Post Tribune Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The city has yet to be included in one of NIPSCO’s estimated restoration times, which go through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 25. | | | | | A multi-transformer blow-up in East Chicago has left more people without power and taken power from some who’d just gotten it back. | | | | | Crews from elsewhere helping Portage recover from last week’s major derecho have experience with storm damage down south. | | | | | The town of Chesterton issued a stop-work order for the Easton Park subdivision and construction may remain shut down for weeks. | | | | | It will probably take a couple months to dispose of all the trees and limbs that fell in Chesterton during the Aug. 11 storm. | | | | | A group of freshmen linked arms and grinned for cameras Tuesday under the “Jesus Speaks To The Children” mosaic on the east side of Andrean High School. | | | | | Gary’s Steel City Academy Charter School suffered a storm setback on Aug. 11 when its soon-to-be new home lost a section of its roof during a widespread weather event that zapped power from more than 300,000 households, businesses, and schools. | | | |
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