Published: May 20th, 2013
A New Buffalo, Mich. man is hospitalized in South Bend following a Saturday night hit-and-run accident. It happened around 10:30 near County Road 1000 North and 150 East in LaPorte County. Matthew Ramsey, 21, was driving his ATV on the roadway when he was struck by a pickup truck. Ramsey was thrown from the ATV and run over by the truck, according to officials with the DNR law enforcement division. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Indiana Department of Natural Resources 24-Hour Dispatch Center at 812-837-9536.
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Published: March 25th, 2013
Funeral services for Darl Marshall, 78, of LaPorte, are Tuesday, March 26 at 11 a.m. at the Rannells Funeral Home Hamlet Chapel. Visitation is Monday, March 25 from 4 until 8 p.m. and Tuesday, March 26 from 9 a.m. until the time of service. Memorial contributions may be given to VNA Hospice.
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By: WKVI Information Center
Published: September 28th, 2011

Workers put together munitions at KOP.
It was 71 years ago today that one of the defining moments in Starke County history occurred. On September 28th, 1940, LaPorte had been chosen as one of 73 sites in the country for the construction of an ordnance plant. That led to the building of the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant better known as KOP.
For residents of Starke County and those who followed them here, that meant loading shells, assembling fuses, boosters, detonators and primers, and packing complete rounds of ammunition.
After the government had cleared all the families off the 13,454 acres of land it had purchased, it began construction of KOP. By May of 1942, the number of people employed reached a high of 20,785. Nearly half of the people employed were women. For many it was their first job outside the home.
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