Due to the exponential growth of people joining the Valparaiso YMCA, 10-thousand in two-years, the non-profit has decided to collaborate with Methodist Hospitals as its new Healthcare Engagement Partner. Valparaiso Family YMCA CEO Bob Wanek says Methodist's charitable reputation as a non-profit fits very well with the Y's mission of great quality service. Wanek says this partnership is important for getting funding for future services and that the Valparaiso facility was designed for this type...

An overturned semi is partially blocking the left lane of the exit ramp to US-231.  INDOT says that there might be full ramp closures while the trailer is removed.  In the rollover the semi trailer lost most of its load, reportedly, bags of sugar and both it's rear set of wheels.   

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Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris reported to our newsroom that his office today received a call about a man who had fallen off scaffolding at the NIPSCO Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield.  Harris says 49-year-old Troy Jabaay of Hebron was pronounced dead at Porter Regional Hospital this morning. Harris says an investigation is ongoing.

More iinformation here at nwi.com : http://www.nwitimes.com/business/transportation/construction-worker-dies-after-fall-at-nipsco-plant/article_3c5d58dd-...

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12:28 pm -- The Indiana Department of Transportation Northwest reports a semi accident in the southbound lanes of I-65 has forced the closure of the ramp onto U.S. 231. More information as it becomes available.  Here is a link to INDOT's Traffic Cams:  http://www.indiana105.com/news/region-traffic.html

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In Winfield, the speed limit is dropping soon on a stretch of 109^th Avenue. Officials are lowering the limit to 30 miles-an-hour along 109^th between Randolph and Miami Streets. Look for new signs to go up possibly as soon as this Thursday or Friday. Just a couple months ago, the town also lowered the limit from 40 to 30 on Randolph in front of an elementary school.

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Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller says a missing senior Sunday was found safe and unharmed a couple hours after a local alert went out.  Chief Miller says the 70-year-old woman was found in the bathroom of a restaurant. They don't know how she got there and are presuming she went for a walk and got lost. 

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Sheriffs police in La Porte County say a jail inmate has suffered an early-term miscarriage. Authorities say the 23-year-old woman became involved in a physical altercation with another inmate and a jail deputy intervened. She was uninjured but was transported to an area hospital, officials say, because she was pregnant, and during the exam it was determined the unborn child was deceased. The inmate has since been released from the hospital as well as jail custody, police say, and the La Porte...

(Courtesy/CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ISTE )

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control show Indiana among the 39 states reporting minimal flu activity right now... but the C-D-C is warning this flu season could be a rough one.   ABC News reports it's the earliest arrival of the flu season in nearly a decade. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas Frieden says cases are particularly on the rise in the south.  "The predominant organism is H...

An autospy this afternoon has positively identified the body found yesterday in southern Lake County as that of the missing Calumet City woman, 42-year old Gena Chiodo.  Merilee Frey, Lake County Coroner says the autopsy performed at the Lake County Coroner's Forensic Science Center discovered many external and internal traumatic injuries due to assault, including multiple stab wounds and blunt force injuries.  Due to the outcome of the autopsy, Frey says she is ruling the death investigation a...

News reports and consumer calls confirm that the “Property Deed Scam” is still hitting home with Hoosiers.

The mailing is often from a private company, with a government-like name, offering certified copies of your land deed for an excessive fee – up to $87. Property deeds are public records and your county recorder can provide you a copy for free or at a nominal cost, often times a $1 per page.

Attorney General Greg Zoeller said that while the property deed service is not necessarily illegal,...