Porter County News

About 75 people, including veterans and members of the Valparaiso police and fire departments, paused their days Friday to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice during a Memorial Day program at Foundation Meadows.

Pass rates, by percentage, follow: Officials said 86.1 percent passed the test, compared to 84 percent last year - the inaugural year of the state-mandated exam that measures reading comprehension, vocabulary and phonics.

The two-year-old program, run by Porter Superior Court Judge Julia Jent, was lauded Monday during a stop by the All Rise America! On the Road for Recovery.

Ives, 13, received a globe from his grandparents when he was a first-grader studying in Kosice, Slovakia, where father Rob Ives worked as a manager at a U.S. Steel plant.

This Fight Club is a real-life 12-week program for men who seek something greater than themselves by challenging their minds, bodies, spirituality and even their sexual purity.

Indiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences.

Bud and Ruth kept in contact with their wedding photographer over the years, who ended up settling in a log cabin in Rockville and raising bison.

All of the 17 puppies dumped Friday night along State Park Road in Porter have families lined up to adopt them.

Just days after 17 mixed lab puppies were found dumped on the side of a road near the Indiana Dunes an adoption agency reported all puppies were adopted.

ValpoCommunity.com just released information that a LaPorte, IN., National Guardsman was arrested yesterday by local police following a threat against a non-commissioned officer.

With costs dropping on solar power cells, Rich Herr, a retired electrical engineer from Valparaiso, decided to build his own solar power system in his back yard.

The primary election for Porter County voters is a year away, but one candidate is already ahead of the game.

Kenneth McCabe and Jeffery Everaert's licenses were suspended after Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson confirmed each man owed a significant amount in back child support.

An unknown person dumped a mother Labrador and 17 puppies at the side of a dark road in the Indiana Dunes State Park on Friday.

An unknown person in a dark-colored SUV dumped a mother Labrador and 15 puppies along the side of the road in the Indiana Dunes State Park.

When Frances Wulf , 92, made the decision to stop driving and sell her car, she began to look for her next step.

School districts shouldn't be forced to woo taxpayers with political campaigns to improve schools, the state's top education official said Wednesday.

Despite warnings given by the Porter County Sheriff's Department earlier this week, a fake police officer did not pull over a woman north of Valparaiso and warn her against reckless driving and speeding.

Citizens' groups have formed on both sides of the proposal to expand Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers High Schools.

Anyone who suspects a phony cop is trying to pull them over should call 911 immediately, police said after learning such an incident reportedly happened between 10:30 and 11 p.m. Saturday on North Calumet Avenue.