Middle school team excels at Junior Academic Super Bowl

MUNSTER | Wilbur Wright Middle School’s Junior Academic Super Bowl team earned some serious hardware last month in the area competition at Clifford Pierce Middle School in Merrillville. Students competed in the areas of math, science, English and social studies, with the questions focusing o…

Munster student designs May Wine Brunch invitation

MUNSTER | Samantha Chua, an eighth-grader at Munster’s Wilbur Wright Middle School, designed the invitation for the 41st Annual May Wine Brunch hosted by the Women’s Association of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Society.

Dancing their way to the top

MUNSTER | The Wilbur Wright Middle School dance team placed first in the Junior High Advanced Pom and Advanced Jazz categories at the recent Indiana High School Dance Team Association state tournament in New Castle.

Election officials leave Munster polling places in place for May 7 referendum

CROWN POINT | The Lake County election board voted Tuesday to keep polling places for the May 7 referendum in Munster unchanged from last year's locations.

Two new Republicans seated on Lake elections board

CROWN POINT | The Lake County elections board will greet two new Republican members Tuesday when it convenes to set up polling places for this spring's school referendum in Munster.

'Echt' of an effort earns spelling bee title

UNION TOWNSHIP | After spelling "echt" in an earlier round Saturday, Sean Ives had no trouble dealing with "efficacy," handling it with efficacy, to earn the title and the trip to Washington, D.C., for the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

'Echt' of an effort earns spelling bee title

Wyatt Lee, of Chesterton Middle School, patiently waits with his fellow spellers to see who all will make it to the next round of spelling bee Saturday morning at Wheeler Middle School.

Middle school thespians aim for laughs

MUNSTER | Wilbur Wright Theatre Company will present its annual Evening of Theatre at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Munster High School Auditorium, 8808 Columbia Ave.

Chess teams find success

MUNSTER | The School City of Munster chess team has been at or near the top at two Hammond tournaments this winter.

Dads, daughters dance the night away in Munster

Denise Chakinis takes a photo of Chuck Weis and his daughters Gia, 8, and Chloe, 7, on Saturday during Daddy Daughter Date Night in Munster.

Dads, daughters dance the night away in Munster

Ted Niemiec attaches a flower to his 10-year-old daughter Stephanie's dress Saturday during Daddy Daughter Date Night at Wilbur Wright Middle School in Munster.

Dads, daughters dance the night away in Munster

Jose Olivencia plays with his daughter Ava, 5, on Saturday during Daddy Daughter Date Night at Wilbur Wright Middle School in Munster.

Munster team excels at We The People

MUNSTER | Proving they know the U.S. Constitution, Wilbur Wright Middle School recently placed first in We The People district competition, qualifying the team for the state meet, where they placed third.

Science team reaches nationals

MUNSTER | Wilbur Wright Middle School's Science Olympiad team competed last month in the national tournament in Orlando, Fla. The team qualified in March at the state competition at Indiana University. The team has been fundraising by working with local businesses, having spirit wear days at…

Chess teams earn trophies

MUNSTER | Munster High School’s chess team took secon place in the Age 16 and Under division of the Third Intercontinental Scholastic Chess Team Championship in Oakbrook, Ill.

Two region schools in national Science Olympiad

ORLANDO, Fla. | Creativity, determination and expert problem-solving skills helped students from Valparaiso's Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Munster's Wilbur Wright Middle School walk away Saturday with several awards after competing at the Science Olympiad National Tournament.

Munster Chamber part of community since 1955

At the heart of the business community, the Munster Chamber of Commerce has been a dynamic part of Northwest Indiana since 1955. Located at 1040 Ridge Road, the chamber has more than 240 members, ranging from large regional corporations and universities to sole proprietorships, and that numb…

History comes to life

MUNSTER | Eighth-graders at Wilbur Wright Middle School have been studying World War II in a cross-curricular unit in language arts, and their studies came to life recently thanks to some special visitors.

Girl Scouts log hundreds of volunteer hours to preserve Oak Hill burial records

Girl Scouts of Troop 10051 are counting and cataloging the Oak Hill Cemetery burial records in a computer program to make grave site information more accessible to the public.

Girl Scouts logging hundreds of volunteer hours, preserving Oak Hill burial records

MUNSTER | The first trip the Girl Scouts of Troop 10051 made to Hammond's Oak Hill Cemetery revealed a troubled, unkempt burial ground with more graves than the girls thought they could count.