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The Porter County Council gave a slew of kind and grateful goodbyes to outgoing Porter County Councilman Mike Jessen, R-4th, at his final council meeting as an officeholder Tuesday evening. Jessen is leaving in his ninth year in office to take a job leading the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana.
Porter County Commissioner Barb Regnitz has proposed leasing the 1860 sheriff’s residence, putting the Memorial Opera House renovation plans in jeopardy.
Porter County will likely be using a portion of the federal opioid settlement funds to hire a police resources and outreach coordinator for the Porter County Sheriff’s Department. The position will be modeled after one Sheriff Jeff Balon instituted in September 2021 when he was chief of police for the Valparaiso Police Department.