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.
The Porter County Plan Commission will hear a recommendation Wednesday evening from a special subcommittee of its members on whether to revise, repeal and replace, or do nothing with the county’s three-year-old solar amendment in the wake of roiling controversy surrounding the Malden Solar project proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.
Despite a poor year in 2022, Porter County’s nonprofit foundation, also known as the body that manages the money from the sale of the former Porter Memorial Hospital, has managed to maintain an annual rate of return of 5% since the fund was established in 2016.