Valpo disability council struggles with attendance

VALPARAISO | The Mayoral Advisory Council on Disability welcomed a new member Wednesday, but it continues to struggle to get a quorum for meetings.

Valpo fire might have started in basement

VALPARAISO | An attempt to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed the building at 204 Lincolnway will have to wait until demolition of the east wall of the building is completed.

Porter County students compete in math bowl

PORTAGE │ A packed house watched local kids engage in a heated competition at a Portage High School gymnasium Thursday. And not a basketball was in sight.

Valpo schools honor science bowl winners

VALPARAISO | The auditorium at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School was filled to capacity Tuesday night with parents and others who came to honor student science bowl winners and listen to student singers.

Valpo board hears 2013 stormwter budget plan

VALPARAISO | The city expects to be more than halfway through the "Super 17" stormwater project list by the end of 2013, including the first phase of the Chautauqua Park flood relief system.

Portage Township School Board hires administrators

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board last week approved the hiring of several administrators.

Portage schools to expand Title I programming

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will expand its Title I programming for at-risk students this coming year.

Healthy habits, now in 3-D at Valparaiso school

Central Elementary's got talent

Portage students get chance to hit teachers with dessert after fundraising

Valpo students welcome yule around town

23 area schools named Four Star Schools

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Department of Education named 23 region schools Four Star Schools on Wednesday for their superior student achievement in math and English.

Foundation presents four grants to teachers

PORTAGE | The Portage Township Education Foundation presented grants totaling more than $5,400 to four teachers this week to provide additional educational programming to Portage Township students.

Lake Station's Central Elementary School closing its doors

LAKE STATION | Central Elementary School, which houses 105 sixth-grade students, closed its doors Wednesday.

Conserving water usually good thing

VALPARAISO | How can using less water be a bad thing?

IDOE official: Progress at Roosevelt 'disappointing'

A state official who visited Gary Roosevelt Career and Technical Academy last week said the school's progress is "disappointing."

Central Elementary kicks off charity campaign for American Cancer Society

PORTAGE | The Kindness Kart is happening this week at Central Elementary.

Portage teachers host talk about legislation

PORTAGE | Melissa Ofman isn't comfortable addressing a room full of adults. But the kindergarten teacher at Central Elementary School in Portage put her jitters aside.

Central Students learn through animal research

PORTAGE | Third grade students at Central Elementary school in Portage have focused their instruction of the Indiana Academic standards on finding out how to help protect animals that are endangered.