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Council committee begans strategic planning for Portage's future
PORTAGE | Times are tough financially for most municipalities.
Civil War ceremony to honor vets, launch tourism initiative
VALPARAISO | A public dedication service and historical tour Saturday will honor 21 Valparaiso Civil War veterans and launch a preservation an…
State partners with Valpo diversity group
VALPARAISO | The city's Advisory Human Relations Council learned Tuesday about resources and support available through the Indiana Civil Right…
It's a new beetle invasion, and they're not from England
Beetlemania is sweeping the region, but the sound of thousands of screaming teenage girls that accompanied the original Beatlemania is being r…
Portage couple fishing for solution to lake access
VALPARAISO | Dale Tipton and his wife Patricia love to fish, but the easiest place for them to get near the water is the toughest place for th…
Art Walk sculptures ready for viewing
VALPARAISO | Art lovers and pigeons now have something else to attract their attention.
May 18, 2012 4:32 pm PhotosPhotos
Bus ridership in Valpo continues to be strong
VALPARAISO | As Lake County officials grapple with funding local bus service, Valparaiso officials are looking to buy replacement buses as rid…
May 15, 2012 7:15 pm PhotosPhotos
Bike to work Thursday with Valpo mayor
VALPARAISO | Even if you don't work at City Hall, you are invited to bike to work Thursday with Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas.
Valpo bolsters health insurance with extra EDIT cash
VALPARAISO | When the state "found" about $3 million in county income tax revenue that was not distributed to the local taxing bodies, Valpara…
Valpo plans changes to Chicago, Jefferson streets
VALPARAISO | Having the city's Engineering Department too booked up with projects turned out to be a good thing for the plan to reconfigure Ch…
Valpo opens bids for Franklin Street storm culvert
VALPARAISO | The city should be ready to start another stormwater project from its priority list by mid-June after opening bids at last week's…
Valpo to aid museum facade improvement
VALPARAISO | With donations expected to pay for the Orville Redenbacher sculpture in Central Park Plaza, the money set aside for it instead wi…
Federal, state laws proposed to help water utilities
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conse…
Water: It's about awareness and 'yuk' factor
The level of knowledge and concern for fresh water is low for the population in general, but it is especially low among high school and colleg…
Tyler Kent named Valpo planning director
VALPARAISO | After serving as interim planning director for more than two months, Tyler Kent was appointed Friday to the position full-time by…
Saving water is good for people, bad for utilities
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conserv…
Valparaiso approves Calumet Avenue project contract, funding
VALPARAISO | The city's Board of Public Works and Safety approved a contract Thursday with Hooks Concrete and Construction for the reconstruct…
Valpo opens bids on trash trucks, intersection work
VALPARAISO | The city will hold a special Board of Public Works and Safety meeting today to award a contract for the purchase of two new autom…
Taking the plunge in the water job market
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conserv…
Valpo traffic panel rejects stop on Ransom Road
VALPARAISO | The city's Traffic and Safety Committee decided Tuesday the best action to take on two requests was no action.
Valpo commission triples tech funding to schools
VALPARAISO | Money saved on plans to beautify the interchange at Vale Park Road and Ind. 49 will be used to triple the educational challenge g…
Taming the trillion-dollar water infrastructure tiger
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conser…
Hudson narrowly tops Rensberger for Republican surveyor's nod
VALPARAISO | Rich Hudson will face incumbent Porter County Surveyor Kevin Breitzke in November.
Board approves storm sewer for Hawthorne Subdivision
VALPARAISO | The Hawthorne Subdivision received approval for storm and sanitary sewer plans needed from Valparaiso's Utilities Board on Tuesda…
Now is a good time to prepare for a water emergency
Editor's note: This is the third article in a weeklong series for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conserving water.
Valpo steps up to plate to serve as host city for national girls softball tourney
VALPARAISO | The city will play host this summer to a national sporting event that promises to infuse the region economy with nearly $2 million.
