Portage Police Department

"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 remains of a woman who disappeared from Hobart in 2020 have reportedly been discovered in Portage.

Officers say the caller sounded like a child and threatened violence, before someone else took the phone away, apologized for their sibling's behavior and hung up.

Indiana's proposed property tax reform is leading to questions for Portage's vehicle replacement plans.

"I'm disgusted by what we're seeing around us," said Portage Police Chief Michael Candiano.

"There really wasn't places to take people that were in crisis, so ultimately, it was a lot of bad — a lot of bad choices for us, either an arrest or kind of just getting out of there," Portage Police Chief Michael Candiano told the city council Tuesday. "So we're hopeful that with this training and some of the avenues that this is going to open, that we can really start getting some people some more help."

A gas leak in Portage led to the closure of I-94 for much of Tuesday afternoon.

A longtime Portage crossing guard is hanging up the stop sign.

With Portage crime news frequently in the headlines, the city's police chief says that just shows his officers are doing their job.

The cost of getting a copy of a Portage police video is going up. The city council last week voted to raise the cost of getting footage of a video-recorded incident or arrest from $100 to $150, the maximum allowed by state law.