Candice Villagrana joins Old Plank Trail Community Bank

Tony the courthouse dog

Tony, who is coming on soon to serve as Porter County's courthouse dog, sits under an attorneys table in one of the local courtrooms.

Unexpected experience pays dividends for Purdue Calumet Highland graduate

Bison Financial serves the community at the Summer Outdoor Movies

Paul Kuzemka of Bison Financial, far right, presents a check to staff and board members of the VCFE Office and Valparaiso City Administrator, Bill Oeding, in support of the Outdoor Summer Movies.

Club celebrates Federation Day

The Valparaiso ESO Joyce Wargo Reading Club members celebrated GFWC Federation Day with a luncheon. After lunch there was a group discussion on the club's current read, "A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana" by Haven Kimmel. Also the club's new officers were installed a…

Club's annual golf outing set for July 11

Ed Malone, second from left, celebrated his Hole-in-One last year at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County Golf Outing. Reservations are now being accepted for the Golf Outing set for July 11.

Birthday party celebrates zoo’s 85 years

MICHIGAN CITY | The Washington Park Zoo is celebrating 85 years with a birthday party from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the zoo, 115 Lake Shore Dr.

Autism Awareness Month

Some of our social skills group members with Ms. Janik. Front (L to R): Nick Reda and Mackenzie Flynn, Back (L to R): Olivia Frigo, Ryan McDaniel, Ms. Janik (NAA NWI), Brandon Moreno, and Julliana Bergren.

St John Interior Design

Meals on Wheels

JobSource receives $5,000 from Fifth Third Bank

Michael Sobeck, Fifth Third Retail regional executive, from left; and Craig Pratt, Fifth Third senior vice president, present a donation to Liz Metts, OE grants and funding coordinator; Cyrena Porzel, JobSource Adaptive Technology client; Kathie Savich, JobSource program director; and Pam Wh…

T.F. South graduate winner of Patti Leach Memorial Scholarship

Shannon Pollard

Lansing nonprofit begins plans for Autumn Fest

Members of the Lansing Association for Community Events meet to discuss upcoming events.

Pet pantry donation

Pictured left to right is Paige Lippens and Michelle Duca, founder of the Kibble Kitchen pet pantry. Paige is a sophomore at Morgan Township High School and plans to pursue a career in Veterinary medicine after high school. She wanted to contribute to families that want to keep their furry f…

Neil Wesley

Services for Neal Wesley were April 15 at Heritage Lutheran Church, Valparaiso. Burial was in Angelcrest Cemetery, Valparaiso. Moeller Funeral Home, Valparaiso, handled arrangements.

Purdue Calumet honors top employees for 2012-13

Roy Hamilton

Purdue Calumet honors top employees for 2012-13

Ila Muller

Purdue Calumet honors top employees for 2012-13

Tom Sanchez

Purdue Calumet honors top employees for 2012-13

Laura Dorsche

Purdue Calumet honors top employees for 2012-13

Debbie Blades

Jak's Warehouse

Crawpuppies rock region stages

The Crawpuppies rock out at the House of Blues.

Let the Nerf War begin

Boys from the Lansing Cub Scouts attended an overnight Nerf War event with a spy theme last month. Attendees brought Nerf guns and darts for the events and built shelters out of cardboard boxes. The event took place at St. John's Lutheran School in Lansing.

Top speller

Ben Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso hosted the Kiwanis Club Spell Bowl. Immanuel Lutheran School fourth-grade student Nick Kopricina placed first in his division.

Donation to assist low-income families

Brandon Thompson and Chad Morris of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Safety and Service Committee, Burns Harbor Subdivision, present a $3,000 check to Nancy VanVolkenburgh and Tom Moeller of the Family and Youth Services Bureau’s Clinical Services Program. The donation will assist low income fa…

Hilltop Neighborhood House gets a makeover

The Probst family of Valparaiso work together to repaint and repair the Hilltop sign on Thrivent Painting Day. Lincoln Probst, age 5, and Wyatt Probst, 8, both graduated from Hilltop Neighborhood’s House’s early childhood education program.

Etiquette Class

Gary teen reported missing

Celeste Guzman

Brandon Johnson

Brandon Johnson, 27, of Harvey

Lester Larkin

Lester Larkin, 25, of Riverdale

Eric Marcyjanik

Person of interest

Valparaiso police are seeking help in identifying this man potentially linked with the theft May 7 of a wallet from a shopping cart at Walmart. This photo was taken at the local Target store. Police ask that anyone with information contact Detective Lt. Tom Horn at (219) 462-2135.

Wax museum at Yost Elementary

Teacher Courtney Commers along with students Klaire Thupvong and Grace Fleischauer listen to second-grader Alex Jucius recite his memorized information about Astronaut Neil Armstrong. Yost Elementary second-graders spent about a month researching an assigned famous person with the help of th…

Valparaiso Lions Club provides dictionaries

The Valparaiso Lions Club donated more than 600 dictionaries to 10 local elementary schools. These dictionaries are given to each third-grader in the Valparaiso School system, as well as Union Township and John Simatovich elementary schools. Pictured are Lions Jeff Zulich and Bob Mahoney wit…

Cal City residents recycle for Earth Day

The Thornton Fractional North Environmental Club and Cub Scout Pack 542 Den 2 assist 2nd Ward Alderman Leni Wosczynski, City Clerk Nyota Figgs, 1st Ward Alderman Eric Schneider and Calumet Memorial Park District Board President Stanley Miller in recycling computers at the electronics recycli…

Cal City residents recycle for Earth Day

Second Ward resident Ruth Green pictured with 2nd Ward Alderman Leni Wosczynski stopped by the recycling drive April 27 with some of her confidential documents to have shredded. Green was able to load her documents into the truck and watch them shred.

H-F sculpture, artists to be feted today

Homewood-Flossmoor High School art teacher Greg Petecki, on ladder, works on the installation of his students' sculpture, "Bell Tower," in front of the Flossmoor Public Library. A community celebration for the sculpture and its artists is scheduled for 3 p.m. today.

H-F sculpture, artists to be feted today

These students from Homewood-Flossmoor High School's 3D Studio Art program designed and built a wooden sculpture that has been installed at Flossmoor Public Library.

Hansen receives Portage Most Vital Senior award

Henry Hansen, resident of Miller's Senior Living Community in Portage, was the recipient of Portage Most Vital Senior Award, sponsored by Comfort Keepers. The criteria for nominees was that they live in Portage, be more than 70 years old, exhibits purpose in life, is involved in the communit…

Drake Bowers

Drake Bowers, a forward from Munster High School, was named Second Team All-District in 2013, along with Northwest Crossroads Conference First Team All-League. He was named Second Team All-Conference in 2012, and earned the Scholar Athlete Award every year from 2009 until 2012.

Drake Bowers

Drake Bowers, a forward from Munster High School, was named Second Team All-District in 2013, along with Northwest Crossroads Conference First Team All-League. He was named Second Team All-Conference in 2012, and earned the Scholar Athlete Award every year from 2009 until 2012.

Walk-a-thon to be held in memory of fallen Marine LCPL Philip J. Martini

Guest reader at Crisman Elementary

Debra Dudek, director of Title & Special Student Services, reads to kindergarten students at Crisman Elementary School in Portage for their guest reader day.

Blue Oyster Cult tickets on Sale for Summer Jam Music & Food Festival

Blue Oyster Cult will kick off the first Summer Jam & Music Festival hosted by Valparaiso Community Festivals & Events. This music and food festival will be the first of its kind to come to downtown Valparaiso slated from 2 to 9 p.m. July 27 in Central Park Plaza. The event will incl…