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Attempt fails to keep all Shorewood Forest utility customers from joining lawsuit
VALPARAISO — All 1,092 customers of Shorewood Forest Utilities will be able to join in on a lawsuit aimed at stopping a proposed expansion of the subdivision’s sewage treatment plant and share in an award that supporters say could top…
Hammond woman raises monarchs in hopes of educating others
HAMMOND — On an average day, Dolly Foster spends more than three hours caring for the monarch butterflies she rears in her home.
Noted Michigan wineries blend the worlds of fine food and wine
For those desiring to take an excursion of the food and wine type, head over the border and into Michigan.
Grammar Guy: On adverbs and sandwiches — and a little sauce
What’s a sandwich without a little sauce? And, by sauce, of course, I mean mustard. Without mustard, a sandwich is dry, boring and lifeless. Please, I don’t want any emails from the pro-mayo lobby on this one. For me, it’s…
Raised in East Chicago, rooted in Jamaica
EAST CHICAGO — Raised in East Chicago, Anastacia C.C. Davis wasn’t surrounded by reminders of her Jamaican lineage.
‘Sinners’ novel a murder mystery and take on southern life, too
The appointment is on the books.
New rules switch how school boards allocate money
ST. JOHN — The rules for creating school budgets were changed by the state Legislature for 2019, which means school boards will have to change how money is allocated.
Futures File: Swine fever heats up hog market
Hog prices exploded to a two-month high on Friday as markets assessed a new threat: an outbreak of African Swine Fever in China.