Article: DYER RESIDENTS OUT IN THE CODE THEY GET ZIPPED TO SCHERERVILLE

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Also ran in the Porter edition, a1.

Some of the folks planning to build a home on the Dyer side of Briar Ridge subdivision are in for a surprise. While they think they will be living in Dyer, and in fact actually will be living in Dyer, they may have a hard time convincing their friends and relatives they are living in Dyer.

The U.S. Postal Service says they will be living in Schererville. At least that is what their ZIP codes will say.

Such is the concern over the matter that it has reached the halls of Congress.

U.S. Rep. Jim Jontz, D-Brookston, at the behest of St. John Township Assessor Joseph Rokosz, himself a ...

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