers about ArcelorMittal's proposed landfill -- including "Easterly's Pile" -- and what's going in it walked away disappointed Wednesday.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Journal Gazette

2 held in holdup at laundry

Two Fort Wayne men were charged Sunday in connection with a robbery at a near north-side coin-operated laundry earlier in the day, police said.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Post Tribune

New Portage restaurant offers unique tastes, preparations

Most people visit Chicago's Shedd Aquarium to see and learn about sea creatures.

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Star-Press

Eight injured in explosion at Beta Steel mill

PORTAGE, Ind. - A late-night explosion that shook Beta Steel Corp.'s northern Indiana hot-strip rolling mill injured eight workers, six of whom required medical care.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Post Tribune

Kids in Portage won't leaf yards alone

The well-forested neighborhood along Lakewood Avenue off Hamstrom Road seems to have been planned for the Portage Youth Commission's annual leaf-raking program.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Post Tribune

Retired teacher earns honor

People might wonder if Ron Hancock has been sipping from the Fountain of Youth. His sparkling eyes, quick smile and the spring in his step belie the fact that he retired three years ago after 43 years of teaching high school social studies, 40 of them at Portage High School.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Post Tribune

Portage man gets 3 years for stealing credit card

Lake Superior Court Judge Diane Ross Boswell sentenced a Portage man to three years in prison for stealing a Lake Station couple's debit-credit card.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Post Tribune

In Vietnam only briefly, vet, 61, battles illness

Robert Kwak has a pre-existing condition that led to his recent diagnosis of terminal multiple myeloma.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Post Tribune

Homeowners will see tax rates fall

Porter County property owners will see that tax rates dropped when they open the 2009 tax bills which are expected to go out this month.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Examiner.com

Criminal justice weekend blotter

On September 25, 2005, Vincent Glover, 38, saw a woman walking on Vermont Street near a Metra train station and came up behind her and put a knife to her throat.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Post Tribune

Portage volunteers team up to restore recreation areas

Keep off the grass and stay on the trails! That's the urgent request of the National Park Service for regular visitors at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk until next summer.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

CBS2

Drunk Driving Suspect: Dude I Do This Every Night

Share + Nov 5, 2009 1:25 pm US/Central PORTAGE, Ind. A northwest Indiana man pulled over for drunken driving early Thursday allegedly told the state trooper: "Dude, I do this every night." Police said he was more than four times over the state's legal blood alcohol limit.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Post Tribune

Two men charged in gold chain theft

Two Lake Station men have been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing $25,000 in gold chains.

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