Valpo parks honor legendary supporters

VALPARAISO | Three people with long-time and generous connections to the city's parks were honored Thursday during a reception at the Butterfield Pavilion at Fairgrounds Park.

Train bringing Indiana history tour to Valpo

VALPARAISO | Thousands are expected to flock to the city's transit oriented district in October for the arrival of a train, but it won't be the commuter train city officials have long sought.

More communities finding the cash value of recycling

Recycling is good for the ecology and a community's economy, but efforts at recycling vary greatly across the region.

Valpo planning public works campus at sewer plant

VALPARAISO | The city is ready to get started on the last big project from the first strategic plan prepared when Mayor Jon Costas first took office nine years ago.

Valpo, Center Twp. try again to launch fire territory

VALPARAISO | In what seems like a case of deja vu all over again, the city on Monday held the first of the required three public hearings on forming a fire protection territory with Center Township.

Valparaiso to hire Ohio firm to prepare strategic plan

VALPARAISO | The city has chosen a consulting team headed by ACP Visioning and Planning, of Columbus, Ohio, to develop what will be the most ambitious strategic plan in Valparaiso's history.

Valpo's come a long way in 10 years, mayor says

VALPARAISO | Many improvements have been made in the city in the last decade, but Mayor Jon Costas promised many more in the coming decade.

Valpo Council approves budget plans for the year

VALPARAISO | A fairly routine start-of-the-year meeting for the City Council involved approvals for spending more than $3 million in various funds.

Valpo gets good news in EDIT, parking budgets

VALPARAISO | Although property tax collections remained lower than was levied, not all the financial news was bad at Monday's council meeting.

Valpo to hire strategic plan consultant soon

VALPARAISO | The city expects to announce the hiring of a consultant to oversee the yearlong process of developing a strategic plan for Valparaiso covering decades into the future.

Hisick leaves Valpo community liaison position

VALPARAISO | The departure of Community and Staff Specialist Christine Hisick has the city deciding how many of her three hats to fill.

Anger greets rezoning support for Valpo apartment, business plan

VALPARAISO | Amid shouts, accusations and sobs of frustration, plans for a luxury apartment and business park development on the north side of Evans Avenue east of Ind. 49 moved on to the Valparaiso City Council for final consideration.

EDITORIAL: IACT offers salve; state should provide cure

Valparaiso has ditched its self-insurance plan to join the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns plan. It's a good stopgap measure for not just Valparaiso, but other cities as well.

High costs force Valpo to halt self-insurance program

VALPARAISO | After Saturday, the city of Valparaiso will no longer be self-insured.

$3 increase in trash fee proposed in Valpo

VALPARAISO | The city's garbage collection fee is expected to increase by $3 a month to keep up with escalating costs.

Valpo ethics panel dismisses school board complaint

VALPARAISO | Saying that ethics charges filed against members of the school board don't apply to any of the definitions of an ethics violation in the Valparaiso city ordinance, the city's Ethics Commission voted Tuesday to dismiss the complaint.

Valpo ethics panel to discuss alleged violation

VALPARAISO | The city's Ethics Commission is expected to discuss a complaint filed against the Valparaiso Community Schools board by former School Board member Brigid McLinn.

Some mayors rely on chiefs of staff, others do without

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson's administration has a prominent vacancy.

Valpo to check legality of Fetla's annexation petition

VALPARAISO | The fate of the proposed annexation of the Fetla's Trading Post site and its use as a gun range could depend on the results of legal research prompted by Monday's public hearing on the issue.

State law forcing Valpo to re-examine ethics ordinance

VALPARAISO | The City Council beat the July 1 deadline for passing the state-mandated language on nepotism. Now the city's Ethics Commission must decide what to do with the old city ethics ordinance.