Life in the Spotlight

Dana Petrouski is the secretary at Fegely Middle School. It has been quite the ride for Petrouski as she has traveled the world and back, but through it all she has found herself right where she belongs, at Fegely Middle School.  “I have...

Ashley Music is an eighth-grade science/biology teacher at Fegely Middle School. This is her second year at Fegely, but this was not what she had in mind for her career during her freshman year of college.  Like most college freshmen, Music had...

Kidney transplant surgery is common in the United States. Unfortunately, in November of this year, Kelly VanVleet, a member of LifePoint Baptist Church, was in dire need of this surgery. That is where LifePoint Baptist Church Pastor Sam Marasco comes...

“It's my dream job,” Lisa Norman said. Funnily enough, becoming a teacher wasn’t always on Norman's radar. Norman is currently a Language Arts teacher at Fegely Middle School in Portage - but this wasn’t always the career she had envisioned...

Katie Marmino is a behavioral specialist at Jones Elementary School. With this title comes quite the list of responsibilities, yet it allows Marmino to gain skills for her life outside of work.  “I spend most of my time helping the teachers figure...

“Servants’ hearts and a love for helping people – that’s having this profession,” said Melinda Malaski. Malaski may appear to just be a sixth-grade teacher at Fegely Middle School, but she is more than just that. In addition to teaching...

Sean Tomei is a third generation tree arborist who took over the Tree Bee Arborists business. The Tree Bee Arborists are members of the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) and the Indiana Arborist Association, and are Indiana Society of...

Clarissa Espinoza has always wanted to define her own reality. While many of her peers have chosen to make impacts in traditional jobs, Espinoza wanted to chart her own course. As a professional in the media industry, she simultaneously makes an...

Melinda Metz bought the Minuteman Press on Willowcreek seven years ago and has not looked back. She started as a graphic designer 20 years ago and was able to work her way to buying the franchise. As the owner, she now gets to interact with a...

Longtime Michigan City Resident Paul Konrady is now a co-owner of his family’s Portage-based Konrady Plastics company that distributes and machines plastic. After graduating from John Carroll University, Konrady worked for several years on his own....