LaCrosse High School replanting ag program

After a yearlong break, LaCrosse High School is preparing to reboot its hands-on agricultural program for the upcoming school year. Ag classes, after all, are a growing trend.

Clark Middle School bands place silver at ISSMA

HAMMOND | Last weekend on March 15 and March 16, the Hal E. Clark Middle School seventh and eighth grade bands participated in Indiana State School Music Association's (ISSMA) organizational contest.

Grace College professor nominated by students to receive outstanding professor of the year award

WINONA LAKE | Cheryl Bremer, Chair of the Special Education Department and Assistant Professor of Education, was honored with the title of 2012 Outstanding Professor of the Year. She was nominated by her students and awarded by The Indiana Council for Exceptional Children, an innovative orga…

St. Mary's undefeated, wins CYO Championship

CROWN POINT | Coach Geisen's sixth grade team at St. Mary Catholic Community School won the CYO Championship on Saturday. The team completed an undefeated season.

St. Mary students are chess champs

CROWN POINT | St. Mary Catholic School's chess team sent 10 members to the Indiana State Chess Championship, which was held last weekend in Indianapolis.

St. Mary's School Environmental Club views eagles

CROWN POINT | On Jan. 25, 17 students from the St. Mary Catholic Community School’s Environmental club traveled to Starved Rock State Park in Illinois to view the Bald Eagles.

ACT awards CPHS the Red Quill Legacy Award

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School was one of just six high schools in Indiana recognized by ACT with The Red Quill Award.

Lake Central High mascot change discussion creates furor

ST. JOHN | What began as a discussion about unifying the mascot for all Lake Central School Corp. schools has erupted into an online petition drive against the move that has collected more than 1,200 signatures.

Two Crown Point musicians perform in All-State Orchestra

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School orchestra students, senior Rayne Kim and junior Abigail Eineman, performed in the All-State Orchestra at the Indiana Music Educators' Association Professional Development Conference at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne.

National Honor Society to sponsor Mardi Gras fundraiser to benefit St. Jude

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point High School National Honor Society will sponsor a Mardi Gras themed fundraiser to benefit St. Jude in Crown Point.

Eisenhower choir performs at highly selective Indiana Music Educators Conference

CROWN POINT | The Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School choir was the only elementary school choir chosen to perform at the IMEA Professional Development Conference Jan. 18.

Deadline for Lucile Smith Memorial Scholarship coming up

CROWN POINT | The Lake County Extension Homemakers Association is accepting applications for the Lucile Smith Memorial Scholarship that is offered annually. In addition to this scholarship program, applications for the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association (state level) Career-Advancement…

MIS student receives Congressional Certificate

MERRILLVILLE | Reem Sulieman of the sixth grade purple team and a Merrillville Intermediate student received the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Peter Visclosky.

Elmhurst College Dean's List includes one Lansing student

ELMHURST | One Lansing resident, Matthew Leiner, is among the students named to the Elmhurst College Dean's List for the fall term of the 2012-2013 academic year.

Registration deadline near for licensure exam prep course at Purdue Cal

HAMMOND | Jan. 29 is the deadline to register for a course offered at Purdue University Calumet to prepare engineers and engineering students for the upcoming Fundamentals of Engineering exam.

Students recognized for scholarship, leadership, character, service

CROWN POINT | Twenty-two students at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School were inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society on Jan. 17.

ACT awards the Red Quill Legacy Award to CPHS

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School was one of just six high schools in Indiana recognized by ACT with The Red Quill Award.

Valich joins USF Crown Point faculty

CROWN POINT | Kimberly Valich has joined the USF Crown Point faculty as a full-time assistant professor.

Mobile dentist arrives at MIS

MERRILLVILLE | Get your camera out because our pearly whites are showing!

Purdue Alumni Club of NW Indiana has two scholarships available for students

HAMMOND | The Purdue Alumni Club of Northwest Indiana would like to announce that its 2013 Scholarship Applications are now available. There are two scholarships that the club offers, a Book Scholarship and a Purdue Scholar Award.