Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 18, 1914 – The LaPorte Merchants’ Association is considering merging with the LaPorte Chamber of Commerce.
March 18, 1964 – Edwin W. Reinhart, whose nearly 20 years of service as a LaPorte city councilman set a local record, has died.
March 18, 1989 – Melvin Long of Michigan City gets 60 years for the murder of Michigan City Housing Authority Director Mayme Sanders.
March 18, 2004 – The biggest barriers to enhancing LaPorte’s downtown are perception, money, competition and parking.