Drenth, who has served as a deputy county prosecutor for more than 25 years, was recently chosen by Indiana Gov. Eric Holbcomb to replace retiring Porter Superior Court Judge Julia Jent.

CHESTERTON — Power was restored around 8:10 p.m. Thursday evening after more than 8,000 NIPSCO customers briefly lost power in an outage mainly affecting Chesterton and Valparaiso residents.