Category Archives: Our Communities

In Valparaiso, Bob Thompson has been named Planning and Transit Director for the city. The city says Thompson, who's served as Deputy Engineer for Valpo for the past year, has more than 33 years of ex...

In Porter County, Ports of Indiana says state and local officials celebrated the opening of a new highway bridge this week for the Hoosier state's Lake Michigan port. A news release said the new State...

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor is now showing Severe Drought across most of northwest Indiana, with Moderate Drought in the northern half of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties. The map shows much of ...

In recognition of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month in November, NIPSCO says it urges customers to beware of the "silent killer" that claims the lives of hundreds of people in the U.S. each year. The Me...

The U.S. Postal Service says it will hold Job Fairs across the state including locations in northwest Indiana. A news release said these events will be the last Job Fairs in 2024 where individuals can...

In Valparaiso, Franciscan Health broke ground this week on a new medical office building at the southeast corner of State Roads 2 and 49 on the southeast side of the city. The two-story building will ...

In Whiting, thirty-five members of the BP Whiting Refinery Fire Department, along with eight volunteers from the refinery and the Whiting Clean Energy, participated in the department's recent annual b...

In Lake County's Ross Township, the township trustee's office has unveiled a new place for exercise, specifically working out outdoors, in Merrillville. The wellness court features two fitness areas s...

In Chesterton, funeral services were this week for retired Indiana University Northwest Professor of Geology and "Birds of the Indiana Dunes" author Dr. Kenneth Brock. Dr. Brock, a recipient of the st...

The National Weather Service in Chicago Hazardous Weather Outlook says gusty winds out of the south-southwest combined with the very warm and dry conditions "will create favorable conditions for rapid...