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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Gary residents express frustrations with extended power outage

The city has yet to be included in one of NIPSCO’s estimated restoration times, which go through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 25.

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Transformer blows in East Chicago, leaving more in the dark

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.

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Portage’s storm damage compared to category 2 hurricane

Crews from elsewhere helping Portage recover from last week’s major derecho have experience with storm damage down south.

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Work stopped at Chesterton subdivision by town because of runoff issues

The town of Chesterton issued a stop-work order for the Easton Park subdivision and construction may remain shut down for weeks.

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Downed tree limbs from storm posing challenges in Chesterton

It will probably take a couple months to dispose of all the trees and limbs that fell in Chesterton during the Aug. 11 storm.

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Two months after tornado, Niner Nation returns home

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.

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Storm damages Steel City’s new home

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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