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With her long hair tied into 42 bundled locks, a nose-crinkling grin formed on 11-year-old Addison Matoski’s face.
Chesterton has now won 20 consecutive Duneland Athletic Conference championships.
Firefighters waded into the freezing waters of Lake Dalecarlia to rescue a small deer that would have otherwise become victim to the icy lake.
While the white stuff has been scant so far this winter, Regionites saw decent snowfall piling up Saturday on roadways. However, meteorologists say it’s not over yet.
North Newton won the Greater South Shore Conference’s girls swim meet.
Jaclyn and Maisyn Kilmczak both had strong outings in Chesterton’s 20th consecutive Duneland Athletic Conference championship.
LaPorte’s Tyson Nisley won the 138-pound DAC championship with a 9-6 win over Chesterton’s Cade Johnson.
The Lake County Traffic Safety Partnership’s increased patrols in Lake County resulted in hundreds of arrests and citations for violations at the end of 2018.
Valparaiso went into Carbondale and knocked off Southern Illinois 65-61 to improve to 4-0 in conference play.