Articles tagged as: Portage
December 28, 2021
Ex-Indiana mayor stays free for appeal of bribery conviction
A former northwestern Indiana mayor is being allowed to stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction on bribery and tax evasion charges.
Read MoreOctober 14, 2021
Ex-Indiana mayor gets 21 months in prison for seeking bribe
A former northwestern Indiana mayor who was found guilty of taking a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company and illegal tax evasion was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2021
EPA: Water Samples From Plant Discharge Show No Health Risks
U.S. Steel Midwest idled the plant in Portage, about 30 miles east of Chicago, as a precaution after it said a wastewater treatment facility experienced “an upset condition” that sent the rusty colored plume containing elevated levels of lead into the Burns Waterway on Sunday.
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2021
U.S. Steel Leaks Rusty Substance Just Weeks After Agreeing To Pay For 2017 Spill
State and federal environmental agencies are working with U.S. Steel to investigate the cause of the leak and find out if it's harmful.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2021
Judge OKs Settlement With US Steel Over 2017 Indiana Spill
A federal judge has approved a revised settlement with U.S. Steel, more than four years after one of the steelmaker's Indiana plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a Lake Michigan tributary.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2021
Jury Convicts Former NW Indiana Mayor Of Bribery In Retrial
A jury in U.S. District Court in Hammond deliberated less than two hours before finding former Portage mayor James Snyder, 42, guilty on a federal bribery charge.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2020
Indiana Union President Sentenced to 3.5 Years For 'Brutal Assault' On Workers
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 Wednesday.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2020
DNR: NW Indiana Fish Kill Likely Caused By `A Natural Event'
The DNR says that shad die-offs are common in Indiana winters, especially when the temperature suddenly drops from the 30s and 40s to well below freezing.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2019
Northwest Indiana Mayor Says Lake Waters Threaten Pavilion
Portage Mayor John Cannon said his police and fire departments want to close a city-managed lakefront pavilion that many people use to enter Indiana Dunes National Park.
Read MoreNovember 5, 2019
UPDATE: U.S. Steel Has Third Spill In As Many Months, Reopens Most Of Plant
U.S. Steel has reopened most of the Midwest Plant as of Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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