Category Archives: Our Communities

"One City One Sound" Holiday Event in Michigan City
(Image provided) In Michigan City, One City One Sound is back in-person this holiday season. The event featuring over 850 musicians from all Michigan City Area Schools is Thursday, December 8th, 7pm a...
Joey Martin Dec 01, 2022
INDOT Public Information Meeting on US 30 Study
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will host a public information meeting this week on ProPEL US 30. The study team is seeking input on the vision and scope for the planning studies, inc...
Joey Martin Nov 30, 2022

Valparaiso Announces Recipient of 2022 Good Neighbor Award
Mayor Murphy named Joe Baczynski as Valparaiso's Good Neighbor for 2022. The city said Baczynski is an energetic volunteer for organizations and events that celebrate veterans, children, seniors and t...
Joey Martin Nov 29, 2022
Gary Designated as Broadband Ready Community
In Gary, an announcement that the city has been designated as an official Broadband Ready Community. The state program was created as a tool to encourage broadband development throughout Indiana. A ne...
Joey Martin Nov 28, 2022
Valparaiso Mayor Not Running for Re-election in 2023
In Valparaiso, Mayor Matt Murphy says he will not be seeking re-election next year. Murphy said in a statement his family’s small business was acquired by Urschel Laboratories and he has been of...
Joey Martin Nov 28, 2022
Valparaiso Wins 5A State Football Championship
At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the Valparaiso Vikings were victorious in their prep football state title game against the Whiteland Warriors over the holiday weekend. Overall it’s Valpo...
Joey Martin Nov 28, 2022
Indiana High School Football State Championships
In Indiana prep football, three teams from Northwest Indiana are headed to the state championships this Thanksgiving weekend. On Friday, in Class 2A, it’s Andrean vs. Evansville Mater Dei and al...
Joey Martin Nov 23, 2022
November is National Family Caregivers Month
November is National Family Caregivers Month and the Alzheimer’s Association says nearly half of all caregivers who provide help to older adults do so for someone with Alzheimer's or another dem...
Joey Martin Nov 23, 2022
Franciscan Health Collects Thousands of Diapers in Annual Diaper Drive
Franciscan Health says its Northern Indiana hospitals collected thousands of diapers to help families during its sixth-annual Diaper Drive. Franciscan Health Dyer, Munster, Hammond, Crown Point and Mi...
Joey Martin Nov 23, 2022
Indiana Weather History: November 1992 Tornadoes
A tornado outbreak in the Hoosier state thirty years ago this week. In Indiana weather history, on November 22, 1992, the National Weather Service says fifteen tornadoes occurred across Indiana, none ...
Joey Martin Nov 22, 2022