Chesterton News

The Northern Indiana Public Service Company �anticipates filing another electric base rate case during 2010,� its parent company, NiSource Inc., said in its third-quarter earnings statement released last week. In justifying a second case, NiSource cited �the effect of increased...

The Duneland School Corporation (DSC) has set tentative dates for H1N1 vaccinations at Chesterton Middle School and Chesterton High School. These dates could change based on the availability of the vaccine from the Porter County Health Department, DSC said.

A Bloomington, Ill., motorist died late Friday or early Saturday after colliding with the Pavilion in the east beach parking lot at Indiana Dunes State Park, DNR Law Enforcement said...A visitor to the park found Evans dead in the wreckage...

Four employees of Beta Steel Corporation were injured on Saturday in a slag eruption in the melt shop facility, located at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. The incident occurred at 10:15 p.m., company spokesman Joseph Gazarkiewicz told the Chesterton Tribune...

Ind. (AP) — Indiana Conservation officers say an Illinois man has died in a high-speed crash inside the Indiana Dunes State Park. The body of 23-year-old Hudson Evans of Bloomington, Ill., was found by a visitor about 6 a.m. Saturday...

South Shore Fiber Link is a business leasing carrier grade, vendor neutral, "dark fiber" circuits to community and corporate consumers along a 75-mile corridor from the South Bend Airport to the Kensington station in Illinois. It also has a spur...

Unemployment remained steady in the State of Indiana in October while showing marginal local fluctuations both up and down in Northwest Indiana. According to a statement released on Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the preliminary seasonally-adjusted...

A long-standing fixture in the Chesterton business community, the Jack Connors Buick dealership is losing its franchise next year, the apparent result of a management decision stemming from the General Motors bankruptcy. Dealer Kathy Connors Benke said the dealership will...

CEO Eileen O�Neill Odum said. �However, we will continue to monitor variables such as fuel prices, environmental regulations, general market conditions, and the recovery rate of the economy...The expected impact on reduction of energy demand as a result of these...