Michael Raines

College isn’t for everyone, and that’s OK. That was the message on Tuesday afternoon at the Porter County Career Center, where an apprenticeship fair showed region students options in the skilled labor fields. “This is kind of the perfect time of year …

As part of a week-long celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Valparaiso University hosted convocation on Monday in the Chapel of the Resurrection focusing on Dr. King’s vision of the beloved community. “The aftermath of …

The corridor along U.S. Highway 20 in Portage will be receiving a facelift. The city will put into action a plan to revitalize the stretch of properties along the highway. The formal plan is nearly complete and will be presented to the Portage Redevelopment …

Over the course of his life, the city of Valparaiso has twice called to Bryce Drew. The first time, Drew was just a middle schooler. He moved to the city with his family when his father, Homer, became the head men’s basketball coach at Valparaiso …

A dream came true in downtown La Porte Wednesday evening as Twisted K-8 Brewing held a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening its brick-and-mortar location. Over two dozen people packed the new brewpub at 610 Monroe Street for the ribbon cutting …

Over a dozen representatives of various non-profits and small businesses braved temperatures in the teens and a couple inches of snow Wednesday evening to attend a social media boot camp hosted by Ideas in Motion Media and the Greater La Porte Economic …

For 35 years, Jim Wheeler has been making an impact on the lives of young people in the Portage community. A social studies teacher at Willowcreek Middle School, Wheeler has spent nearly his entire career teaching eighth grade U.S. History. It’s a career …

With support from Freedom America, the Valparaiso Advisory Human Relations Council on Tuesday voted to express support to Mayor Jon Costas regarding his stance in opposition to HJR-6. Earlier Tuesday, Mayor Costas had joined forces with 11 other mayors from …

A freshman at Valparaiso University, Alec Peters hasn’t been in Northwest Indiana very long, but it’s his impact in another community that is catching attention. Peters and the Crusaders had just suffered a four-point loss at Ohio when the freshman found …