Even if April can’t break Northwest Indiana into warmer weather, the Asian American Student Association at Indiana University Northwest apparently has plans to, judging by the buzz and energy that filled the Gary campus’ student center for the...
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Mayor Mark Krentz Delivers Message of Hope at La Porte’s State of the City 2018
Just a stone’s throw from La Porte Courthouse’s historic longstanding bell tower, the Greater La Porte Chamber of Commerce hosted the State of the City meeting at Best Western on Friday afternoon. For Rita Mrozinski, President and CEO of the La...
NIPSCO Executive Vice President Violet Sistovaris Returns to IUN to Inspire Students and Offer Thoughts on Hot Social Topics
NIPSCO Executive Vice President Violet Sistovaris returned to her Alma Mater on Tuesday evening to deliver her speech, titled “Empowering and Inspiring the Region: A Female Executive’s Journey,” to Indiana University Northwest's campus. “We...
Valentine’s Dance at Rittenhouse Village Brings Youthful Energy to Valpo Seniors
The Fat Tuesday tradition of carb-loading must have paid off for the residents at Valparaiso’s Rittenhouse Village, as the entire senior living center seemed to be hopping and bopping to the rhythm of the beat at the center’s Valentine’s Dance....
Maple City Ice Fishing Classic Brings Local and Professional Fishing Communities Together
Friday’s “Snowpocalypse” conditions were no match for the fishing spirit of the LaPorte community on Saturday morning, as dozens of local ice-fishers took part in the Maple City Ice Fishing Classic on Pine Lake. “You get the itch, and being...
LaPorte High School Swimmer Abigail Robert Breaks Mom’s Thirty Year-Old School Record
The moment that Abigail Roberts touched the wall in her 50 yard freestyle relay, the explosion of applause and excited screaming was all she needed to hear to realize she had finally broken her school’s 50 yard freestyle record. “It was just...
Memorial Opera House’s Production of Hunchback of Notre Dame Carries Modern Day Messages of Equality and Respect
As the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso prepares to open it’s 125th anniversary season with Victor Hugo’s epic story of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, costars Jeremiah Mellen and Sheree Wheeler-Gudeman both agree that the centuries-old tale still...