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  Spring is so close you can almost taste it! This weekend has plenty of fun events to hold you over as the weather warms and the calendar moves into March. As always, if you have an event you'd like to feature, send us an email at...

The Portage Boys & Girls Club chose to select Sanja Kirova as their Youth of the Year, and Sanja had the incredible honor of being named the Porter County Youth of the Year on Tuesday evening! A native of Macedonia, Sanja's story is not only...

South Haven's Boys and Girls Club awarded its Youth of the Year title to Vincente Benavidez. Benavidez, currently a junior at Portage High School, is the epitome of a well-rounded student. He manages to stay involved in several clubs and...

This past Friday, students from the Porter County Career and Technical Center headed to the Chicago Auto Show. Three buses full of students, teachers, and friends of the Career Center joined the trip to see what the auto show had to offer. The...

  It's quite a weekend for unique events in the region! With fish fries starting, Comic-Con coming to town, and a public Oscars viewing party (and more!), there's certainly something for everyone in the region! If you have any upcoming events to...

Hey Girl, Is there? An upswing of failure, I mean. Seems like a bit of an oxymoron. I’m in the middle of a couple of major failures, at the moment. I’d like to sing some great song to you about how much I’ve learned and how I’ve grown...

Growing up in Hobart, Indiana, Kim Milner never thought she wanted to work in a school. With her father being a school principal and her mother working in the media center, it was the last thing she thought she would do. After attending Hobart High...

Winter is coming: Students Dance the Night Away at the Annual Winter Formal Every year around January or February, Portage High School throws its first dance of the school year: Winter Formal. The girls get dolled up in their dresses and the boys...

There is an epidemic sweeping the world. It’s destroying neighborhoods, cities, and countries, but it is not broadcast on the nightly news or printed in the papers. It’s not one discussed in schools or by government leaders. Today, our world is...

Valentine's Day Weekend in upon us! Whether Saturday night is date night, you're in NBA All-Star Weekend Mode or neither, there's plenty of fun things to get you out and about to enjoy all that NWI has to offer. Have an event? Let us know with an...