Category Archives: Our Communities

In Porter County, residents of the city of Valparaiso and Center Township are encouraged to call the Valparaiso Fire Department to have free smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms installed in their ho...

In Portage, Portage High School will host a special dedication ceremony to honor former longtime football coach Les Klein by officially naming the football field Les Klein Field. The event will take p...

In far southern Indiana, a swamp chestnut oak tree has been recognized as the largest of the species in the country by the National Champion Tree Program. The tree stands 95 feet tall, has a circumfer...

  The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will host winter seasonal hiring events on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. local time, at six locations across the state,...

In Valparaiso, the Utility Field Services Division (FSD) for Valparaiso City Services (VCS) will resume the scheduled maintenance program for unidirectional flushing of water mains on Wednesday, Septe...

In Portage, the Clerk Archives Department, a local unit operated by the Porter County Clerk of the Circuit Court's Office, has received a $750 micro-grant award from Centier Bank to support the Archiv...

In Chesterton, the Duneland Family YMCA on West Morgan Avenue has unveiled the John and Laurie (Wehner) Evans Healthy Aging Center. Formerly known as the Senior Center on the first floor of the new Du...

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana has launched its annual "Return to Learn" match campaign which coincides with the start of the school year. The month-long initiative challenges e...

In Crown Point, Crossroads Chamber says it recently hosted its first-ever Your Future, Your Choice 7th and 8th grade Career Exploration event. The chamber says the event held at Great Lakes Sports Hub...

In Indianapolis, Governor Mike Braun says a new independent study from the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at the IU Kelley School of Business affirms the strength of the state's READI regions...