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I believe that writing, in a lot of ways, is like exercising. The more you do it, the easier it is and the more you see the results of your labor. If you exercise once in a blue moon, you shouldn't be expecting six-pack abs and a gun show. Likewise,...

Join us for a FREE event to learn about clean, green, safe, SOY products. After a continental breakfast an IN Dunes National Lakeshore Park Ranger will present on the park's firsthand experience using soy bio-based products. You will also hear from...

In response to an extremely dangerous heat index today through Friday, Portage Township Trustee Brendan Clancy has declared the Bonner Senior Center, located at 5800 Lexington Ave in Portage, an emergency cooling center for all Portage Township...

Local legislator recognized by Indiana Chamber for Backing Low Tax, Limited Government Policies State Sen. Ed Charbonneau (R-Valparaiso) tied for third place in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s rankings of the state’s 50 Senate members and their...

The Porter County Board of Commissioners regular meeting is Tuedsday, July 19th at 2:00 PM in the Commissioners Meeting Room at the Porter County Administration Center. As always, the public is invited and welcome to attend. Tomorrow's meeting agenda...

I am sorry I haven’t written in a while, I have been really busy this week! To start off, we went to the Washington Nationals game last weekend and it was a great time. The Nationals lost but it didn’t matter to me because I am a White Sox fan...

Oh! They’re back! I used to write this Links of the Week blog every week, but found myself running out of time in the week to scour and pillage the internet for the best links that are safe enough to run on ValpoLife.com and Portagelife.com. For...

No, it of course is not my new cell phone, but minus the dial pad, it does look a lot like it. When my beloved “Razor” had its fill of being dropped and splashed by water and coffee, I began my search for its replacement. It took me forever to...

Well, I am in my second week here in DC and everything is going great! We had an amazing 4th, a cookout here at the dorm and we watched the Fireworks from the Capitol Steps (VIP Seats)! This was also an exciting week at work because Congress came...

Every story we get to tell has one common element- it is a public affirmation of something good. Sometimes that story line hits home even stronger than normal, when we have gotten to see those people first hand in action as we have with the Portage...