Education is key to maintaining the health of the community, and that’s exactly what Community Healthcare System is doing with their L.I.V.E. Program and their Peripheral Vascular Disease Awareness Symposium that they held at Community Hospital on...
Read MoreHammond’s Race to the Rescue Provides Help to First Responders, Gives Community a Chance to Grow
The sun rose this Sunday over Hammond’s Wolf Lake Pavilion to a great crowd for the city’s second annual Race to the Rescue - an event that sees competitors compete in a 9K foot race around Hammond’s Wolf Lake, and a 5K race also held along the...
Read More2017 Tour de La Porte Kicks Off 3-Day Fundraiser with 5K Trail Run
The first day of the 16th Annual Tour De La Porte kicked off to a great start on Friday, which saw over 100 runners and walkers participate in the three day long event’s 5K Trail Run. The event, held at La Porte’s scenic Soldiers Memorial Park,...
Read MoreLIFER Drew Holt Couldn’t Help But to Adopt a Dog from Lakeshore PAWS After Covering Event
Dogs are (arguably) one of the best things on planet Earth. When my fiancee and I decided it was time to welcome a new dog into our lives and inject some much-needed energy into our senior dog, Spanky’s life, we began looking at local rescues. We...
Read MoreA La Porte County Life in the Spotlight: Nic Orbovich
Not everyone can remember the exact moment that would decide the way the rest of their lives would go. Not so with Nic Orbovich, a concert violinist and the founder of the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival and Music Director at Michigan City’s...
Read MoreFirst Friday at the Chapel Provides Uplifting Music for Patients, Attendees at La Porte Hospital
Music can heal the soul. For the last 19 years, The Healthcare Foundation of La Porte has been sponsoring “First Friday in the Chapel,” a concert held on the first Friday of every month in the La Porte Hospital Family Chapel, catering to the...
Read MoreGary RailCats Honor Northwest Indiana’s Finest with Blue Line Night
It was all fun and games Saturday night at the Gary SouthShore RailCats game against the Sioux City Explorers, a game the RailCats dubbed “Blue Line Night,” a night where Northwest Indiana Police, their families, and the community could come...
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