News Release: Land O'Frost to Move Headquarters from Illinois to Indiana

MUNSTER, Ind. (Dec. 17, 2012) - Land O'Frost, Inc., the nation's third-largest producer of pre-sliced, pre-packaged lunchmeats and a producer of specialty sausage products, announced plans today to relocate its headquarters from Lansing, Ill. to here, creating up to 50 new jobs by 2014.

Land O'Frost, which produces Canadian bacon, beef, chicken, turkey and ham lunchmeat as well as hot dogs and specialty sausages, will invest...

Lake County Coroners officials say a 32-year-old man died from a gunshot wound early Sunday morning as the result of a homicide in the five-thousand block of Melville Avenue in East Chicago. Authorities identified the victim as Ernest Parker of Hammond. The Times reports the man was struck in a drive-by shooting and that another man was shot, and was treated and released.

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On Friday, Governor Mitch Daniels directed that flags throughout Indiana and at the State House be lowered to half-staff until sunset on December 18. This is in accordance with a directive from President Barack Obama following the massacre at a Connecticut school on Friday.

From the Governor's Office:
Governor Daniels directs flags to be lowered to half-staff

INDIANAPOLIS (December 14, 2012) – Governor Mitch Daniels has directed that flags throughout the state and at the State House be lowered to h...

Published reports today say police in Cedar Lake believe there was no plot behind a Cedar Lake man's alleged threat to “kill as many people as he could” at an elementary school within walking distance from his home on West 133^rd Avenue, and that they don't think the man was serious. A statement from Cedar Lake Interim Police Chief Gerald Smith says Friday morning – the same day of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting massacre – authorities were called to the 60-year-old man's house after it was rep...

The same day of the elementary school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, Cedar Lake Police say they were called to the home of a 60-year-old man who allegedly said he would enter a school and kill as many people as he could before police could stop him. It's unclear if the alleged statement was made prior to or after news reports of the mass shooting in Connecticut that same morning. Police say they were called to the Cedar Lake man's home early Friday morning after it was reported the...

Published reports say a Cedar Lake man police say had 47 guns and ammunition inside his house is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening to “kill as many people as he could” at an elementary school within walking distance from his home on West 133^rd Avenue. A statement from Cedar Lake Police cited in the story says authorities were called to the 60-year-old man's house after he reportedly threatened to set his wife on fire after she fell asleep. The man was taken into custody...

Members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County are collecting boxes of Jell-O to help Merry Meals provide food baskets for 500 families in need this holiday season. Their goal is to help collect 1,000 boxes of Jell-O by December 19^th.

The public can help Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County reach their goal by donating of boxes of

Jell-O at Club locations now through December 19^th. The Clubs are located in:

Valparaiso--354 W. Jefferson Street

Portage—5895 Evergreen

South Haven—723 Long Run Road, V...

Washington, D.C.  — Congressional Steel Caucus Chairman Rep. Tim Murphy (PA-18) and Vice-Chairman Rep. Peter Visclosky (IN-01) today released the below letter urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to clarify the Navy’s future shipbuilding plans. Murphy and Visclosky wrote that certainty regarding the Navy’s long-term acquisition strategy would help the nation’s steelmakers, which are key players in the defense industrial base, grow and create jobs.

“Our Navy’s ability to protect our shores and pr...

If you're a comedian in Northwest Indiana looking for your next great act, the 3^rd Annual “Beyond Safety Conference and Expo would like to hear from you. The promoter says it's looking to add a local comedian to add entertainment and laughs to an audience of over 500 safety professionals to the event, which runs February 19^th through the 20^th at the Radisson Star Plaza in Merrillville. If you feel you have what it takes,  email or send the type of comedy you do, list of previous experience and...

Organizers are reminding people that there still is time to donate to Tri-Creek Lumber and Hardware's 6th Annual Coat Drive, but only through December 29th. Nancy Panozzo of Tri-Creek Lumber says the coat drive started about six years ago "when there was interest from the community."  Panozzo says "someone found out about it and that the need was great at St. Jude's house in Crown Point."  She says then churches in town were contacted and discovered a need there too for warm, winter clothing. 

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