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The City of Portage is getting ready to transition its garbage truck fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). The board of works Tuesday agreed to hire Crowley Engineering to design plans to convert a building at the Streets & Sanitation Department into a CNG maintenance garage.
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Efforts to build a continuous bike trail from Chicago to Michigan continue to move forward. The remaining gaps in the 60-mile Marquette Greenway Trail are being filled one piece at a time, thanks to an infusion of state and federal funding.
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PORTAGE - The Portage City Council has done its first reading of a proposed ordinance to turn the city smoke free. But there could likely be amendments to…
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PORTAGE - The Portage Lakefront Park is once again open, just in time for Memorial Day weekend.Indiana Dunes National Park administration told the "Times"…
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A former northwest Indiana union official was recently sentenced to more than four years in prison for extortion after an assault on non-union workers. It…
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HAMMOND-Two brothers who owned a trucking company and received $13,000 from former Portage Mayor James Snyder can now testify without the worry of…
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The former president of the local Iron Workers Local 395 union in Portage, Indiana was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a federal prison on…
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PORTAGE - The stability of the Portage Riverwalk Pavilion is on unstable ground due to erosion. Lakeshore Public Radio Show Host/Reporter Sharon Jackson…
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PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A Northwest Indiana mayor said his police and fire departments want to close a city-managed lakefront pavilion that many people use…
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PORTAGE - Several road projects are scheduled to come to a close in Portage. Mayor John Cannon says weather permitting, they should be completed by around…