Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Dec. 29, 1914 — A LaPorte team of basketball players was defeated at New Carlisle by the score of 23 to 22. One man suffered a broken nose as a result of the fast playing.
Dec. 29, 1964 — A fire at New York Blower was controlled quickly, but there is extensive damage from smoke and water.
Dec. 29, 1989 — LaPorte County theater managers report phenomenal ticket sales for the locally filmed “Prancer.”
Dec. 29, 2004 — The LaPorte County unemployment rate is on its way to being nearly 1 percent lower than in 2003.