Among the many surprises that 2020 brought, it was local business, acts of kindness, new developments, life-changing innovations, and workers of all kinds coming together to create projects to better the community that gave those of us in Portage a...

Great news all generated right here in the Region is easier than ever to access now that the Great News Weekly live broadcast and podcast is available on Facebook Live via the NWI.Life Facebook page, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and...

Middle School teachers play a key role in a student’s education, helping them transition from the more free-form styling of elementary education into the rigors of high school. Jessica Bouma of Willowcreek Middle School is one of those teachers,...

“I never would have thought to help others in this way if I hadn’t gone through it myself,” said Tonya Hill-Rios, a Portage resident and cancer survivor. “It’s been more eye-opening to me than anything else in my life.” When Hill-Rios was...

The people who were once Alexandria Howard’s teachers and mentors are now her coworkers. The Portage High School grad turned teacher is three years into the job and loves it every day. “It is still weird to hear them call me by my first name,”...