Police warn that A/C units can be gateways for bad guys
MICHIGAN CITY — With temperatures reaching into the 80s and 90s, and heat indexes pushing 100 and over, air conditioners have been working overtime in recent days.
LaPorte County News
Area Briefs
Mobile food distribution at La Porte Civic Auditorium
Club News
La Porte Lions
Two swimmers rescued in Michigan City, but young girl drowns in Portage
MICHIGAN CITY — First responders were able to rescue two swimmers from drowning on Saturday at Washington Park beach, but were unable to save a child from drowning in Porter County.
More Indiana cities opting to require masks as COVID-19 number keep rising
La PORTE — La Porte is among a growing number of Indiana cities to impose mask mandates after health officials on Monday reported the most hospitalizations of people with coronavirus-related illnesses in nearly a month.
Man airlifted to hospital after crash on U.S. 421 near La Crosse
DEWEY TWP. — A single-vehicle crash just north of La Crosse early Saturday that police are blaming on excessive speed left a Wheatfield man hospitalized.
La Porte County Sheriff’s Department awards memorial scholarships
La PORTE — The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department has awarded four scholarships to county high school graduates in honor of the only member of the department to die in the line of duty.
Individual La Porte County Historical Society Museum memberships now half-price
La PORTE — The La Porte County Historical Society Museum, which reopened to the public on Tuesday, is offering a half-price membership for the rest of the year.
Church Briefs
First United Methodist Church to hold VBS
Community partners help PNW’s TRIO program better serve prospective college students
WESTVILLE — They say it takes a village, but if, as a society, we want things we’ve never had before, we have to do things as a society that we’ve never done.