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1 week ago | hometownnewsnow.com | Stan Maddux

(Michigan City, IN) - The amount of money for youth and neighborhoods raised from the Michigan City mayor’s 2nd Annual Charitable Gala exceeded last year’s six digit figure. Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch said over $145,000 was raised through ticket sales and sponsorships for the event held Friday at Blue Chip Casino. Over $100,000 was raised last year. “I’m proud to announce that we’ve not only matched that momentum but we’ve surpassed it,” she said.

1 week ago | hometownnewsnow.com | Stan Maddux

(La Porte, IN) - A huge chunk of money remaining from a $1 million federal grant the City of La Porte was using for removing old and unhealthy trees has been taken back. Mayor Tom Dermody plans to meet soon with representatives of Congressman Rudy Yakym and decision makers involved in awarding the grant to see if the lost revenue can be recovered.

1 week ago | hometownnewsnow.com | Stan Maddux

(La Porte County, IN) - Sentencing is scheduled next month for a Wanatah man who pleaded guilty to child molesting.   Zachary Riley, 31, entered into a plea agreement in La Porte Circuit Court last week. Under the terms, he would receive no more than a nine year sentence on Level 3 felony child molesting.   A hearing is scheduled May 23 for attorneys on both sides of the case to argue sentencing before Judge Julianne Havens, if she accepts the terms of the guilty plea.

1 week ago | hometownnewsnow.com | Stan Maddux

(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City man has died after crashing his vehicle into a ditch. Nicholas Irvine, 50, was found about 5 p.m. Monday lying unconscious on an access road by a motorist traveling on County Line Road near 400 North, according to La Porte County Police. Police said Irvine was taken by ambulance to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

1 week ago | hometownnewsnow.com | Stan Maddux

(La Porte County, IN) - A woman was killed in a single vehicle crash this morning outside La Porte. According to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, 22 year old Macayla Boone was traveling County Road 300 East just before 3 a.m. Her vehicle crossed the center line then crashed into two tree stumps south of Indiana 4. Police said the La Porte woman was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.