Responsibility for overseeing regulatory activities under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Indiana counties of Lake, Porter, and a portion of LaPorte will move to the Corps’ Chicago District effective October 1,2009. These areas were previously served by the Corps’ Detroit District.

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Jewel-Osco, a leading Midwest food and drug retailer, and FOX Chicago, are teaming up during September’s “Hunger Action Month” to help generate awareness as well as raise much needed food and funds for food banks across Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.
Throughout September, Jewel-Osco will be collecting cash and food donations from the public at all of [...]

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Debate continues over proposed changes to Indiana’s laws governing the sale of alcohol.
NIPSCO is cutting jobs and planning furloughs in 2010 as lower demand for electricity reduces revenues.
Zoning variances in Chesterton will now be subject to a one-year time limit.
La Porte Cinema may close in October.
Kankakee Valley REMC donated $5,000 to the LaPorte County fair’s [...]

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Online advertised vacancies rose by 169,000 to 3,464,800 in August, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series (HWOL). Since April 2009, online job demand is up by 300,000, with many of the largest States now showing stable trends following about two years of losses that began in May 2007.
With the August data, there [...]

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