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.
Workers out-numbered those ready to vote, which is not uncommon for the first day of a municipal election cycle, Michelle Fajman, director of the Lake County Board of Elections, said.
"We don t keep the holiday to ourselves," Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov said. "We want to share it with as many people as possible, publicize it and bring the light the furthest
Officer Kevin Cooley, a 24-year veteran of the Munster Police Department, was recently assigned as the first full-time School Resource Officer at Wilbur Wright Middle School in Munster.