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President Barack Obama has appointed Purdue University's Joseph S. Francisco as a member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science. Francisco, the William E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and...

The REALLY Good News.... The Reilly Foundation is happy to announce that we are the 2010 Valparaiso Mayor's Charity Ball recipients! On October 1st we will celebrate with 4 other deserving non-profit organizations and the Valparaiso Community. Thank...

Tonight's email tugs at two emotions for me, one which although I find very sad, it is a story of celebration. The other one of triumph, both touch on the lives of so many. Fred Work It saddened me to learn of the recent passing of Fred Work, an...

Football Sundays, to me, are 17 of my favorite days of the year. Every Football Sunday I run through my awesome routine of doing nothing until an hour after the first game starts, then DVRing and fast forwarding through the games while I continue to...

Lindsey Gargas was hired as the Development Coordinator for The Caring Place. She is a member of Lake Area United Way’s Marketing and Communications Board and has also been involved with GRANTS, Inc. Gargas has done numerous philanthropic events in...

The gas station right down from my apartment has something called “Ol’ Fashioned Sour Cream Doughnuts.” Heaven above, they’re delicious. Truthfully I was never really a doughnut eater. I always preferred an “everything bagel” to any...

The Porter County Sheriff’s Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration Nation wide Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On September 25th 2010 The Porter County Sheriffs Department will be participating in a nation wide...

Purdue University North Central will present a Brownbag Series in the coming months, with PNC faculty, staff and community members leading programs that center on the topic of "diversity." The seminars will vary in style and subject, but all will...

Porter County Sheriff Dave Lain announces that the Porter County Sheriff’s Department is hosting a “Commemorative Country Breakfast” to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the “Take Care, We’re Farming Around Here” public safety initiative....

Opportunity Enterprises is hosting their next OE Family and Friends Together meeting on Monday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. Ellen DeMartinis, Vice President of Opportunity Enterprises, will give a presentation on the “Build OE Lakeside” capital...