Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased 0.7 percent in August to 9.9 percent, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported today.
Porter, Jasper and Newton counties all had local unemployment rates lower than the state average, while Lake, St. Joseph, LaPorte and Starke all had higher unemployment rates than the rest of Indiana:

Starke: 13.7 percent
LaPorte: 11.2 percent
St. Joseph: [...]

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Hotels in Chesterton, Portage and Valparaiso are booked solid for the 28th Annual Oz Festival.
The LaPorte County Election Board has announced that there will not be a November referendum on the proposed regional transit authority in LaPorte due to a lack of funds to stage the vote.
The Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) and the [...]

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