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• The Michigan City Mainstreet Association Cancels the 2020 Taste of Michigan City

  Due to COVID-19 and in the interest of public health and safety, Michigan City Mainstreet Association (MCMA) has decided not to host the Taste of Michigan City® in 2020. The two-day event was originally planned to be held on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1. The Taste of Michigan City is an annual event started in 2010 and hosted by the Michigan City Mainstreet Association. It brings dozens of Read more…

• HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS

  The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 511 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 35,712 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total. Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of today, 41 percent of Read more…

• City of La Porte Police swears in new officer

  

  City of La Porte Police Chief Paul Brettin (far left) welcomes new officer Aaron Stewart of Rolling Prairie Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in La Porte. Stewart, who most recently served as a jail officer at the LaPorte County Jail, will attend the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in August of this year. Pictured, from left: Brettin, Stewart, La Porte Mayor Tom Dermody and City of La Porte Assistant Police Chief Read more…

• Valparaiso Police Department Opens to Public

  The Valparaiso Police Department Records Division is now open to the public, with social distancing guidelines in place.  Members of the public will be granted access when necessary, for services such as fingerprinting, while others will still be required to remain in the vestibule or outside of the building as services are performed.  The front door of the department will remain secured as they make this transition; however, Records Division Read more…

• South Shore Line Service Resumes On Modified Schedule

  South Shore Line train service will resume today, operating during the day according to the existing modified weekday schedule. Wednesday’s train service will terminate at 10:40pm due to public safety concerns. The last train out of Chicago on Wednesday will depart Millennium Station at 10:40pm. More schedule information can be found by visiting the South Shore Line website. Click the South Shore logo on WIMSradio.com

• The Latest: Washington protests peaceful amid show of force

  As the National Guard and law enforcement officers stood guard near the White House, surveillance planes kept watch on protesters in the nation’s capital from the air

• The Latest: Washington protests peaceful amid show of force

• Floyd protests suppressed in NYC as police enforce curfew

• Floyd protests suppressed in NYC as police enforce curfew

• The Latest: Floyd tested positive for COVID-19 in April