INDIANAPOLIS --- Northwest Indiana gets to keep the 219 area code after all. In the end, the decision came down to the luck of the draw, with Lake and Porter counties competing in a lottery-style ...

The change went into effect earlier this year, but it's now mandatory: local calls in the 574 and 219 area codes, in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan, require you to dial all 10 digits of a ...

Beginning Sunday, Northwest Indiana residents must use 10 digits when making phone calls within Indiana’s 219 area code or the call won’t be completed. The 10-digit calling change is required to ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — Starting Sunday, residents across northern Indiana must use all 10 digits to make a phone call, even if it is local. The switch affects phones in the 219 ...

People will be required to dial 10 digits instead of seven to make local phone calls in Northern Indiana's 219 and 574 area codes a month from now. Starting on Oct. 24, people will have to start ...

(WNDU) - Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, you need to start using 10 digits whenever you place a local call in Indiana’s 219 and 574 area code locations. Any calls that don’t use it won’t be completed.