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Lake County, IN Traffic Alert: I-94, U.S. 6 Closing Overnight

I-94 traffic will be reduced to one lane as overnight bridge work brings major restrictions near Lake Station.

Lake County, IN · 8d

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Lake County, IN I-94 Closure Nov. 5: Overnight Delays Expected

INDOT warns of overnight delays as bridge beam installation restricts I-94 and closes US-6.

Lake County, IN · 3d

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High prices displace Michiana residents relying on hotels for housing

MICHIANA (WNDU) - Thanks to Notre Dame’s Saturday game against Miami, nearly every hotel room in Michiana is booked at a premium price. Some local residents rely on hotels for housing. Now, they’re priced out of a place to stay. Tori and Richard McCarty and others in Michiana...

Michiana, MI · 2d
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Jerry Williams Elected Lake County’s First Black Sheriff

The sounds of James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone, and Stevie Wonder filled a Lake County banquet hall Tuesday night as supporters gathered to watch returns in a sheriff’s race that was setup to make history. Jerry Williams, a Gary native who spent more than three decades with...

Lake County, IN · 4d
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Indiana carries out the first of 3 US executions taking place on a single day

An Indiana man who admitted killing his girlfriend's two children was executed early Thursday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the U.S. Jeffrey Weisheit killed the children, ages 8 and 5, by setting fire to his girlfriend's house in the Evansville area in 2010. Weisheit died at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The lethal injection started just after midnight and he was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m., according to Noelle Russell, Indiana Department of Correction chief communications officer. She said Weisheit's final meal was barbecue ribs and he had no final words. Florida and Alabama were also set to carry out executions Thursday, which would mark the second time this year that three people in the U.S. would be put to death on the same day. It will be Florida’s 19th execution this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — matching a record set by the state in 2025 — but the first this year in Indiana. The death penalty has faced renewed scrutiny following the September failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, although courts have rejected efforts to halt other executions since she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital.

Indiana · 3d

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Gary Family Presses On as Ex-Councilman Eyes Council Seat After Wife's Death Ruled Undetermined

Nicole Mabon-Brewer's family is speaking out as her estranged husband, former Gary councilman Ron Brewer, pursues a path back onto the city's Common Council, more than a year after she was found dead and months after investigators said they still could not determine how she died. The 47-year-old Gary woman was found dead on September 3, 2025, and an autopsy the next day determined she died of a gunshot wound.

Lake County, IN · 2d

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The rise and fall of the Genesis Convention Center in Gary, IN, and what comes after it on its downtown block

By July 1982, the Genesis Convention Center was open in downtown Gary, Indiana. The city's symphony played there that month, and seniors walked in for free. Before the year was out, Prince had played the arena. Over the next decades the building held Chicago Bulls exhibitions, two Miss USA pageants,...

Gary, IN · 8d

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Notre Dame community members held prayer vigil in Michigan City hours before execution

On Wednesday night, around a dozen members of the Notre Dame community gathered outside of Indiana State Prison in Michigan City for a prayer vigil ahead of the execution of Jeffrey Weisheit by lethal injection. Weisheit murdered two children in 2010 and had been on death row since 2013. Attendees...

Michigan City, IN · 2d

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Democrats win big, A Gary councilman under fire, and a strike impacts Soldier Field |Week in Review

Election day came with a giant blue wave across the country. What's next for Illinois? A councilman from Gary, IN is under fire after his wife's death, and striking workers could make parking at Soldier Field a big hassle.

Gary, IN · 1d

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Lake County Democrats score major election victories on November 4

Lake County voters delivered a string of Democratic victories Tuesday, November 3, electing Jerry Williams as the county’s first Black sheriff, returning Frank J. Mrvan to Congress and strengthening the party’s influence from Gary and Hammond to Dyer and Schererville. For voters in Gary and throughout Lake County,...

Lake County, IN · 2d

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Bayh Puts Indiana Democrats Back in Winning Column With Secretary of State Victory

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. A new generation of the Bayh family is a winner again for Indiana Democrats. Beau Bayh prevailed in the secretary of state’s race Tuseday over Republican candidate Max Engling. With roughly 95% of precincts reporting as of Friday afternoon, Bayh received 51.9% of the vote, compared to Engling at 42.7%.

Indiana · 1d

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Firefighters Offer Free CPR Training

(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County firefighters are offering free CPR classes this month and next. The following training sessions will take place in Michigan City at the fire department’s administrative building at 2510 E. Michigan Blvd.:. Saturday, November 7 - 9 am. Saturday, November 21 -...

Michigan City, IN · 2d

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Measles on the rise in local communities

INDIANA (WSBT) — Measles cases are on the rise in Indiana according to the Indiana Department of Health, more than a hundred cases have been reported across Indiana this year. In our local community, measles cases have now been reported in Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall and Kosciusko counties. Before this...

Elkhart County, IN · 2d

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The Franklin honored with 2nd Economic Development award

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – The Franklin at 11th Street Station is in the spotlight again with a second economic development award. The $101 million high-rise mixed-use development was recognized as a 2026 Excellence in Economic Development honoree, receiving the Public-Private Partnership award by the International Economic Development Council. The...

Michigan City, IN · 2d

The Crusader Newspaper

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Calumet Township to launch Dial-A-Ride program

The Calumet Township Trustees Office will introduce a new Dial-A-Ride Transportation Program on Thursday, November 5, as part of an initiative to improve transportation access and mobility for township residents. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at noon at the event center located at 1900 W. 41st Ave. in Gary....

Gary, IN · 4d

hometownnewsnow.com

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Plans in Motion for La Porte Santa Parade

(La Porte, IN)- Downtown La Porte Events is inviting local businesses, organizations and community groups to help bring holiday magic to Downtown La Porte by participating in this year's Santa Parade on Saturday, November 28. With float entries available at no cost, the parade offers an opportunity for businesses, churches,...

La Porte, IN · 1d

The Crusader Newspaper

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A community portrait and storytelling exhibit of Gary and U.S. Steel

Our Mill, Our Home: Gary’s Past Present & Future. In the words of Tyrell Anderson, “Our Mill Our Home: Gary’s Past, Present & Future,” the photography exhibit that opened October 24 in Gary’s Gateway Park “celebrates our history, uplifts our community, and inspires what’s possible next.”

Gary, IN · 4d

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Expanding Operations: Construction of the new multi-purpose building starts Nov. 5

In November, the construction of Munster High School’s new multi-purpose building will begin. New opportunities, more space and better equipment will allow Munster to train the sports teams effectively and efficiently. The multi-purpose building will be located between Wilbur Wright Middle School and Munster High School, where the tennis...

Munster, IN · 2d

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Michigan City Area Schools requests recanvassing after close referendum vote

Michigan City Area Schools is requesting a recanvassing, after unofficial results showed its operating referendum was narrowly voted down. The referendum appears to have failed by 112 votes, roughly a 50-50 split. But the district says it’s gotten “reports of issues at several polling locations, including ballot concerns.” It says it wants a recanvassing “to ensure every vote is accurately counted.”

Michigan City, IN · 2d