The Porter County Council voted Councilman Andy Vasquez, R-4th, its president for 2025. Councilman Andy Bozak, R-At-Large, nominated him at the reorganization meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The situation involving the closed North Mineral Springs Road Bridge in Porter is an unusual one that Porter County Commissioners President Jim Biggs, R-North, says happens about once a decade.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Saturday he has appointed Porter County deputy prosecutor Rebecca Buitendorp to replace Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary DeBoer, who was appointed in September by the ...

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