Portage News

Classes for the Aboriginal School of Dance will be held starting Friday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m., at the Prince Ogitchita Martial Arts Systems gym at the Portage Mall.

This could be the scene around Chicago's Lakefront this weekend in the wake of bands of lake-effect snow.

Classes for the Aboriginal School of Dance will be held starting Friday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m., at the Prince Ogitchita Martial Arts Systems gym at the Portage Mall.

The Porter County Election Board on Monday approved a measure to host early voting at the Chesterton Town Hall after voters registration office heads Democrat Kathy Kozuszek and Republican Sundae Schoon reported the building met the standards required for a satellite voting location such as the amount of parking and accessibility for the ... (more)

The Porter County Election Board decided Monday not to pursue a formal hearing in a matter concerning Burns Harbor Town Marshal Jerry Price.

The driver of this GMC van died after he lost control on snowy and icy roads and the van was hit by a truck on the Indiana Toll Road early today, Indiana State Police said.

Police say a Portage Township Schools bus driver was drunk Thursday when she drove 44 elementary children on a field trip from Myers Elementary to Portage High School.

PORTAGE, Ind. - A spokeswoman for the grandmother of two young boys whose mother died in a northwestern Indiana house fire doesn't want the man who claims he is their father to be released from prison early so he can care for them.

PORTAGE, Ind. - The head of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is worried a violation of the Clean Air Act at an Illinois monitoring station could lead to three northwestern Indiana counties being designated as being in noncompliance.

Organizations addressing housing issues in Porter County banded together on Monday to announce the No Place Like Home initiative, a ten-year plan to end homelessness throughout the county.

A Northwest Indiana mother faces charges after police say her 7-year-old son told school officials about his living conditions.

With those words outgoing town marshal Jerry Price pinned his chief's badge on Craig Barnes' uniform following his unanimous appointment by the Burns Harbor Town Council to lead the department.

A long and arduous task stood before the Porter County Council Tuesday as members prepared to act on an extensive list of funding requests totaling more than $7 million.

PORTAGE, Ind. - Northwestern Indiana police are investigating a report that a man stole about $30,000 in jewelry from a Kmart while it was open.

So let's say you've never been to a comic book store, and you're thinking of checking out one of the many great stores Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana have to offer .