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Local Red Cross, utilities sending hurricane help
Local volunteers from the American Red Cross and utility workers are leaving this weekend for various parts of the East Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Irene.
At least four Red Cross are going from St. Joseph County, four from Elkhart County and...Tags: New York, Charity, Hurricane Irene (2011), Northeast Utilities, American Red Cross
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Police arrest 18-year-old in Portage woman's death
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Police have arrested an 18-year-old man who investigators believe is responsible for the death of a young woman whose body was found by searchers over the weekend in northwestern Indiana. Porter County Sheriff David Lain...Tags: Porter County, Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana)
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Judge recuses self in death of NW Indiana woman
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A Porter County judge has recused herself from the case against an 18-year-old man accused of killing a young woman whose body was found by searchers over the weekend in northwestern Indiana. The Times of Munster reports...Tags: Judges, Porter County, Murder, Justice System
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IDEM issues a high ozone alert
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high ozone levels today in the following metropolitan areas:
- South Bend-Elkhart - St. Joseph and Elkhart counties Michigan City-LaPorte - LaPorte County
- Northwest Indiana -...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Human Body, Weather, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Indiana
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IDEM forecasts high ozone Wednesday
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high ozone levels Wednesday in the following metropolitan areas:
- South Bend-Elkhart — Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
- Michigan City-LaPorte — LaPorte County
-...Tags: LaPorte County, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Indiana, Michigan, Environmental Pollution
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Ex-NW Ind. bank president killed while jogging
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — The retired president of a northwestern Indiana bank has died after being struck by a pickup while he was jogging.
The Porter County Sheriff's Department says 62-year-old Garry Bradley was hit Sunday morning along a county...Tags: Porter County, Indiana, Politics, Church and State Relations, Elections
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NW Indiana man admits fatally shooting son
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he fatally shot his 32-year-old son while they argued inside a pickup truck. Sixty-nine-year-old James Blum of rural Valparaiso had faced murder charges in the...Tags: Porter County, Trials, Indiana, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Teen's death at Indiana detention center investigated
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says an initial autopsy failed to find the cause of death for a 17-year-old northern Indiana boy who died after collapsing at the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center in Valparaiso. Porter County Coroner...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Judges, Porter County, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Michiana's winter really chills out
Wind chills around Michiana could plummet to between 15 and 20 degrees below zero by early Friday morning. Take extra care if you must be outside and please provide protection for your outdoor pets.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY through 1 p.m. Friday for...Tags: Physical Conditions, Indiana, Hypothermia, Michigan, Frostbite
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LaPorte County dispatchers handle increase in calls related to weather
LAPORTE — Dispatchers in LaPorte County were busy when lanes on I-94 westbound shutdown after a series of accidents.
Like the snowfall outside, calls into the LaPorte County 911 dispatch center came through fast and furious.
"We just knew it was...Tags: Porter County, LaPorte County, Road Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation Delays
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Random pellet shots target Lake County cars, buses
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Lake County police and schools are taking precautions after BBs or pellets struck several car and bus windows. Crown Point Police Chief Pete Land says it appears BB or pellet guns are being shot at passing vehicles....Tags: Porter County
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Judge sentences ex-Indiana worker for shotgun blast
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwest Indiana judge has given a 15-year prison sentence to a former Indiana Department of Workforce Development auditor who pleaded guilty to firing a shotgun into an agency office. Porter Circuit Judge Mary Harper...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Judges, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Indiana
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