MICHIGAN CITY — La Porte County residents in need of food assistance have been helped with weekly food distributions through the Food Bank of Northern Indiana – and that benefit will continue thanks to the United Way of La Porte County.

La PORTE — The search for the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra’s next music director will continue Saturday, Nov. 7.

MICHIGAN CITY — Six Michigan City Police officers were recognized Tuesday for “extraordinary heroism” during the May 31 protest in the city.

MICHIGAN CITY — The Michigan City Commission for Women is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, with a poetry contest recognizing the accomplishment, and a local woman involved in the struggle.

MICHIGAN CITY — An area Subaru dealer is teaming up with the Michiana Humane Society to encourage adoptions this month.

La PORTE — More than 200 new jobs may soon be coming to La Porte County.

La PORTE — La Porte residents have another opportunity to get rid of large trash before winter.

MICHIGAN CITY — One served his department for almost 35 years; another climbed a 100-foot ladder to help commemorate 9/11; and another revamped his department’s orientation program.

BRAZIL — Safety is a guiding principle of the new Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch for future law enforcement officers, at-risk kids, and young witnesses and victims of crime.

MICHIGAN CITY — More than 36,000 Coho salmon were recently stocked in multiple rivers and streams in northern Indiana, including thousands in Trail Creek.

MERRILLVILLE — With COVID-19 numbers spiking in Northwest Indiana and across the state, The Diocese of Gary and others in Indiana are extending the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass.

La PORTE — Angela Rose, director of Downtown La Porte, will be resigning that position after accepting a job with the city of South Bend.

La PORTE — When a paranormal investigator from southern Indiana wanted to find cemeteries across the state with reported hauntings or creepy histories, she found several of them in La Porte County.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana reported a new daily high of nearly 3,000 new coronavirus infections on Thursday and state health officials added 42 more COVID-19 deaths to the state’s pandemic toll.

La PORTE — La Porte County officials are asking residents to shrug off any “COVID fatigue” and get back on track in the fight against the pandemic, as the number of local cases continues to surge.

MICHIGAN CITY — The red kettles can already be seen at businesses around the city, but the Salvation Army of Michigan City will officially launch its 2020 kettle season next month.

MICHIGAN CITY — The economic downturn spurred by COVID-19 was unavoidable in Michigan City, but the community remains “economically viable and stable for long-term investment throughout and after the pandemic.”

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 1 million Indiana residents have requested an absentee ballot or voted early in the 2020 General Election, according to state officials.

MERRILLVILLE — Northern Indiana Public Service Company on Wednesday announced it will bring an additional 900 megawatts to Indiana with three solar energy centers as part of its long-term generation strategy.

INDIANAPOLIS — La Porte County has moved into the “Orange” category as the Indiana State Department of Health nearly doubled the number of counties designated as higher-risk locations for coronavirus spread on Wednesday.

La PORTE — La Porte’s City Council is losing a member, and the mayor will announce a replacement early next month.

MICHIGAN CITY — Michigan City Area Schools leaders say students’ return to in-person classes this week went well, and in spite of rising COVID-19 numbers in the county, they will stay there – for at least another week.

La PORTE — Thanks to federal COVID-19 relief dollars, La Porte officials will soon roll out some health and safety upgrades to City Hall.

MICHIGAN CITY — Two “Deaf Child in Area” traffic signs will be installed along the northbound and southbound lanes of traffic in the 200 block of South Woodland Avenue after a local family successfully petitioned the city.

VALPARAISO — At age 35, Diane Artis’ daughter Laini Fluellen, who’d spent years leading the human resources department of a large corporation, advising a mega church and counseling people to successful careers, developed the first signs of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

La PORTE — La Porte residents may begin seeing some higher numbers on their monthly utility bills next year, as city officials look to pay for critical upgrades to local water and sewer infrastructure.

HAMMOND — Deterring election fraud and discrimination at the polls is just one way the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI will be working to protect the integrity of the upcoming election, according to the area’s federal prosecutor.

PORTER — A hit-and-run crash that knocked down power lines in Porter County caused a Comcast outage that affected thousands of customers in Michigan City overnight Monday.

La PORTE — The La Porte County Soil and Water Conservation District has received a technical assistance grant to help farmers in the Kankakee River Basin reduce sediment and nutrients, and restore and protect wetlands.

La PORTE — A La Porte County nurse known for spending time to get to know and connect with her patients has been honored by her peers with an award for excellence.