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Porter County Council members don’t sound convinced on the Board of Commissioners plan to lease the 1860 sheriff’s residence.

KTWU presents its third annual Women on Wheels from 4 to 7 p.m. June 3.

The Board of Commissioners plan to do essential work at the opera house to preserve the building, along with extensive work at the public works complex on Ind. 2 and

Comedian and actor Donnell Rawlings spoke with WYSO music and culture contributor Greg Simms Jr. about the upcoming Donnell Land Festival, this Memorial Day weekend.

The Porter County Health Department is on a roll – literally – with its new mobile health clinic.

The Porter County Health Department has a goal of meeting people where they are. With the unveiling of its new Mobile Health Clinic Tuesday afternoon, they’ll soon be hitting the road and taking that literally.

Also a priority is making sure employees are paid fairly. If high turnover can be solved by increasing pay, that deserves attention, new Porter County Councilman Andy Vasquez said.

Last year, the council voted to spend $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act money on the opera house and the neighboring 1860 sheriff’s residence, along with a connection between

The Porter County Council gave a slew of kind and grateful goodbyes to outgoing Porter County Councilman Mike Jessen, R-4th, at his final council meeting as an officeholder Tuesday evening. Jessen is leaving in his ninth year in office to take a job leading the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana.

The Porter County Plan Commission seeks to repeal a 2020 ordinance which allowed solar farms to