May 07, 2012 6:15 pm PhotosPhotos
The hidden hazards in your home's plumbing
Editor's note: This is the second in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conser…
Wellhead protection protects more than wellhead
Editor's note: This is the first in a weeklong series of articles for National Drinking Water Week on the importance of preserving and conserv…
Correction: All registered voters can sign Valpo petition
Requirement clarified: A story in some Friday editions incorrectly reported a requirement for signing a petition related to the Valparaiso Com…
Valpo community gardens a growing concern
VALPARAISO | Today is opening day at the Valparaiso Parks Department's community gardens but something already has grown there.
Valpo firefighter answers call for second calendar shoot
VALPARAISO | Being one of the featured models in the 2012 America's Female Firefighters calendar has produced a few perks for Stephanie Hart, …
May 04, 2012 6:04 pm PhotosPhotos
Plan to turn Fetla's into gun range revived
VALPARAISO | The proposal to revive the former Fetla's Trading Post as a shooting range will be brought back again Tuesday, but this time the …
Elected school board drive seeks more public input
VALPARAISO | The group circulating petitions to change to an elected School Board for Valparaiso schools is taking the advice it has been givi…
Valpo woman wants to open microbrewery
VALPARAISO | Another basement beer brewer wants to open a microbrewery business in the city.
Valpo 5th-graders, VU work together to test conditions at a basin
VALPARAISO | It was the kind of science a bunch of fifth-graders really could appreciate: poking around in creek water for snails, worms and c…
April 26, 2012 7:30 pm PhotosPhotos
Valpo opens bids for Calumet Ave. reconstruction
VALPARAISO | Reconstruction of Calumet Avenue between the Canadian National railroad tracks and Evans Avenue is expected to begin by mid-June.
Above par year for Valpo courses
VALPARAISO | The March warm spell enabled the city's golf courses to do something they haven't done in a long time - if ever - at this point i…
Dispatching red ink spurs talks on 911 in Porter County
Porter County municipal officials, state legislators and commissioners met Tuesday night to begin discussions of how cover a $2.1 million annu…
Valpo to study taking over East Porter schools sewage
VALPARAISO | East Porter County School Corp. wants to get out of the sewage treatment business at its three main campuses and Valparaiso is lo…
Valpo First United Methodist Church reveals expansion plans
VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso Site Review Committee heard plans Tuesday for development of Valparaiso First United Methodist Church’s Community …
Contact announced for elected Valpo School Board petition
VALPARAISO | Anyone interested in signing a petition supporting a switch to an elected School Board in Valparaiso or in helping with the petit…
Crowd speaks up on Valpo School Board appointment
VALPARAISO | The City Council was looking for input on the appointment of the next Valparaiso Community Schools board member and it got it in …
Valpo reminds residents of yard waste rules
VALPARAISO | Don't waste that yard waste. The city's Public Works Department will turn it into mulch, but it won't accept grass clippings.
Valpo playground to get new life in Haiti
VALPARAISO | Volunteers battled the cold, wind and rain Friday to remove playground equipment at Fairgrounds Park so it can be refurbished and…
April 20, 2012 7:00 pm PhotosPhotos
VLACD gets grant to study lakes vegetation
VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso Lakes Area Conservancy District received an $18,400 grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to help…
Appellate court upholds county clerk firing
The state appellate court has upheld a decision that Portage resident Margaret Hammond was fired from the Porter County clerk's office for jus…
Organziation offers bus service to new Porter hospital
VALPARAISO | Porter hospital's move from downtown Valparaiso could create transportation problems for employees and patients that Porter Count…
Valpo to seek bid to replace Lincolnway sidewalk
VALPARAISO | The sidewalk on the north side of Lincolnway between Roosevelt Road and Morgan Boulevard apparently will be replaced this year ev…
April 18, 2012 7:00 pm PhotosPhotos
Valpo council seeks public comment on schools
VALPARAISO | The City Council hopes to get a good pool of School Board candidates from which to pick, but first it wants to hear from the publ…
Porter County launches plan to end homelessness
VALPARAISO | The homeless problem in Porter County is growing, but a coalition is working on a plan it hopes will end homelessness within 10 years.
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