Porter County Board of Commissioners

A vocal critic of mask mandates has been appointed to the Porter County Board of Health. The county commissioners Monday replaced three of the board's seven members.

Porter County communities are looking to crack down on puppy mills.

The proposed renovation of Porter County's Memorial Opera House continues to face an uncertain future.

The Porter County Commissioners approved more than $2.7 million in paving projects this week.

Porter County government services will soon be easier to access online. The county commissioners Tuesday approved a pair of contracts for additional services from CivicPlus, totaling almost $106,000 over the next three years.

A new report finds that some of Porter County's small bridges and culverts are in need of repair. Development & Storm Water Director Bob Thompson presented the findings of a small structure report from United Consulting to the county commissioners Tuesday.

The Porter County Council is holding off on approving the county's ARPA spending plan. The county commissioners approved a plan for much of the county's $33 million share of federal American Rescue Plan money in early August, but it wasn't placed on last week's county council agenda.

Porter County is having trouble keeping 911 dispatchers. E911 Director Debby Gunn told the county commissioners Tuesday that 17 employees have left over the last year and a half.

Brummit Road is scheduled to close this week for a bridge replacement project at the Little Calumet River, after a two-month delay. Porter County Engineer Michael Novotney says the contractor was ready to go in June, but the utility companies failed to move their lines out of the way.

The Porter County Commissioners have approved a spending plan for federal COVID-19 response money. An ordinance ratifying plans for the county's $33 million dollars in American Rescue Plan funds was adopted Tuesday.