Northwest Indiana is expected to grow by about 115,000 residents over the next 25 years. That means Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties will need about 50,000 more homes. Where to put them is one of the topics addressed in the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's NWI 2050+ plan.

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Lakeshore Public Media host Dee Dotson brings the latest edition of Regionally Speaking.

Between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, South Shore trains will arrive and depart from tracks 5 and 6. That's on the lower level of the station, typically used by Metra trains.

U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan (D-Highland) says he supports the idea of efficient government, but he wants the Trump administration to include Congress in the process.

Locally, Porter and Jasper counties got the maximum of $1.5 million. So did Dyer, Gary, Hebron, Munster, Portage, Valparaiso and Winfield.

Valparaiso's planned improvements to Goodrich Road are moving ahead.

"People ask, 'Why do these things happen?' Well, I mean, we've got a guy who's been arrested 20 times who's walking free," Portage Police Chief Michael Candiano told the city council Tuesday.

The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) still hopes to open its new branch to Dyer sometime this summer.

Plans for a 225-lot subdivision are moving ahead in Portage.