Teacher Spotlight A new face in the foreign language department has been slowly learning his way around not only LPHS, but the City of La Porte, too. Brandon Jones is the new Spanish teacher who took current La Porte Middle School Spanish teacher,...
La Lumiere’s girls soccer team kicked off the week celebrating Senior Night. Throughout the week, the girls sold Mia Hamm Foundation shirts to raise money and awareness for families in need of bone marrow or cord blood transplant. It is also...
What’s Recently Happened? Marquette Catholic High School’s 2019-2020 school year commenced on August 19. Hundreds of high schoolers settled into brand-new schedules, forged friendships, and joined new groups. The National Honors Society of...
Arts in the Park On Wednesday, August 14, La Porte’s very own Arts in the Park held their annual concert with the La Porte Marching band. The concert began at 6:00 in the evening and, as always, it was a hit. The concert consisted of five...
What’s Happened? For thirty-five years, New Buffalo has held the annual Ship N Shore Festival from August 9-11. This three-day festival is presented by the New Buffalo Business Association for everyone in New Buffalo to enjoy. The community has...
What’s Happened? Twenty vendors with set ups ranging from folding tables, food trucks, and a minibus arrived at Michigan City’s Uptown Franklin Street early in the afternoon. Each was checked in, parked, and plugged into power boxes. Franklin...
Traditions: favorites and new ones Beach weather is finally upon us, and New Buffalo locals are soaking it in! Rushes of people from Chicago have been heading to beaches in Michigan City, Long Beach, and New Buffalo. On the 4th of July holiday,...
Something interesting that happened in my hometown The 174th annual La Porte County Fair took place from July 7th through July 13th at the La Porte Fairgrounds. This year, the city had three days of special guests who shared great music with the...
Community Spotlight Amy Black came to the Dunes Summer Theatre with a love for the arts and the ambition to help turn the business around. She was a Ball State graduate with a degree in journalism, and was asked to join the theatre by a friend who...
What’s Recently Happened? This month has been all about the wonderful teachers and staff at Westville High School. Starting off, Teacher Appreciation Week was May 6 - 10, and the Westville Positive Optimistic Wonder Workers (POWW) Club put together...