Laporte County

An hours-long manhunt in rural LaPorte County ended with a man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, while an Elkhart woman was taken into custody.

Council members said the tax is necessary to offset revenue lost because of changes in state law. It also opens the door to additional road funding from the state.

Efforts to bring broadband to more parts of rural LaPorte County are getting a boost. The county commissioners voted to designate all unincorporated areas an Infrastructure Development Zone.

An ordinance approved by the county commissioners Wednesday limits data centers to industrial zones and requires approval from the board of zoning appeals.

"There’s been a lot of surveyors, prospectors, whatever you want to call them, in unmarked vehicles, and the citizens are complaining about this," said County Commissioner Steve Holifield. "They have a right to know who’s in their neighborhood."

Court delays and an obscure section of the Indiana Constitution have kept Republican Michiana Shores State Sen. Mike Bohacek driving, some five months after police found him driving with a blood alcohol content three times over the legal limit.

Microsoft will buy 900 acres of land near Cleveland and Bittersweet roads in addition to $1 billion in LaPorte County

INDOT is doing work on US 20 in both Elkhart County and LaPorte County

LaPorte County Coroner Lynn Swanson faces two misdemeanor drunk driving charges for an incident over the weekend.

Judge puts case on hold for mental health treatment