Street closings announced for Triathlon
La PORTE — The 40th annual La Porte County Family YMCA Triathlon will be held Saturday at Soldier’s Memorial Park in La Porte.
Month: August 2019
‘The measure of success is family’
MICHIGAN CITY — A lifetime of opportunities and the opportunities of a lifetime – that’s what stands out the most as Bill (William George) Woodruff looks back over six decades as a business owner in La Porte County.
Workout for mind and body
MICHIGAN CITY – In addition to a healthy workout, inmates at the Indiana State Prison taking part in a new program are learning impulse control with a goal of breaking negative behavior patterns.
Woodruff grateful for life opportunities
MICHIGAN CITY — Looking back over his life of 86 years, Bill Woodruff said, “Everything has happened too fast.”
Clearing the path after 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY — Construction of a multi-use trail more than 2 miles long on the north side of the city is underway after nearly 15 years of planning and delays.
Check out this 'Exploding Kittens' vending machine at Gen Con
Gen Con attendee Amanda Wagner uses the “Exploding Kitten” booth. Wagner received a cat plushie and a miniature watermelon from the machine.
IAM International president to attend Valpo rally as Regal Beloit strike extends past a month
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers President Bob Martinez will join striking workers for a rally Friday in Valparaiso, as a labor dispute drags on for a fourth week.
Hard-won budget, debt deal clears Senate, advances to Trump
WASHINGTON — A hard-won budget and debt deal easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, powered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a bipartisan drive to cement recent spending increases for the Pentagon and domestic agencies.
ArcelorMittal posts $447 million loss in second quarter, says it will sell off $2 billion in assets
ArcelorMittal lost $447 million in the second quarter amid weakening market conditions and nagging overcapacity in the global steel industry.
Pelath: You couldn’t name a stronger group
NORTH JUDSON — The newly formed Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission conducted its first meeting last month, and discussed its long-term goal of advancing the “safety, economic prosperity, and quality of natural resources”…