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Lake County News
PREP FOOTBALL: Portage wants a say in the DAC championship
The Portage football team didn’t let a 39-0 loss to Merrillville get it down, and now it’s in a four-way tie for second place in the DAC.
Monday’s local high school, college schedules
A list of the games being played by Northwest Indiana high schools and colleges on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.
Some 800 take a step toward suicide prevention in Chesterton
CHESTERTON — More than 800 took part Sunday in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Walk Out of Darkness event.
Sunday’s local high school, college box scores
The Valparaiso men’s tennis team opened its season at the River Forest Collegiate Invitational and the Crusaders’ women’s soccer team earned a win.
Times staff earns Hoosier State Press Association awards including Photo Of The Year
The Times took home three first-place awards as well as Photo Of The Year honors Saturday in the Hoosier State Press Association Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contest held in Indianapolis.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Marquette Catholic’s Nolan twins commit to St. John’s
Marquette Catholic twin sister Emma and Sophia Nolan committed to the St. John’s women’s basketball team during their official visit over the weekend.
A red carpet affair for The Caring Place at Chesterton country club
CHESTERTON — Giving became fashionable Sunday as Northwest Indiana businesses and families generously turned out for The Caring Place’s campaign to raise money for a new shelter for victims of domestic violence.
Little Cal River Basin group vows vigilance in flood prevention efforts
MUNSTER — One the 10th anniversary of the September 2008 flood, members of the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission paid tribute to those who responded to the historic devastation and vowed to keep working to prevent that kind of…