Across Lake and Porter counties, voters got a hand Tuesday in crafting the November ballot, selecting their preferred candidates for mayor, clerk-treasurer and city or town council, in addition to school referendums in Highland, Lowell and Munster, though officials in both counties said turnout for the municipal primaries was low.
Portage Township Assessor Alta Neri, who was reelected to a third term as a Democrat in November before announcing less than two months later that she had switched parties, is stepping down from the office as of May 14 for a new job.