U.S. 421 will be closed in two sections in Pulaski County starting on or after Monday. INDOT says U.S. 421 will be closed between Gordon Street and County Road 300 South in the Francesville area for a culvert and storm sewer line replacement.
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Drivers on U.S. 421 may encounter some delays north of LaCrosse for the next couple weeks. Starting Monday, NIPSCO will be using the southbound lane to replace transmission poles and straighten utility lines between LaPorte County Roads 1800 and 1850 South.
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U.S. 421 will be down to one lane near the Kankakee River starting tomorrow. INDOT says flaggers will be directing traffic around NIPSCO utility work taking place between Starke County Road 500 South and LaPorte County Road 2400 South.
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The owner of a LaPorte County business was arrested, following a month-long investigation into the sale of stolen auto parts. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say they recovered several hundred auto parts last month from Catalytic Exchange, LLC on US 421 near Westville, after getting information that parts were being taken there and sold.
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Driving 96 miles per hour on U.S. 421 with a partially-consumed bottle of alcohol and an open case of beer is what police say landed a Kouts man in jail Tuesday. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over a vehicle driven by Brett G. Bucher, 31, near County Road 1800 South around 6:30 p.m.
Continue readingThe local area is cleaning up after Monday’s storm. The Marshall County Emergency Management Agency is warning motorists not to drive around barricades and road closed signs. Residents are also asked not to try to remove limbs with power lines in them, due to the risk of electrocution.
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Drivers on U.S. 421 are slowly getting used to the new stop signs at State Road 14 near the West Central Schools campus. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office has been keeping an eye on the intersection since INDOT changed it to a four-way stop back in June.
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It’s taking drivers a while to get used to the new stop signs at U.S. 421 and State Road 14. The intersection became a four-way stop a couple weeks ago, following a number of serious crashes.
Continue readingTraffic on U.S. 421 will now have to stop at the south intersection with State Road 14, near the West Central School campus. The Indiana Department of Transportation says it’s changed the intersection to a four-way stop.
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The highway leading to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife area will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday for paving work. INDOT says State Road 143 will be closed between U.S. 421 and Pulaski County Road 1650 West for a chip and fog seal project.
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U.S. 421 will be closed south of Wanatah next week for railroad crossing repairs. INDOT says Norfolk Southern will be rebuilding its grade crossing between LaPorte County Roads 1350 South and 1400 South.
Continue readingFour people were hurt Monday afternoon in a crash at U.S. 421 and Pulaski County Road 200 South. A Hyundai Elantra was reportedly heading west on 200 South, when it pulled into the path of a Ford Econoline E350 that was heading south. The driver of the Hyundai, Samuel D. Jones, 29, of Mapleton, Illinois, reportedly told police that he didn’t realize the intersection wasn’t a four-way stop.
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Five people were hurt, including three inmates, in a four-vehicle crash on U.S. 421 in LaPorte County Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Office says it happened just before noon near County Road 870 South.
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The Town of LaCrosse is under a boil water advisory until at least Friday. To fix a water main break near the intersection of U.S. 421 and State Road 8, water had to be turned off to the entire town Tuesday evening, according to a Town of LaCrosse Facebook post.
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Complaints about speeding cars in the area of Pulaski County Roads 400 North and 1400 West have prompted the Sheriff’s Department to increase its presence there.
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A stretch of Pulaski County Road 400 North will soon get a lower speed limit. The county council voted four-to-two Monday to reduce the speed limit to 35 miles per hour between U.S. 421 and County Road 1400 West, and make 400 and 1400 a four-way stop. The speed limit change had been approved by the county commissioners last month.
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West Central School officials are voicing concerns with the safety of a nearby intersection. A recent accident at U.S. 421 and State Road 14 generated a lot of discussion during Thursday’s school board meeting, according to Superintendent Dan Zylstra.
Continue readingA 17-year-old South Bend girl is in stable condition, after a head-on crash in San Pierre Sunday morning. Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin says it happened around 9:00 a.m. at U.S. 421 and Ann Street.
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A stretch of Pulaski County Road 400 North may soon get a lower speed limit and a number of warning signs. The county commissioners voted Monday to lower the speed limit to 35 miles per hour between U.S. 421 and County Road 1400 West. That now goes to the county council for final approval.
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The Pulaski County Council has begun the process of making two sites eligible for tax abatements. Council members approved preliminary resolutions Monday designating the JSI Steel property and a piece of land near the intersection of U.S. 421 and State Road 14 as economic revitalization areas.
