Education is key to maintaining the health of the community, and that’s exactly what Community Healthcare System is doing with their L.I.V.E. Program and their Peripheral Vascular Disease Awareness Symposium that they held at Community Hospital on...
Drew Holt
Hannah’s Hope Playground Breaks Ground and Pushes Boundaries for Accessibility for Children
It’s not every place in The Region that can boast an all-inclusive playground; that is, a playground where kids of all ages and abilities can play and enjoy themselves. Hannah’s Hope is providing just that in Portage. Hannah's Hope, a Northwest...
Hammond’s Race to the Rescue Provides Help to First Responders, Gives Community a Chance to Grow
The sun rose this Sunday over Hammond’s Wolf Lake Pavilion to a great crowd for the city’s second annual Race to the Rescue - an event that sees competitors compete in a 9K foot race around Hammond’s Wolf Lake, and a 5K race also held along the...
Portage Township YMCA, Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce Bring Fun and Community Support Together at Annual Portage Brewfest
Saturday afternoon, over 400 people were welcomed to Portage’s Founders Square for Portage Brewfest, which saw 34 individual breweries represented. The event, which was held for the first time in its four-year history this year at Founders Square,...
Calumet College of St. Joseph Kicks off New Student Orientation with Amazing Race
Calumet College of St. Joseph in Whiting kicked off their school year with a bang on Wednesday with their new student orientation, welcoming over 100 new students from the class of 2021 to the campus. One of the largest parts of CCSJ’s new student...
Hobart Dam Duct Tape & Cardboard Boat Regatta Provides Racers Family Fun Racing Unlikely Crafts
There are plenty of perfectly fine materials to build a boat out of. You can build a boat out of wood, out of fiberglass, out of aluminum, or any other countless materials commonly used in building boats. But cardboard and duct-tape? Enter the 6th...
Rittenhouse Village at Portage, Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce Host 3rd Annual Car Show and Competition for Classic Car Enthusiasts
Rittenhouse Village at Portage teamed up with the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce for the third year in a row on Thursday to throw the annual Vintage Car Show and Competition. Car enthusiasts from across the Region flocked to the assisted living...
LIFER Drew Holt Couldn’t Help But to Adopt a Dog from Lakeshore PAWS After Covering Event
Dogs are (arguably) one of the best things on planet Earth. When my fiancee and I decided it was time to welcome a new dog into our lives and inject some much-needed energy into our senior dog, Spanky’s life, we began looking at local rescues. We...
Duneland Chamber of Commerce Throws 12th Annual Party in the Park, Rocks Chesterton
It was an awesome day on Saturday at Thomas Centennial Park in Chesterton as the Duneland Chamber of Commerce threw its 12th annual Party in the Park- a fun event for the whole family where businesses and community organizations reached out to the...
First Friday at the Chapel Provides Uplifting Music for Patients, Attendees at La Porte Hospital
Music can heal the soul. For the last 19 years, The Healthcare Foundation of La Porte has been sponsoring “First Friday in the Chapel,” a concert held on the first Friday of every month in the La Porte Hospital Family Chapel, catering to the...