Hometown Holiday Celebration!
Come out to Thomas Centennial Park & Downtown Chesterton on November 24th from 11am-7pm for the Duneland Chamber’s Hometown Holiday Celebration! This year’s Hometown Holiday Celebration includes the Outdoor Market, Tree Lighting Ceremony; Carriage Rides; Visits with Santa; Retail Open House; and the Annual Twilight Christmas Parade! **Jackie Beissel will be broadcasting LIVE from the Twilight Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony. For the full schedule of events, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2145159258828204/
Courthouse security deputies attacked at the Michigan City Courthouse
At approx. 11:30 am Friday morning, Courthouse security Deputies Jon Keene and Aaron King were physically attacked by in individual who was later identified as 37 year old Joshua Duncan, from Michigan City. At approx. 11:30 am, Joshua Duncan walked into the courthouse and as he entered the security checkpoint, he without provocation or warning “sucker” punched Deputy Keene in the nose. He then turned toward Deputy King and began Read more…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and while escaping a domestic-violence situation is not easy for victims, immigrant survivors of abuse face especially difficult challenges. According to the C-D-C, every minute in the U-S about 20 people are physically abused by their partner, and experts say immigrant women are especially vulnerable. Kerry Hyatt Bennett with the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence says language barriers, distance from family and friends, misconceptions Read more…
September Indiana Employment Report
Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.5 percent for September and remains lower than the national rate of 3.7 percent. The monthly unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana’s labor force had a net increase of 4,564 over the previous month. This was a result Read more…
DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Chesterton
Chesterton Police will be accepting unused prescription drugs on October 27 from 10am to 2pm. They will be in the parking lot on the south side of Broadway, across from the Police Station. No needles, inhalers, or liquids will be accepted.
- ‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Willa takes aim at Mexico as a Category 5 storm
ABC News (HOUSTON) — Hurricane Willa strengthened to a powerful Category 5 storm Monday morning, taking aim at the Mexican coast and threatening to deliver life-threatening storm surge, wind and rain. Now packing 160 mph winds, some strengthening was still possible for the storm Monday, making Willa “potentially catastrophic” for Mexico, the National Hurricane Center warned. The storm is moving north toward the southwest Mexican coast. It’s expected to weaken Read more…
If you win the Mega Millions $1.6 billion jackpot in some states, you can remain anonymous
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As the Mega Millions jackpot heads toward a record $1.6 billion drawing Tuesday, some ticket-holding hopefuls may wonder if they would be able hide their identities if they won. The lottery prize is now the biggest ever in the U.S. Some financial experts advise winners of big lottery prizes to try to remain anonymous. But only a handful of states allow winners to decide whether they want Read more…
Two U.S. Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait
iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the body of water separating China and Taiwan, the island nation that China considers a breakaway province. The transit could increase tensions between the U.S. and China as both countries are involved in a trade dispute and as the U.S. voices concerns over China’s militarization of the South China Sea. “USS Curtis Wilbur Read more…
Sen. Kamala Harris heads to Iowa ahead of midterms as 2020 speculation abounds
ABC News(DES MOINES, Iowa) — California Sen. Kamala Harris, a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, began a two-day campaign swing across the state of Iowa in the town of Ankeny Monday morning, her first major visit to the state that will hold the first-in-the-nation caucuses in just over 16 months. Harris is set to campaign in the central and eastern parts of the state, including stops Read more…
Chris Hemsworth gives lucky hitchhiker a helicopter ride in Australia
ABC/Radhika Chalasani(BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA) — Chris Hemsworth gave one lucky hitchhiker the ride of his life in Australia over the weekend. The Thor actor and his pal Luke Zocchi pulled over in Brisbane and offered the hitchhiking tourist a ride to the coastal surfing town of Byron Bay. Not only was the hitchhiker – who turned out to be a musician named Scott Hildebrand – surprised to see Hemsworth, but he Read more…
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