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"It (the bridge) has turned a previously dangerous intersection into a safe place for our residents."

“We need to have honest discussions. We all can’t go back to our little islands after a public meeting ends.” - Dan Repay

The Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission will be transforming an artesian well at Chase and 35th streets in Gary into a park-like area to make it more user friendly.

A Saturday afternoon thunderstorm produced the Region's second tornado in a five-day span, the National Weather Service confirmed on Monday. The NWS said the Saturday tornado, which touched down in Dyer and Schererville, was classified as an EF-0 with winds of 65 to 85 mph. On the same day, another EF-0 tornado touched down just across the state line in Crete, the NWS said. On June 21, the NWS reported an EF-0 tornado in the South Haven area. That was the same day an EF-3 tornado, with winds measuring 135-165 mph, caused major damage and several injuries in the southwest suburbs of Naperville...

"It was happiness that I found him — that I could give the family closure — but then ... spotting his body ... it hit me hard," Smith said."