Valparaiso News

That laid-back, slow motion atmosphere on college campuses during the summer months is about to shift.

A sample of how local schools would have performed last year had they been Graded by a new model just approved on Wednesday shows mixed results, with more high schools earning an A but more Fs and Ds overall.

By Popcorn Fest in September, people will be able to share a downtown park bench with Orville Redenbacher - or at least his likeness.

Amy Maria Fabig-Roosa and Kenneth Scott Nelson of Valparaiso, Ind., were married Dec.

Nineteen-year-old Bret Laczynski is in the final stages of brain cancer. Friday, his school had an early graduation just for him.

Katie Schmidt and Phil Huettl Mr. and Mrs. Marc Schmidt of Fort Wayne, proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie to Phil Huettl, son of Mr.

A crew filming an IMAX movie about Indiana's historic roads and the fascinating stories to be told along those roads is filming in Porter County today and Friday.

The extension of the downtown Central Park Plaza advanced Wednesday as the Valparaiso Redevelopment Commission took steps to buy the old family service building and demolish it.

The county self-insures when it comes to employee medical coverage, and has for decades, using Anton Insurance of Chesterton and Valparaiso to handle claims and logistics.

The Porter County Election Board on Monday approved a measure to host early voting at the Chesterton Town Hall after voters registration office heads Democrat Kathy Kozuszek and Republican Sundae Schoon reported the building met the standards required for a satellite voting location such as the amount of parking and accessibility for the ... (more)

At approximately 9:54 a.m. this morning, Porter County Sheriff's Officers responded to a crash in the area of 280 E US HWY 6 in Jackson Twp.

VALPARAISO, Ind. - Valparaiso University will hold a memorial service for a student who took leave from his studies and was killed in Afghanistan while serving with an Indiana -based National Guard unit.

SCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Wanda Lindfeldt of Westville didn't mind driving from LaPorte County to Schererville in October to attend an advance screening of Hugh Jackman 's action film, "Real Steel." "I won promotional tickets the theater was giving out, and so after work, I picked up my friend in Valparaiso and we were there in about an hour," Lindfeldt ... (more)

VALPARAISO, Ind. - A man who is in prison for battering his pregnant girlfriend is seeking early release so he can take care of that child and another following their mother's death in a recent house fire in northwestern Indiana.

Organizations addressing housing issues in Porter County banded together on Monday to announce the No Place Like Home initiative, a ten-year plan to end homelessness throughout the county.

A Hammond woman and a Lafayette man have been charged with collecting $1.3 million in a real estate scam.

Marcel Thomas of Hobart talks with Jason Doolittle of Fay's Marina in LaPorte about a 614 Paddle Qwest pontoon during the annual Boat Show kicked off Friday at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso, Ind.

Today was the day that the controversial Right to Work bill came up for a vote in the Indiana House of Representatives.

George's Koffee Kup in Kouts, Ind., is one of those small-town diners, open daily for lunch and dinner only, that just screams Americana.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported the state's preliminary seasonally adjusted jobless rate held steady at 9.0 percent in December, the same as November and October .