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Congressman Frank J. Mrvan is hosting a series of town hall-style events Thursday 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.

Ground was ceremonially broken Wednesday for a major utility project in Hebron’s Snake Flats neighborhood, a month after actual construction began.

Grimmer Construction, of Highland, is replacing ancient cast iron four-inch water mains with PVC pipe. The project includes 3,800 feet of eight-inch diameter pipe and 5,100 feet of six-inch pipe.

Technology upgrades were likely coming to at least eight Region police departments this year, thanks to federal funding proposals. But now, after last month's federal budget cut state and local law enforcement programs, those upgrades are unlikely to happen on the government's dime.

A new community center is set to open in Shelby in just a couple of weeks, following a dedication ceremony hosted on Tuesday, April 15. The facility, funded with a $5 million donation by the Dean & Barbara White Family Foundation and built by Chester Inc., is set to provide the small town of less than 500 people with a gymnasium, small kitchen, community room, fitness center, and more.

To Portage Mayor Austin Bonta, the Portage Recovery Association’s new home is a bigger deal than attracting a Target store.

“The Portage Recovery Association is essential to creating the kind of community we want to live in,” he said at Saturday’s ribbon cutting for PRA.

Congressman Frank J. Mrvan announced his Community Conversations to be held throughout Indiana’s First Congressional District on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Congressman Frank Mrvan of Indiana’s First District says he will hold a series of so called community conversations in his district on April 24.