Jessica Campbell

Saturday is Earth Day, and in Northwest Indiana, we take any opportunity to get outside. So, if that means volunteering at a local clean-up event or walking the plank in Whiting, enjoy a great weekend outside. Get your kids ready for summer with a...

Weather, participation numbers, timing of events: All are factors that will deem an event a success or a “try-again” next year. There are things you can control and things you cannot - best explained by the city planners, Amy Frets, Director of...

It was a no brainer for the staff at Zao Island to walk across the street and ask Jack Hines of Hines Plumbing Inc. to help out with a project. For the last few years, Partner and General Manager Ryan Wright and the staff of the Zao Island have been...

Nothing will get done with one person, it will always take a team the group of Northwest Indiana planners agreed. We discussed all that goes into making the region’s premier events like Piergoi Festival, Lakefront Festival, Festival of the Lakes...

It’s bad when one ultrarunner asks ‘Are you from Indiana?’ and their response to your ‘Yes’ is ‘Oh, that stinks.’ Norm Williams was one of the four local runners battling through the trails of Georgia during the Georgia Death Race this...

Nick Meyer originally was born in the south, then was raised in Northern Kentucky and has since continued to travel farther and farther and colder and colder north to the little town of Long Beach, Indiana. Settling in the La Porte County region with...

I asked Westville teacher and Science Olympiad mentor Samantha Joll what a “good note” meant after an email was sent to me about their placings in the Science Olympiad State Tournament on March 18. For Joll and her students, ending their season...

This summer take a drive. Head to Whiting for Pierogi Fest, then stop by Hobart for the Lakefront Festival, loop around toward Hammond to catch the RC Pilots Air Show, then relax with a concert in downtown Michigan City. These weekend events take...

It was like Christmas morning, and not just for me – a self-proclaimed library-lover and book nerd, – but for the entire La Porte County Community. On March 10, after about a year of remodeling, the La Porte County Public Library main branch...

Every year on the 4th of July, we dress ourselves in the United States of America colors and head outside to enjoy a night of family, friends, parade-fun, and fireworks. We celebrate the history of the independence of this country, remembering the...