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Melissa Mitchell had a one-word response to a question posed by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, a Democrat who represents Northwest Indiana.

Northwest Indiana's representative in the U.S. House had no qualms about voting "no" Thursday on Republican President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut legislation.

The ribbon is cut on the 11th Street Station building and parking structure, officially opening the facilities to South Shore Line riders.

On June 18, Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch, along with city, regional, and state partners, welcomed  the public to the Grand Opening of the South Shore Line’s 11th Street Station and Parking Structure during a  celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The South Shore Line hit a long-awaited milestone with the opening of its 11th Street Station and adjacent parking structure.

“This station, this development here on 11th Street in downtown Michigan City is the vision,” said South Shore Line President Michael Noland during the station and parking garage’s grand opening on Wednesday.

The new train station at 11th Street in downtown Michigan City is “a gateway to our city’s future that will serve generations to come,” Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch said at Wednesday’s grand opening.

The station and parking garage are the final piece of the Double Track NWI project.

South Shore Line leaders and a host of public officials and private sector partners celebrated the opening of the commuter railroad’s new 11th Street Station Wednesday, while construction work continued on an adjoining $101 million mixed-use development inspired by the rail project.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has nominated nine local students from Indiana’s First Congressional District to military academies.

The nominations were recommended by a Military Service Academy Board, which includes veterans, community leaders and active duty service members from across the district.