It's unclear if and how the funds will be used. But some council members and residents supported the money being used to study the city's Redevelopment Commission.
The City of Valparaiso has again been named a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community by The League of American Bicyclists, Parks Director Kevin Nuppnau announced. Valparaiso joins 14 other communities Indiana to be earn the designation, renewing the recognition originally awarded in 2019.
Several local elementary schools, including five from Valparaiso, were part of the over 270 schools across Indiana that were recognized at the Statehouse last week.
A Valpo High School student has criticized the apparent lack of communication and action from the district, following its decision to remove an LGTQ flag last year.
The Valparaiso City Council unanimously passed a safe gun storage resolution on Monday night and received praise from both Democrats and Republicans.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan and Valparaiso University touted $1 million in federal funding for the university's nursing program during a press conference on Monday.
Humane Indiana Wildlife is partnering with an Otterbein University researcher who is working to create an acoustic rabies test.
Valparaiso is launching a city-wide water service line inventory to comply with the EPA's revised Lead and Copper Rule.
"A consistent, methodical, creative quest for improvement is in our city DNA and it has brought us to a great place in our history."
House Bill 1360, which Valpo Dems claim targets VCS, would reorganize certain school boards by requiring members be nominated by a five-member appointed commission.
The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County will host a Fix-It Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 27, at the Valparaiso Public Library.
Valparaiso University's annual MLK Day celebration was organized around the theme "Realizing the Dream Through Healing and Resilience."
"Sandy" the sandhill crane is being brought to the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
The council approved repealing the resolution with a vote of 4-2.
Councilman Robert Cotton, D-2, was elected president, Monday night.
Valparaiso's newly-elected officials were sworn into office, Monday morning.
Over the next year, multiple new developments will begin to reshape the downtown.
HealthLinc's CEO Beth Wrobel is retiring after 21 years with the nonprofit. When asked what she will miss most, Wrobel said "The staff — this community."
Jon Costas took part in his last meeting as a member of the Valparaiso School Board on Thursday night, as he is set to soon return as Valparaiso's mayor.
CCSJ and VU were among the 28 colleges and universities to receive the award through the Lilly Endowment's Advancing the Science of Reading in Indiana initiative.
Priscilla Frataccia-Seibert, a retired VCS teacher and widow of former Superintendent E. Ric Frataccia, has been selected to replace Jon Costas on the school board.
The city is pausing the South Shore Connect bus line, effective Jan. 1.
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In January of 2022, the proposed French restaurant Le Bon Brasserie had its liquor license revoked after construction on the project stalled. All together, the city had six available downtown liquor licenses.
The four finalists for the Valparaiso School Board are Kelly Anthony, Priscilla Frataccia-Seibert, Ashley Kruse and Alison Quackenbush.
Kevin Cornett received Valparaiso's annual "Good Neighbor" award.
A woman died in a single-vehicle accident after striking a tree in a ditch at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday in Valparaiso, the Porter County Sheriff's Office reported.
The lawyer representing two former VU professors is pressuring the attorney general's office to block the sale of three painting from the Brauer Museum of Art.
United Way and WorkOne are partnering on a mobile workforce development program.
The recent removal of an LGBTQ flag from a Valparaiso High School classroom led to a packed room during Thursday night's school board meeting.
The school board in Valparaiso and East Chicago will soon have to replace some of their members, after they were elected to new political offices last week.