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Lake County’s E-911 workers have a signed and approved 2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement about three months before their current contract expires. Byron Bonham, business representative for the United Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 21, which represents the workers in Lake County’s 105 union-represented positions, said members passed the new pact by an overwhelming majority. The union does ...

Lake County’s Democratic Party chairman confirmed this week there have been behind the scenes machinations among some in the party for a possible caucus succession plan in the event of a felony conviction of Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. Martinez is facing Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving charges stemming from a Sept. 18, 2021 incident when Crown Point ...

Lake County officials will be look at ways to strengthen county employee’s health self-insurance plan as rising costs threaten the program’s future solvency. Commission President Michael Repay, D-Hammond, said costs have been trending higher for several years now. “We are aware of it, and we have been contemplating potential solutions,” Repay said. Some of the reasons for the spike in annual ...

Lake County Council members want to know what prompted the State Board of Accounts to leave its 2022 audit unfinished last week, after state investigators said they could not gather the information to get the job done. Council Vice President Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, said she asked representatives from the auditor’s and treasurer’s office to attend the meeting to explain to the council ...

Friends and colleagues remembered attorney John Dull for his countless contributions to Lake County and a penchant for making co-workers smile over his more than four decades serving the board of commissioners. Dull, 83, died Tuesday from complications related to cancer. He served as attorney to the Lake County Commissioners since 1982 through his passing, according to a statement from Michael ...

Lake County Commissioners bristled at a request to pay a bill in excess of $16,000 for fuel pump repair in the Lake County Sheriff’s garage after the work had already been complete at their Wednesday meeting. The body said there was not much it could do regarding payment of the bill even though Chief of Police Vince Balbo did not follow the proper procedure for making an emergency purchase. ...

Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez struck a win this week in his battle with county commissioners over who has control to enter into contracts regarding the care of inmates at the Lake County Jail in a ruling that may have far-reaching implications for how county government across the state operates.

The need for blood donations has soared along with COVID-19 deaths, which are closing in on 400,000 in the United States and just hit a new daily record of more than 4,300. Blood shortages have been reported nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic, with life-saving blood supplies dwindling, putting patients in emergency rooms and hospitals at risk.  Franciscan Health Michigan City has scheduled two blood drives to help make up for the lack of donations taking place at workplaces and schoo...

Gov. Eric Holcomb should focus on education and pandemic relief in the next four years, Northwest Indiana political leaders said as Holcomb’s inauguration took place Monday in Indianapolis.

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