2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (535+ words) The new comprehensive plan being drafted for Portage is likely to include seeking roundabouts and public transit after a public input session Thursday. A $15 million bond issue for the city’s Redevelopment Commission includes a roundabout at the intersection of Samuelson…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (505+ words) The Park Ridge City Council held a broad discussion on traffic safety at its Sept. 8 Committee of the Whole meeting. While the city council held no vote and is unlikely to address any specific streets anytime soon, the discussion was…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (378+ words) Developer Mel Gore set aside two acres for a park in his Cardinal Crossing subdivision 20 years ago, but the city doesn’t want it. The Portage Plan Commission voted 4-2 Tuesday to allow him to subdivide it into five lots to build…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1287+ words) The Cortland Street Bridge has been closed to vehicles for the last year, lengthening drives across the river, snarling bus commutes and generating a daily mess of traffic North Side residents describe as a “huge inconvenience” and a “total nightmare....

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (996+ words) It’s been more than three years since California was in a drought. Reservoirs are above average levels. A strong El Niño is brewing in the Pacific that could bring soaking storms this winter. But there’s a new endangered species across…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (970+ words) A developer’s proposal to tear down a Northbrook shopping center near downtown and build three condo buildings on the site will now be heard before the Plan Commission after Northbrook Village Board trustees voted at their Aug. 25 meeting to modify…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (673+ words) The response to the Aug. 11 storm that hit Northwest Indiana and left hundreds of thousands without power shows the importance of partnership at the local, state and federal levels, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said during a Monday press conference in…...