Members of the Lake County Council paused their official business Tuesday to honor their late colleague, Councilman Clorius Lay, D-Gary, who died Monday at age 83.
Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, will return to the dais for a second term as president after an interim stint in the post last year. She previously served as the body’s elected president in 2008. Cid, who was nominated for the job by Councilman Randy Niemeyer, R-Cedar Lake, won the seat by a 4-3 margin over fellow nominee Councilman Ted Bilski, D-Hobart, who was .
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A Lakes of the Four Seasons woman who filed a federal suit saying police in 2016 violated her Fourth Amendment rights when they improperly detained her, broke her arm and destroyed her property will receive $1.85 million after Lake County officials agreed to settle the case. The Lake County Council Tuesday approved going out for up to a $5.5 million judgment bond measure to settle the case .
The county finance authority voted 4-2 along party lines to authorize the bond sale, with every Democratic council member in favor and the two Republicans opposed.