Grammar Guy: Spooner or later, you’ll make this verbal mistake
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Month: August 2020
First Merchants Bank helps St. Jude House reach fundraising goal
Just before its dollar-for-dollar matching challenge ended on July 10, First Merchants Bank delivered a $5,000 check to St. Jude House in Crown Point.
Indiana coronavirus cases: 1,048 new cases, 1 additional death reported
Here’s how many cases of the novel coronavirus and deaths from COVID-19 the Indiana State Department of Health reported on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020.
Coroner seeks help identifying man
The Lake County Coroner’s office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a deceased man that came in its care late Saturday after an incident near Cline Avenue and the Indiana Toll Road.
Holcomb rejects vote-by-mail expansion, urges Hoosiers to cast ballots in person
Gov. Eric Holcomb does not support making mail-in absentee voting available to all registered Indiana voters for the general election due to COVID-19.
60-year-old dies from motorcycle accident, police say
A 60-year-old Highland man succumbed to his injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident late Saturday, police said.
Victims shot at Region hotel, eyewitnesses say
Two people were shot near the front lobby area of the Ramada Inn hotel early Sunday, according to eyewitnesses.
Farming during the pandemic
Early on after the pandemic hit unbelievable images of food waste circulated — dumped milk, smashed eggs, rotting produce — as school cafeterias and restaurant dining rooms sat empty. It’s been a hard time for farmers, but what they’re producing……
Traveling from Lansing to Lansing
I live in Lansing, Illinois and a long time ago I remember one of the old timers telling me about how often the village’s mail would be misdirected to Lansing, Michigan. He told a story of someone shipping a fish…
4-H show entries not sheepish on meat or muscle
There may be no Lake County Fair this year due to COVID-19, but several livestock shows, including beef cattle and sheep, took place Saturday.