News briefs: Crime watch, Izaak Walton anniversary
Hessville neighborhood
Month: October 2018
UPDATE: Woman found dead in downtown Gary home was stabbed, police say
GARY — Police found a 34-year-old woman with a stab wound dead late Tuesday after responding to her home for a welfare check, officials said.
UPDATE: Woman found dead in downtown Gary home was stabbed, police say
GARY — Police found a 34-year-old woman with a stab wound dead late Tuesday after responding to her home for a welfare check, officials said.
First Midwest Bank buys NorStates
First Midwest Bank, which is closing branches in Lowell, Chesterton, Gary, East Chicago and Calumet City this year, completed its acquisition of Waukegan-based NorStates Bank for $91 million, growing its market presence along suburban Chicago’s tony no…
IUN develops first regional business confidence index
Indiana University Northwest has developed the Region’s first local business confidence index as a tool that can help owners of small and medium-sized businesses make decisions such as when to invest and hire.
Steel production up by 4.8 percent this year
Great Lakes steel production ticked up to 650,000 tons last week, a slight increase from the previous week.
Valparaiso state senator elected to lead bi-national Great Lakes Legislative Caucus
INDIANAPOLIS — State Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso, has been chosen to lead an international organization of state and provincial legislators focused on issues and policies pertaining to the Great Lakes.
Porter County auditor receives national award
VALPARAISO — Porter County Auditor Vicki Urbanik is one of the 2018 national award recipients honored by the Association of Government Accountants.
Crime in Porter County
Oct. 15-Oct. 16
Kmart closure could result in demolition of whole Griffith Park Plaza shopping center
After losing $11 billion over the last nine years, longtime retail titan Sears declared bankruptcy and plans to close the Big Kmart store in Griffith.