Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Jan. 2, 1917 — The Swedish Lutherans vote to hold English services in the LaPorte church on two Sundays of each month.
Jan. 2, 1967 — no paper
Jan. 2, 1992 — This year’s LaPorte City Council members are Jeanne Iliff, James Swanson, Kathy Chroback, Pauline Woodson, George Fettinger, Clay Turner, and Arlo Westphal.
Jan. 2, 2007 — Al Pontius, founder of local Al’s supermarkets and community leader, dies at 81.