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Tuesday May 29 | Chesterton Tribune

Autopsy scheduled today for gunman in hostage incident at real estate office

An autopsy was scheduled late this morning on the Texas man who Valparaiso Police say fatally shot himself on Friday after holding hostages at a local real estate office.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Porter to repair 500 sidewalk trip hazards next month

The Porter Town Council approved a contract Tuesday that will remove sidewalk tripping hazards in both the downtown and Porter Cove subdivision.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Porter scraps Munson trail route and grant; new alignment north of US 20 studied

Town staff and consultants are studying alternate ways to connect Porter to the planned Dunes Kankakee Trail after its Redevelopment Commission on Tuesday voted not to accept a $72,000 grant and not to purchase land for the trail along the Munson Ditch easement.

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Tue May 22, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Chesterton woman pleads guilty but mentally ill to cutting child's wrists

A Chesterton woman who police said cut a child's wrists, then her own, last summer at Indiana Dunes State Park has agreed to plead guilty but mentally ill to a charge of battery with a deadly weapon.

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Thu May 17, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Hearings set for Porter water park area zonings

The Porter Plan Commission set a special June 6 public hearing on the rezoning of certain land parcels near Waverly Road and U.S. 20, but there's already disagreement what the proposed zoning should be.

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Tue May 15, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Dunes/Kankakee Trail route through Chesterton firming up

The heavy lifting's been done and now it's just a matter of finalizing some details and getting good cost estimates.

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Chesterton Tribune

Safety concerns over crossing 49 likely to delay Porter hikebike trail

No one's abandoning connecting Porter's hike/bike trail system to the Porter County Visitor Center and the east side of Indiana 49, but the general consensus Monday was that using the Munson Ditch easement to do it probably isn't the best way.

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Fri May 11, 2012

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Faster Amtrak service returning after interruptions

Work is finishing up on track lines between Kalamazoo and Porter, Indiana that will allow trains to travel 110 miles-per-hour. "There are a few sections that still have 40 mile-per-hour slowdowns, but for the most part the line is back up to speed," said MDOT spokeswoman Janet Foran.

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Thu May 10, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Utah developer seeks to reopen Splash Down Dunes in Porter

Paperwork has been filed with the Town of Porter seeking zoning approval to re-open shuttered Splash Down Dunes, perhaps even this year.

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Sat May 05, 2012

Daily Reporter

Dunes Nat'l Lakeshore gets deer management plan

PORTER, Ind. - The National Park Service is recommending a white-tail deer management plan for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore that includes sharpshooting and capture and euthanasia.

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Wed May 02, 2012

Chesterton Tribune

Fact Check: Campaign flier misuses Tribune news stories

In a political flier mailed this week by the Committee to Elect Evans Commissioner, the committee refers to Evans' primary election opponent Jim Biggs as 'A Tax and Spend Liberal Porter County Can't Afford.' * The flier says 'He even thought about creating a NEW 'Public Safety Tax' in the middle of a recession.' The claim footnotes an article ... (more)

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