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…
Mega Millions Lottery: Benefits and drawbacks of office pools
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While there is always the dream of winning the historic $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot all by yourself, many Americans are also turning to office pools as a way to potentially increase their odds. The prospect of having a share of a larger pool of lottery tickets is one compelling reason to go in on an office pool. But there are others, too. Carole Bober Gentry, a Read more…
US national security adviser John Bolton in Russia to announce end to historic Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has arrived in Moscow, where he is expected to tell Russian officials that America plans to withdraw from a historic nuclear arms treaty that dates to the Cold War. Bolton met on Monday with the head of Russia’s National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti reported, citing Patrushev’s press office. Later Bolton dined with foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, 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…
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer’s suit
A California judge has ordered Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti to pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm
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