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🌱 How a Michigan City resident’s quick escape turned a fire into a lesson

Michigan City, Indiana Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hi Michigan City! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Michigan City resident’s quick escape turned a fire into a lesson
  • Is your Michigan City grass taller than six inches right now?
  • How did a retired circus bear help start Michigan City’s zoo?

Also on today's calendar: Boating Safety Class, Boat America and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Variably cloudy with a shower, with a high of 59 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 67, low: 47.
  • Sunday: A passing morning shower, with a high of 54 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Michigan City resident escapes fire after fire blanket fails to stop blaze (wimsradio.com) — A Michigan City resident safely escaped a Gladys Street house fire after a fire blanket couldn’t stop fast-growing flames, prompting new safety reminders from the Michigan City Fire Department. Officials stress getting out quickly, calling 911, and understanding the limits of fire blankets, while urging residents to maintain smoke alarms and practice home escape plans.
   

2. City of Michigan City notice: Vegetation enforcement underway (wimsradio.com) — Michigan City officials are actively enforcing the city code that requires grass, weeds, and other vegetation to stay under six inches. Property owners whose yards exceed that height will get five days to comply before Vector Control steps in, with noncompliant owners facing city work charges of $375 per hour.
   

3. Amazing America: History behind the gates of Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City (wsbt.com) — Michigan City’s Washington Park Zoo, one of Indiana’s oldest, continues welcoming over 100,000 visitors a year while carefully updating historic Works Progress Administration-era buildings. Staff are modernizing animal habitats, restoring structures like the Observation Tower, and expanding education and conservation programs, all on 15 lakefront acres open seasonally from April through October.
   

4. NIPSCO Announces the 2026 Environmental Action Grant Recipients (wimsradio.com) — Michigan City’s Karwick Park will host a new monarch pollinator project funded through NIPSCO’s 2026 Environmental Action Grants, bringing habitat improvements right next to local right-of-way. The program awarded up to $5,000 each to 25 nonprofits for restoration and education projects across Northern Indiana and beyond.
   

5. The Restless Viking: The SS Eastland Tragedy (lowellsfirstlook.com) — More than a century ago, thousands of Chicago workers were headed by steamboat to a company picnic in Michigan City when the SS Eastland suddenly capsized in the Chicago River, killing over 800 people. This long-form feature revisits the tragedy, the harrowing rescues, and how the disaster—largely forgotten today—forever linked Michigan City to one of the Great Lakes’ darkest days.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This is our new flyer for The Alley Market which will be happening every Saturday from 9 AM till 2 PM behind Trinity Church at 600 Franklin St.
    , Michigan city. If you have stuff to sell, this is the place to be! Come be a vendor or a shopper (Nextdoor Midtown / 2nd Ward)
  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales - Part Time in Michigan City. Apply here.
  • Geberit AG posted a job opening for Production Manager in Michigan City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Michigan City here.

Ok Michigan City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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