The Indiana Department of Transportation is suspending most construction work on area highways over the Memorial Day weekend. INDOT spokesman Doug Moats says work on interstate highways and other major corridors will stop today at noon. It will pick up again Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Indiana State Troopers have arrested four juveniles believed responsible for a rash of criminal mischief incidents on I-94 in LaPorte County. Continue reading
Continuing road work on Interstate 94 in Porter County will reduce the roadway to one lane for the next few nights, weather permitting. Indiana Department of Transportation contractors will be restriping the highway between State Road 249 and State Road 49 tonight and tomorrow night. That work will take place between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Continue reading
State troopers say snow and white-out conditions are to blame for the multiple-vehicle pile-up on I-94 eastbound near Michigan City that killed a 65-year-old Marilyn Wolma and 67-year-old Thomas Wolma of Grand Rapids, Mich. and 65-year-old Jerry Dalrymple of Chicago. All three died of blunt-force trauma, according to the LaPorte County Coroner. One person with life-threatening injuries was flown from the scene by medical helicopter. A state police spokeswoman says the accident investigation will take weeks to complete. More than 40 vehicles were involved.
