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Porter County Government Summer Kick off 2024
The Valparaiso community was treated with a health and wellness fair presented by the Porter County Health Department on Friday, June 14. Several vendors filled up Central Park Plaza to help educate everyone in attendance. Check out our full coverage at the link here: https://valpo.life/article/porter-county-health-department-hosts-inaugural-health-and-wellness-fair-for-the-community/
La Porte, Porter, Elkhart County Residents to Contact IDHS for Storm Damage Reports
Residents of La Porte County, along with residents in Porter County and Elkhart County are asked to contact Indiana 211 to report severe storm damage from July 15, 2024. To help establish a comprehensive assessment of damage, residents can call 866-211-9966 or visit the Indiana 211 website. Collecting assessments by this process will help Indiana Department of Homeland Security officials determine damage estimates and to develop the next course of action in the disaster recovery process.
Region communities cleaning up from Monday night's storms
Northwest Indiana communities spent Tuesday cleaning up from Monday night's storms. In a Facebook video Tuesday, longtime East Chicago public works employee Eddie Reyes said the damage is the worst he's ever seen. "Like a war zone," Reyes said. "There's branches everywhere. Every block had branches on the ground. Nobody was excluded."
Little change in ILEARN scores; Munster sixth in Indiana
Sixteen Lake and Porter county school districts improved their ILEARN state assessment scores from 2023 in results announced Wednesday at the State Board of Education meeting in Indianapolis. Last year, 18 districts showed improvement in the computerized exam taken by students in grades 3-8 in the spring. Munster students cracked...
Mug released of area foster mom charged in smothering death of 10-year-old
VALPARAISO — The 48-year-old Liberty Township woman charged in the April death of her 10-year-old foster child was booked into the Porter County Jail Wednesday after being arrested Saturday just across the border in Michigan, officials say. Jennifer Wilson, who is charged in Porter County with reckless homicide in...
Strom Produced Tornado Maybe More
(Lake County, IN) - At least one tornado was confirmed to have touched down in northwest Indiana last night. The tornado touchdown was confirmed through radar in the Crown Point area. It’s believed the tornado continued on in Porter County as part of a strong storm system that moved through...
Foster mother charged in 10-year-old’s death
Ten-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens died as a result of suffocation when his foster mother, who weighs more than 300 pounds, laid on top of him for more than 6 minutes, court documents show. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, of Liberty Township, now faces Reckless Homicide charges, a Level 5 felony. The...
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