Highland In the News

Highland is the proud recipient of the 2022 NWI Partners for Clean Air Award, which recognizes the Redevelopment Commission’s efforts to improve air quality and reduce the town’s carbon footprint. Redevelopment Commission President Sean Conley (second from left) and Commissioner George Georgeff (second from right) were on hand to accept the award from Partners for Clean Air Coordinator Charles Breitenfeldt (right), a senior environmental manager for IDEM and Scott Nelson (left) of Telemon Energy and a Partners for Clean Air steering committee member. Click here to learn more.

The town is looking for dedicated individuals who want to work alongside Highland police and help keep our community safe. Training and uniform are provided. Have fun, make new friends, while providing this volunteer service to the community. VIPs assist police officers by providing a variety of tasks including: vacation home checks, directing traffic, traffic patrols in residential/business/park districts (on foot, bicycle, or vehicle), providing funeral escorts, conducting finger printing, filing, typing, even answering telephones. Tasks and assignments vary per ability and interest. All hours and shifts are available. If you are interested, please click here to download an application or contact Sgt. Glenn Cox or Det. Cpl. Darren Conley at (219) 838-3184.

Rates are going up for all Highland water customers beginning in February. The entirety of the increase in the cost of water will be paid to the city of Hammond water utility, which provides water to Highland, Munster, Griffith, Whiting and Dyer. Highland residents will begin paying $2.16 per 1,000 gallons of water – an increase of 10 cents per 1,000 gallons – effective with the bills mailed in February. If not for legal action by Highland and the other customer communities, town residents would have been charged $3.21 per 1,000 gallons — or an additional $1.05 per 1,000 gallons. In addition to achieving savings for residents going forward, the water department absorbed the Hammond rate hike for the first eight months of 2021. Click here to learn more.

The Highland Town Council, Metropolitan Police Commission and Police Department Administration want to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the men and women – sworn, civilian and volunteer – who make the Highland Police Department a pillar of excellence among its peers in the law enforcement arena. “They are all heroes for making Highland a safe place for our residents, visitors and businesses to call home,” Highland Police Chief Pete Hojnicki said. “Their accomplishments in 2020 – both individually and collectively – are directly related to the low crime rates we experienced again this past year.” Click here for more details.