Parks

Tim Morgan, Superintendent of the La Porte County Park Department, is leaving his post after 22 years of honorably serving the community and successfully leading the County Park Department. Tim and his wife, Denise, will be moving to Michigan where...

Efforts to improve biodiversity and protect water quality at the Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve in Chesterton are underway the installation of more than 615 trees of various species and sizes before the end of the year -- depending on weather...

With their capes wiping behind them, around 400 people ran “the Midwest’s Most Beautiful Half Marathon Course” in the HERO 10k and Half Marathon that traveled through the Indiana Dunes State Park. This is the second year running for the unique...

Growing orchids in the Midwest will be featured at the River Valley Garden Club meeting, Tuesday, October 14 at 1 p.m, at the Harbert Community Church at the corner of Three Oaks and Harbert Roads in Sawyer. Dr. John Bannow, a retired physician and...

East Chicago Lighthouse Charter School 6th grader, Brianna, had never been in a canoe before today. “It was amazing!” she said afterward. “It was more difficult to paddle and keep the boat steady than I thought it would be, but so much fun....

The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Department announces that all public restrooms in Washington Park as well as the California Avenue restrooms will close after Tuesday, September 30, 2014. For more information, contact the Michigan City Parks...

The 3rd Annual Michigan City Beaches and Blueways Cleanup Day has been set for Saturday, September 20, 2014 with locations around Michigan City. Please help us clean up Washington Park Beach and Trail Creek in celebration of International Beach...

For more information regarding enrichment classes, please contact the La Porte Park and Recreation Department at (219) 326-9600 or online at www.cityoflaporte.com. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/laporteparks: Ballroom Dancing (Cummings...

Rescuing and nurturing abandoned or hurt animals is nothing new to Joe Michalik, a volunteer at the Indiana Welcome Center. On Friday, Aug. 22, Michalik and a group of visitors watched as the four 8-week-old Mallards Michalik and his son rescued were...

In July 2013, when Nathan Woessner, then 6, of Sterling, Ill. explored a depression in the sand at Mount Baldy, a favorite tourist spot at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and suddenly found himself trapped beneath 11 feet of sand, his rescue...