Rural LaPorte County Man Arrested During Ongoing Death Investigation Of Brother
On June 8th, the Criminal Investigations Division of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office began conducting an investigation into the death of 15 year old Michael Kiger. The previous evening, Michael was involved in a disturbance with his biological brother, 21 Tyler M. Kiger, at a residence in the 2800 west block of CR 450 North. Michael was found unresponsive the morning of June 8th at a residence in La Read more…
Pursuit In Porter and LaPorte Counties Leads To Father and Daughter Arrests
On Father’s Day Sunday, just before midnight, Porter County Sheriff’s Police, Lt. Edwards was on patrol in the area of US Highway 20 and Brummitt Road. He observed a van traveling eastbound on US Highway 20 traveling at a high rate of speed which was confirmed with his radar unit, 92 MPH in the 55 MPH marked speed zone.Edwards then turned around to catch up to the vehicle, at which Read more…
MCAS New Appointments Made Including MCHS Principal
The Michigan City Area Schools Board of Trustees held a special meeting on June 12 to approve several administrative appointments for the coming school year. Kevin Goralczyk will serve as the Principal of Michigan City High School. Since 2014, Goralczyk has served as the principal of Our Lady of Hungary School in South Bend. From 2011-2014, he served as Assistant Principal, Associate Principal, and Interim Principal of Michigan City High Read more…
The Leadership Institute graduates 30 students from high school leadership program, SLYCE, and 20 adults from Leadership Northwest Indiana program.
PNW’s Leadership Northwest Indiana (LNI), with a 30-year regional history and 1,200 successful program graduates across the Region, recently awarded leadership certificates to 20 graduating participants. Participants spent 12 months learning about leadership, enhancing their soft and hard skills, and learning more about our region, its history and challenges.Student Youth Leadership Community Engagement (SLYCE), with a 7-year regional history and over 500 successful graduates awarded leadership certificates to 30 high Read more…
Governor In Chesterton Wednesday To Chair A Joint Public Meeting Of The Board Of Directors Of The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (Iedc) And The Indiana Economic Development Foundation Inc.
Governor Eric Holcomb will chair a joint public meeting of the board of directors of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and the Indiana Economic Development Foundation Inc. at 12:15 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 19, at Urschel Laboratories Inc. in Chesterton.The entrepreneurship, audit and finance, and business development committees of the board of directors of the IEDC will also hold public meetings on Wednesday at Urschel Laboratories.9:15 a.m. CDT Read more…
- Witness against teen in mother’s slaying gets time served
A young man who was a key witness in the case against a northwestern Indiana teenager accused of stabbing her mother more than 60 times has been sentenced to time served
Monsanto is contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries
wellesenterprises/iStock(NEW YORK) — Agriculture conglomerate Monsanto has started contacting journalists, politicians and activists it was keeping tabs on and documenting via “watch lists,” its parent company Bayer announced this week. An international group of journalists, politicians and activists whose information, including their views on pesticides, was tracked by the agribusiness giant, and placed on ‘watch lists’ by the company, were informed of the company’s surveillance activities, Monsanto’s parent company Bayer Read more…
The Latest: German FM says risk of Gulf war isn’t ruled out
The Latest: Germany’s foreign minister says risk of war in Persian Gulf not ruled out amid rising US-Iran tensions
Hope Hicks expected to testify before House panel
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director and one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, is expected to testify behind closed doors before the House Judiciary committee Wednesday as part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into potential obstruction of justice by the president. Committee lawyers and members are prepared to question Hicks about her time in the White House and instances of obstruction detailed in Read more…
Report: ‘Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club’ shuttered by MTV, and in IRL
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Lindsay Lohan’s MTV reality show Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club won’t return for a second season — and neither will the Mykonos nightclub, which served as the setting for the show, according to the New York Post. The show, which follows the daily lives of the club’s staff, premiered to decent ratings, which then plummeted with subsequent episodes. What’s more, the nightclub itself also seems to have gone Read more…
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