The Northwest Indiana Department of Transportation shows one of its trucks being loaded up with salt in between routes. Provided
The harshest cold of the season is expected to hit the Chicago area this weekend, after another round of accumulating snowfall covers the ground, forecasters say.
The National Weather Service forecast low temperatures to fall into the single digits Friday night. Temperatures could fall below zero Saturday night.
High temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees were predicted Friday and Saturday, and Sunday s high temperature could rise only into the single digits, forecasters said.
That was predicted to arrive after the sudden, heavy snowfall, carried by heavy winds, fell across several Northwest Indiana communities Thursday.
If you ve ever traveled around Northwest Indiana, you ve almost certainly seen something Hasse Construction has built.
Co-owner Bill Hasse sometimes drives with his wife around the Region to check in on projects he s working on, currently including the new Dyer Fire Station at 213th Street and Calumet Avenue.
Hasse Construction has done major construction projects across the Calumet Region, including at major hospitals and at factories along the lakefront, including at Cargill, Unilever, Safety-Kleen, Praxair and ArcelorMittal. It s built infrastructure, fire stations and other significant buildings, ranging from the 3 Floyds Distillery in Munster, Bulldog Park in Crown Point and the Lost Marsh Golf Course Clubhouse in Hammond to the recently completed North Point Orthopaedics office in Munster.