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LC police conduct annual memorial
The Lake County Police Department gathered Friday morning for its annual police meorial service. …
LC paving wish-list at $5 million
CROWN POINT — Lake County Highway Superintendent Mark Malczewski submitted a budget to the County Council of $5,000,466.13 for work to be done over the summer on 137.28 miles of county roads. Malczewski said he believes the department will get about 91 percent of that …
Scheub quits 911 commission, LC Democratic governing board
CROWN POINT — Lake County Commissioner Gerry Scheub has had enough. With no support from his fellow Democrats on any of his projects, Scheub has resigned from the county’s 911 commission and from the Lake County Democratic Governing Board. All of this happened during the …
Political activist addresses GOP women’s club
CROWN POINT — The Mid Lake Republican Women’s Club welcomed Monica Boyer to a recent meeting, attended by about 20 women and one man who came to listen to the woman who wrote “Not On My Watch,” a book on political activism. Boyer is a …
Car bursts into flames in Cedar Lake
CEDAR LAKE — On a quiet and beautiful Wednesday afternoon Brian Kubal looked out the doors of his Holiday Liquor store to see a car go up in flames. This was between 2 and 2:30 p.m. May 8. Kubal said, “It started out small and …
Going back to back, CP teen tackles geography, spelling bees
CROWN POINT — For Sean Ives, a gift from his grandparents an ocean away ignited a passion that still guides his compass. Ives, 13, received a globe from his grandparents when he was a first-grader studying in Kosice, Slovakia, where father Rob Ives worked as …
Big birds love the mills
While the city of Crown Point doesn’t have any buildings tall enough to attract the magnificent peregrine falcon, residents go to work every day where the birds like to nest. The top nesting sites in Northwest Indiana are ArcelorMittal Steel in Indiana Harbor East, ArcelorMittal …
Boys golf: Crown Point improving by playing outside region
First year golf coach Jonathan Haas has taken the unconventional route toward trying to make his talented Crown Point team tournament tough. Haas has eschewed several of the local tournaments — at least with his varsity players — for some non-traditional tournaments, like the Ulen …
Boys track: Crown Point tops DAC rival Merrillville for sectional title
CROWN POINT — Tom Cierniak knew he had the opportunity to boost Crown Point’s shot at a sectional title with a win in the 3,200-meter run. That served as incentive as Cierniak nipped Lowell’s Kyle Eller in the thrilling race. Cierniak finished first with a …
Girls tennis: Lowell, Lake Central advance at CP Sectional
CROWN POINT — Who says kids don’t listen? Lowell No. 1 tennis player Kristina Stefoski admits that she has been struggling this season, but listening to a little advice from her coach has apparently turned things around, at least Wednesday during the Crown Point Sectional. …
Commentary: Andrew Steele: Political corruption, the show that never ends
Some reactions to the indictment last week of George Van Til, long-time Lake County surveyor and Democratic Party activist: If the allegations are true, why did he do it? He’s alleged, essentially, to have used office staff and equipment for campaign operations. But surely he …
Almanac: This week in south Lake County history
100 Years Ago May 23, 1913 F. O. Coleman has added to his strawberry patch this spring, and now has a good share of the ten acres north of the cemetery set out to vines, a third of them being in their prime this season. …
Kitty Conley’s Scratching Post
Happy Birthday May 24: Stephen Martin, photographer extraordinaire Happy Anniversary May 19: Mike and Val Aloia — sorry I am late, my birdie fell out of the tree again. 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the t-shirt. The U.S. Navy clams that it issued crew-necked …
Strack & Van Til open for business in Cedar Lake
Strack & Van Til marked the opening of its new grocery in Cedar Lake on Thursday, a community that has been without a grocery store about three years. Built using LEED environmental standards, the building is expected to be the only LEED-certified grocery story in …
Crown Beer Fest draws a crowd
Crown Brewing hosted the fourth annual Crown Brew Fest on Saturday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point to the delight of throngs of craft brew lovers. …
Boys track: Hanover Central has hefty lead with two events to go as meet suspended
HEBRON — With 14 of the 16 events complete, Hanover coach Steve Foulds and his Wildcats boys track team had a mathematical lock on the Porter County Conference championship. Hanover has a score of 146 with Morgan Township (74) and Hebron (66) a distant second …
