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About two years ago, Sara Schaller and her daughter were at Porter Beach, collecting seashells and building sandcastles. As they were ready to leave, a woman ran up to them, asking if Schaller knew how to swim.
“She was like, ‘She’s drowning,’” Schaller said. “I was like, ‘What?’ And then she pointed out to the water, and I could see someone going in and out of the surface.”
A teenage girl and a teenage boy were trapped in Lake Michigan, Schaller said, but at the time, she only saw the girl. Schaller asked the woman to watch her child as she went to save the girl.
Nippon Steel tried for 18 months to buy U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion before the president reversed positions and announced he would approve a "planned partnership" between the two steelmakers.
The United Steelworkers union is still seeking answers for what exactly that means. Congressman Frank Mrvan also is pressing the administration for assurances that jobs will be protected.
The USW sent U.S. Steel a request for information asking for more details.
Families were spread across the lawn in front of the Pavilion at Wolf Lake Memorial Park, most with their own seating, to witness Morton High School’s Class of 2025 earn their degrees.
Nearly 300 graduates walked across the stage during the commencement ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
Keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, an alum of Morton, commended the graduates for having grit, strength and courage.
Federal cuts, protecting the steel industry and immigration were key topics at a Community Conversation hosted by U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-1st.
Mrvan began the conversation, held at City Hall in Michigan City on May 29, by saying he voted against President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Some of what the bill included, he said, were cuts to SNAP of about $330 billion and to Medicaid and Medicare of about $880 billion, among others.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan promised to fight President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian approach” as he spoke Thursday of how drastic budget cuts could affect people in Indiana’s 1st congressional district.
“I, as a member of Congress, will continue to fight for things that unify us,” Mrvan told a largely friendly crowd of about 150 at the Memorial Opera House in downtown Valparaiso at a town hall meeting that had been postponed due to illness.
Reconciliation legislation passed last week, calling the measure “immoral” and warning that it prioritizes tax breaks for the wealthy while endangering essential services for the most vulnerable Americans.
Community members gathered at Stoney Run County Park on Memorial Day for the annual service hosted there by the Lake County Parks & Recreation Department. This event honored the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in service to our nation with moments of reflection at the park’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Patty Stovall has been breaking the silence and shattering the stigma that surrounds substance use for years now. Her effort took another meaningful step forward Saturday afternoon.
Sounds of Sarah organized its third rendition of the "We Fight Together" drug poisoning and overdose 3K walk and run in Highland's Wicker Park, drawing scores of people, many of whom have lost family members killed by drugs.
Northwest Indiana Congressman Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, had no qualms about voting Wednesday against the federal spending legislation Republican President Donald Trump has dubbed the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill."
"I opposed the House Republican reconciliation legislation because it prioritizes tax breaks for the wealthy at the cruel expense of seniors, veterans, children and working families," Mrvan said.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan has rescheduled for May 29 a series of town hall-style events to listen to the needs of Northwest Indiana residents and update them on what he's accomplished on their behalf in the U.S. House.
The Highland Democrat originally planned to appear at three community forums April 24 at locations in Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties. Mrvan's attendance was canceled at the last minute due to illness.
The times and locations for the May 29 rescheduled community forums are: