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Students aged 12 and up and their families are invited to kick-off the summer at the "Our Shot Slicers" vaccine bash, according to Mayor Tom Dermody. This Thursday, May 20, local students and their families can receive their Pfizer vaccination at the Civic Auditorium from 3-7 p.m. Free food from local food vendors will be available outside of the Civic to anyone who receives their shot. Dermody says he hopes this will encourage more La Porte families to get vaccinated before the end of the school year. "We are all ready to get back to normal this summer," Dermody said.

Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania May 18, 2021 — More than 55 Gordon Food Service locations in the Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania area will raise money to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) send kids with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular diseases to a virtual Summer Camp experience where kids ages 8-17 learn vital life skills, create life-long friendships, and gain independence— all at no cost to their families. From May 23 to June 19 Gordon Food Service associates are selling pinups for a $1, $5 or a larger contribution to offer customers the opportunity to help send more than 100

UPDATE - Work has been postponed LAKE COUNTY, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a delay to the road closure for State Road 2 between Clay St and Grand Blvd. The road will be closed for NIPSCO to remove the casings from the gas transmission lines. This work was originally set to begin this week but has been postponed to approximately mid-June. An update will be sent out when a new start date has been determined.

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a road closure for the Vale Park Rd bridge over State Road 49 beginning Tuesday, May 18. The road will be closed for approximately two weeks for construction work. State Road 49 will not be closed in this location. Motorists should seek an alternate route

Hunters can now take more Canada geese as a result of a recent increase in bag limits.   The daily bag limit for dark geese (Canada geese, white-fronted geese, and brant) is now five in aggregate for the entire season. This means that hunters can harvest any combination of the three species as long as the total does not exceed five. Previously, a daily bag limit of dark geese could only include up to three Canada geese, except during September. The daily bag limit for light geese (snow and Ross’s geese) remains 20.   “Canada goose populations in the Mississippi

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced that Indiana will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment insurance programs effective June 19, 2021. The programs that will end are: Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides a $300 weekly add-on to recipients of unemployment insurance Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides recipients extended benefits after their traditional 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits have been exhausted Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provides benefits to individuals who do not normally qualify for unemployment benefits, such as self-employed, gig workers, and independent contractors Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), which provides

On any given day, more than 90 percent of motorists can be found wearing their seat belts. Unfortunately, the small percentage of people who choose not to buckle up make up a disproportionate amount of the fatalities that occur every year on Indiana roads. It’s a concern that the La Porte Police Department is working to address this spring by participating in the national Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign. From May 17 to June 6, officers will be out in greater numbers seeking to educate motorists about the importance of wearing a seat belt. The high-visibility patrols are paid

LaPorte County Adult Education administrators and staff will hold an informational open house at the former Boston Middle School (Educational Services Center, 1000 Harrison Street, LaPorte) on May 20. They are pleased to be opening this location as a satellite site for Adult Ed classes and HSE (formerly GED) testing. Classes are held at this location on Thursday evenings from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHAT: Open House for New Adult Education Program Satellite Site WHERE: Former Boston Middle School – Educational Services Center, 1000 Harrison St, La Porte, IN 46350 WHEN: 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2021 WHO:

After just over a year, La Porte City Hall will once again open its doors to the public, according to Mayor Tom Dermody. Beginning June 1, following discussions with City Council members and the city department heads, residents will be permitted to enter as long as they wear a mask. The building closed to the public in March of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic began to ramp up. Dermody said it remained closed for the last several months to protect both residents and city employees. However, now that the vaccine is more widely available, he said he feels comfortable allowing

Indiana health officials are urging Hoosiers to protect themselves from tick bites while outdoors as warmer weather increases tick activity. Indiana Department of Health entomologists have found the black-legged tick, which can carry pathogens that cause Lyme disease, babesiosis and other diseases, in all but three Indiana counties. Lyme disease bacteria have been detected in adult and immature black-legged ticks in many Indiana counties, especially in the northwest and west central parts of the state, where the largest numbers of human Lyme disease cases are reported. In July 2020, a babesiosis case with strong evidence of local tick-borne transmission was

The Indiana Department of Health announced today that Hoosiers age 12 and older can begin receiving a free COVID-19 vaccine at 8 a.m. Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the use of the Pfizer vaccine for this new age group on Wednesday following the FDA’s expansion of the vaccine’s Emergency Use Authorization. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one of the three COVID-19 vaccines that is currently approved for use in individuals younger than age 18. “The Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective at preventing COVID-19 and was well tolerated