Community

Public Beach Cleanup and Celebration Planned for Volunteers Barefoot Wine is teaming up with the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department to host a public Adopt-a-Beach cleanup at Washington Park Beach. Following...

Handley Elementary School students enjoy the bounce house during a recent Fun Night.   Handley Elementary School students participate in Field Day.  

The Kiwanis Club of La Porte will be hosting their annual Peanut Days on Friday, September 21st and 28th in front of the La Porte Post Office and Kroger from 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Stop by and meet local community members who are committed to...

We are excited to announce the “No Walls” Service will be held this Sunday morning at 10am at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds. This worship service is a combined service for many of the churches in LaPorte and will include: worship, teaching and...

This last week, Al’s Market East and West, partnered with the Salvation Army of LaPorte to sponsor “Stuff a Bus”. This program was a great success thanks to the generosity of the people of LaPorte. Bags of groceries with the value of...

Double dedication ceremonies were held Sunday afternoon for two newly constructed houses on Michigan City’s west side that were recently completed by the La Porte County Habitat for Humanity organization and volunteers. The new home of Tracy...

Purdue University North Central set all-time enrollment and credit hour records this fall. The 2012 - 2013 academic year opened Monday, Aug. 20 with a record 6,048 students enrolled in a record 55,219 credit hours. This represents a 15 percent...

Purdue University continues a multiyear trend of its first-year students setting foot on campus with higher test scores and better grades than ever before, which helps position them to be successful college students. "Our retention and graduation...

The Purdue University North Central Alpha Mu Pi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society will host a discussion of the E. L. James novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey," on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Library-Student-Faculty...

Runnin' for Prestin, a 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, September 22, at Washington Park in Michigan City. Prestin Butcher, an 11 year old La Porte County resident, was diagnosed in June 2011 with Medulloblastoma, a very aggressive brain cancer....