Porter County News Archives

Vicki Urbanik, a long-time Porter County government reporter for the Chesterton Tribune , has announced that she will be a candidate for the Porter County Auditor on the Democrat ticket in 2010.

The Porter County Voter Registration office wishes to remind all registered voters of this year's special referendum on the proposed Northern Indiana Regional Transportation District on Tuesday.

A teen being charged as an adult for allegedly terrorizing his classmates on a Portage school bus last year is again in jail.

WHEREAS, the Porter County Board of Commissioners adopted the Porter County Unified Development Ordinance; Ordinance No.

A man pointed a gun -- which he insists was fake -- at the head of a bouncer intervening in a domestic dispute Sunday in the parking lot of Pepe's Bar, at U.S. 6 and McCool Road.

Notice is hereby given that the Plan Commission of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 10th day of November, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., in the Porter County Administrative Center, 155 Indiana Ave., Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Edward Drazer, 859 S. 300 E., Kouts, Indiana seeking primary plat ...

A northwest Indiana jail inmate got his girlfriend to bring drugs to him while he was hospitalized, police said.

PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA Notice is hereby given, that the Township Board of Porter Township, Indiana on November 5, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. at the offices of Cender & Company, L.L.C., 8585 Broadway, Suite 777, Merrillville, Indiana, the Township's Financial Advisor will receive sealed bids, or telecopied bids, on and let to the lowest bidder therefore, ...

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 18th day of November, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., in the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Paul Edmonds Jr., c/o William Ferngren, Ferngren Law Offices, ...

Marion County property tax bills aren't due till November 19th, but homeowners can now get an estimate of what they'll owe.

Porter County Democratic Party supports public option health care reform The Porter County Democratic Precinct Organization has unanimously passed a resolution urging Northwest Indiana's Congressional delegation to 'vote for only such health care reform proposals as contain a robust public option.' The precinct organization did so at its October ...

A Crown Point, Ind. man is charged with writing a false bomb threat on a package that he left at a Schererville home on Sept.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Porter County, Indiana will receive sealed bids at the office of the Porter County Auditor at the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Ave., Suite 204, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 until 4:30 P.M., CST, Monday, November 16th, 2009.

The Porter County Municipal Airport Authority will hold a public information open house on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at the Porter County Municipal Airport Terminal Building.

County planners gave their approval for the new Liberty Elementary School addition Wednesday, amid questions over sewage treatment and drainage impacts.

A speeding vehicle crashed into a support wall of the U.S. Steel Highway Bridge and burst into flames shortly before 1:45 a.m. Friday.

The Porter County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has asked a judge to revoke the bond of a South Haven area man charged with operating while intoxicated-causing death after he was stopped last month for disregarding a stop sign.

The Porter County Municipal Airport Authority will hold a public information open house on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at the Porter County Municipal Airport Terminal Building.

Susie Sigo captured the spirit of the eighth meeting in the Dare to Dream initiative when she encouraged participant to dream outside of their lifetimes.

Five persons were charged Wednesday in connection with a heroin distribution operation, the Porter County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said.

Two defendants who thought they were entering plea agreements and avoiding jail time were told otherwise by a LaPorte judge.

As the county struggles to close a $17 million budget hole and the inmate population swells toward the jail's 1,040-bed capacity, misdemeanor defendants could get a get-out-of-jail-free card.

A Crown Point man has been charged with dealing in marijuana and possession of three different prescription drugs.

The Porter County Council is going to meet with members from all the county's towns -- but not schools -- to talk about finding a way to repay them for getting property tax revenues out late.

The Indiana Court of Appeals said police didn't need a search warrant to take a DNA sample from a rape suspect.