Local taxing districts that include Southlake Mall likely will have to pay millions of dollars in refunds after a long-running property tax assessment dispute was resolved in the mall s favor.
All employees and visitors inside Lake County government buildings again are required to wear face masks, and a similar mask mandate soon may apply to all school buildings in the
Lake County Commissioners joked on Tuesday morning they needed popcorn when Lake County Highway Superintendent Nels Nelson introduced a new method for resurfacing roadways by showing a video.
Lake Co. commissioners vote to take next step in rezoning process Emotions ran high Tuesday when Lake County Commissioners opened the floor for comment while discussing the Upper West Shore rezoning amendment for an area south of Wild Ranch Road. and last updated 2021-05-19 10:01:56-04 ROLLINS â Flathead Lake is a go-to tourist destination in Montana, and one commercial rezoning proposal is wanting to capitalize on that. Emotions ran high Tuesday when Lake County Commissioners opened the floor for comment while discussing the Upper West Shore rezoning amendment for District C, which is to the south of Wild Ranch Road.
Move on from the dispute and the vendor. The politically connected Merrillville firm is contracted to monitor county detainees who are on at-home detention, typically before trial. There have been several inmate escapes under this firmâs watch, Most notably that of Jarod D. Johnson, of Gary. As has been reported in The Times, Johnson was a detainee charged with attempted murder. ICU lost contact with Johnson s ankle bracelet at 7:16 a.m. April 12, 2019, but did not file an escape report with the Sheriff s Department until 4:41 p.m. that day, according to Martinez. At 6:22 p.m., ICU employees contacted the Sheriff s Department and said the escape report on Johnson was withdrawn.
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âIâll see you in heaven.â It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization. Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
CROWN POINT â In a rebuke of the Lake County Commissioners over the recent renewal of an electronic monitoring contract, Sheriff Oscar Martinez referenced three escapes that he says happened under the watch of the company that was awarded the contract. In each of the instances, which occurred between April 2019 and September 2019, Martinez said the escaped offenders who were on court-supervised release committed serious crimes. The discord between the sheriff s office and the monitoring company has been longstanding. In May 2019, Martinez barred the monitor ankle bracelet company, ICU Monitoring Inc., and its employees from entering Lake County Jail after two escapes in which the detainees were on court-supervised release and wearing GPS ankle bracelets monitored by the Merrillville-based company.
and last updated 2021-04-15 15:30:18-04 POLSON â A Wednesday evening Lake County Planning Board to discuss a zoning request lasted until a little after 1 a.m. on Thursday. Planning board members eventually recommended that the request be denied. The proposal will next be heard by the Lake County Commission on May 18 and the topic will once again be opened up for public comment. Commissioners will decide to either approve or deny the request. If approved, county officials say a resolution of intention will open up a 30 day comment period where people within the district can protest the zoning amendment. The request will automatically be denied if 40% of the people within the affected district protest.