LA PORTE COUNTY – Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Dunnet Bay Construction Company will conduct overnight lane closures on I-94 between U.S. 421 and U.S. 20/35 Monday, July 7 through Saturday, July 12.
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Food Bank of Northern Indiana has announced free food assistance days in July for Starke and La Porte Counties. These events will all be drive-up food assistance, including a mix of fresh produce, refrigerated, and shelf-stable groceries.
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According to a press release from the Indiana Department of Transportation, their contractor Rieth-Riley Construction will conduct alternating lane closures on U.S. 6 between C.R. 500 W and C.R. 425 W beginning on or after Monday, June 30.
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According to a press release from the Indiana Department of Transportation, in La Porte County a section of State Road 39 will be closed beginning this week.
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According to information shared by the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, they have been receiving reports of residents receiving hoax phone calls from scammers pretending to be employees of La Porte County Sheriff’s Office.
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According to a press release from the Indiana Department of Transportation, State Road 39 in La Porte County will be closed for work being conducted by the Indiana Toll Road.
Continue readingAccording to a press release from the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division are investigating the circumstances of three (3) adults found deceased inside a residence located in the 5600 west block of CR 250 North. in La Porte.
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According to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, the 21st Annual National Veterans Awareness Ride went through La Porte County Wednesday morning.
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LA PORTE COUNTY – The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office has released more information and made an arrest related to a vehicle crash that occurred at US Highway 20 and Fail Road on Thursday May 8th.
Continue readingAccording to a joint statement made on Thursday by the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office and the New Prairie United School Corporation, deputies responded to a multi-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon.
Continue readingLA PORTE AND STARKE COUNTIES – The Food Bank of Northern Indiana has announced dates throughout May for free drive-up food assistance in both La Porte and Starke Counties.
Continue readingLa Porte – According to a press release from the La Porte County Sheriff, at around 2:51am on April 15th, deputies responded to County Road 300 East, south of State Road 4 regarding a personal injury crash.
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South Central Student Elle Kimmel has made it her personal mission to improve the safety at an intersection where a fatal accident that claimed the life of her father occurred in February of 2007.
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Officers from the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department are attempting to locate a passenger involved in a pursuit incident Monday afternoon.
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FEMA recently issued a public notice in regards to the major flooding that occurred earlier this year and the subsequent public and individual funding assistance being offered to several counties including Starke, Pulaski, Marshall and La Porte.
The notice, provided by Starke County EMA Director J. Nier, reportedly concerns activities that may affect historic properties, ones that are located in or affecting wetland areas or the 100-year floodplain and critical actions within the 500-year flood plain. FEMA officials report that such incidents may adversely affect the historical property, floodplain, or wetland or could result in continuing vulnerability to flood damage. Continue reading
President Donald Trump announced Friday that a major disaster exists in Indiana which makes federal funding available to affected residents in eight counties including Marshall County.
County Road 300 North between Johnson Road and County Road 525 West in La Porte County is closed as emergency personnel responds to a fatal house fire in the area. Continue reading
A dentist with a practice in North Judson has been arrested, in connection with a February crash that left one person dead. According to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffrey J. Bilyak, 47, of Chesterton, surrendered himself at the LaPorte County Jail Wednesday. Officers say a warrant had been issued for his arrest, following an investigation into the February 15 crash.
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the recipients of federal transportation funding to invest in local road and bridge improvements, sidewalk and trail projects.
This round of funding will help communities to design, develop and purchase land for projects for bid beginning July 2021.
A dentist with a practice in North Judson is formally charged in a La Porte County accident where one person died and two other people were injured.
Police say 46-year-old Jeffrey Bilyak was driving northbound in his red pickup truck in heavy fog shortly before 1 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 15, when he attempted to pass a semi in the area of the 19400 S. block of U.S. 421, north of LaCrosse. It was then when Bilyak’s truck hit a southbound ambulance head-on causing injury to himself, the driver and EMT inside the ambulance, plus a patient being transported to Indianapolis for medical treatment, according to police.
