Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Come on Battle Creek, give it the old college try.
Professional minor league baseball left Battle Creek last summer after more than a decade in town, seemingly leaving us with an empty C.O. Brown Stadium for the foreseeable future.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
VALPARAISO | Authorities have charged an East Chicago man with indecently exposing himself at busy locations in Valparaiso.Hilario Torres Jr., 32, was charged Monday with two felony counts of indecent exposure. Prosecutors also filed for a habitual offender sentence if he is convicted.Torres has an extensive criminal history, including at least four convictions for public indecency in Lake County, as well as at least five unrelated convictions on charges ranging from auto theft to theft to obstr...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
VALPARAISO | 1st Source Bank will locate a regional headquarters in town but plans to close or consolidate some smaller First National Bank of Valparaiso branches as part of its acquisition of the formerly family owned bank.The $135 million sale closed May 31, merging First National Bank branches in Porter and LaPorte counties with the South Bend-based 1st Source Bank's 67 banking centers in the northern Indiana, southwestern Michigan area.1st Source CEO Christopher Murphy said Tuesday he w...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
VALPARAISO | The Porter County commissioners called on the sheriff Tuesday evening to expand a successful substance abuse treatment program at the jail.Commissioner Bob Harper, who works as a defense attorney, said male inmates have to wait to get into the program because of space limitations.He asked Sheriff Dave Lain to see if Porter-Starke Services, which administers the program, would be willing to provide an additional instructor for male inmates."I think it's just another thing we can do t...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | They've covered way more than half a million miles.They've gone through six different buses.They've transported three generations of school students.And now they're hanging up the keys on 40 years -- each -- of driving the big yellows for Washington Township schools in the East Porter County School Corp.After careers spanning eight U.S. presidents, Art Bierma made his final run Tuesday and his wife, Virginia, makes hers today."My angels," Virginia says, showing off photos a...
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