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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 ...