The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County has announced this update to compost site hours effective Monday, November 2, 2026: • Valparaiso Compost Site Hours (2150 W Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN 46385): Monday through Saturday: 8am-4pm (reduced hours) • Portage Compost Site Hours (6451 US High...

XRock 103.9 is teaming up with Hard Rock Live in Gary and Ironworkers Local 395 for a night of live local rock that benefits Humane Indiana and supports their mission to protect animals in our community. Rock the Region at Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana in Gary is Saturday, November 7, 2026. The bands performing will ...

The Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County will host a NEW THIS YEAR Latex Paint and Tire Recycling Event on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at the Porter County Expo Center located at 215 E Division Road, Valparaiso, IN from 9am to 2pm CST. Participants are asked to enter at Gate 3. The district said Por...

The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County says their last Household Hazardous Waste Collection of the year is Saturday, October 10, 2026, 9am-2pm CT at Neighbors Educational Opportunities Building on U.S. 6 in Portage. The district says the FREE event helps Porter County residents to properly dispose ...

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a federal program that invests millions of dollars to clean up toxic pollution, protect water quality, and restore critical habitat for birds and other wildlife. The House and Senate will now work on creating a single f...

Shirley Heinze Land Trust invites the public to an event highlighting a rare glacier-shaped landscape in northern Indiana. "Beyond the Bog: Celebrating Land Conservation with Shirley Heinze Land Trust," is October 23, 2026, in South Bend. Ticket sales close October 9, 2026. The Valparaiso-based nonprofit says...

Join the Lake County Master Gardeners on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. CT for a Zoom program on "Lost a Tree in the Storm? What Comes Next for Your Landscape. This program is free and open to the public. Recent storms have left many Northwest Indiana yards without nature trees - and homeowners wondering...

Cornell Lab's BirdCast says large numbers of birds are expected to be on the move over northwest Indiana tonight Thursday September 10 2026. They issued a Migration Alert for several area cities and towns for tonight, urging residents to turn off unnecessary outdoor lights from 11 pm to 6am local time to help protect t...

In Porter County, Shirley Heinze Land Trust invites the public to participate in art activities and guided hikes at a free, all-ages event through their Nature in the Arts program. The event, "Nature's Story: Told Through Trees," will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Meadowbrook Na...

Shirley Heinze Land Trust says it has been awarded a $5,000 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant from NiSource to support its Milkweed Gardens Micro-Farm Partnership in South Bend. The nonprofit says the project will contribute to establishing active food production on a vacant lot in downtown South Bend, contributing to ...