(LaCrosse, IN) - A La Porte County community is receiving additional financial help from the state.  Recently, the Town of LaCrosse received a $700,000 grant to for a water utility project.  Now, the community has learned they will receive an additional $1.5 million dollars for the project. 

The funds are being raised to help offset the $4 million dollar cost of a major water utility project in the Town, which will result in a new water plan being built.  The project includes replacing more than three-thousand feet of existing water lines along with new meters and upgraded fire hydrants.

The project, including construction on the new water plant, is expected to begin in 2021.