Julia Rhode

5th Annual Hooked on Art Brings Community Support for Frontline Foundations

5th Annual Hooked on Art Brings Community Support for Frontline Foundations Frontline Foundations' Hooked on Art Festival brought the community together for a day of live music, art, and beautiful weather for the fifth consecutive year. Click here for more photos! Frontline Foundations has been offering outpatient addiction...

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Porter Regional Hospital Employees Join American Heart Association to Fight Heart Disease and Strokes at 2016 Heart Walk

Porter Regional Hospital Employees Join American Heart Association to Fight Heart Disease and Strokes at 2016 Heart Walk Employees from many departments of Porter Regional Hospital came together to rally with the American Heart Association against heart disease and strokes at the Heart Walk on Saturday. Hundreds of participants gathered at Coffee Creek Watershed to...

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Girls Use Ninth Birthdays as Occasion to Raise Supplies for Animal Shelter

Girls Use Ninth Birthdays as Occasion to Raise Supplies for Animal Shelter For most nine-year-olds, birthdays are all about parties with friends and lots of presents. For Holly Decker and Amelia Smith, birthdays have become a chance to give back. The two girls have been friends since the age of two, and according to Decker,...

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Healthy Night Out with the Girls Brings Women to the Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospitals

Healthy Night Out with the Girls Brings Women to the Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospitals The Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospitals offered women an evening of pampering and education at the Healthy Night Out with the Girls. This quarterly event has been bringing women to the hospital for years. “We created Healthy Night Out with...

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Catherine’s Bridal Boutique Will Fulfill All Your Homecoming Needs

Catherine’s Bridal Boutique Will Fulfill All Your Homecoming Needs With homecoming right around the corner, the search for dresses is on many high school girls’ minds. Seniors Kayla Ferrari, Tori Kolar, and Marissa Cavanaugh headed to Catherine’s Bridal Boutique in downtown Valparaiso with the hopes of finding...

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15th Annual Tour de La Porte Helps Community Fight Cancer Together

15th Annual Tour de La Porte Helps Community Fight Cancer Together The second day of the Tour de La Porte brought out over 1,000 runners and walkers and over 120 volunteers for a total of three races. Held at Soldiers Memorial Park, participants were able to compete in either a 5k, 10k, or half-marathon. Click here...

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Opportunity Enterprises, VU Graduate School, Valpo Parks Team Up for Block Party

Opportunity Enterprises, VU Graduate School, Valpo Parks Team Up for Block Party Since the opening of Central Park Plaza, hundreds of events have brought the community closer together. Thursday night, Opportunity Enterprises, the Valparaiso University Graduate School, and the Valparaiso Parks Department teamed up to create...

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Community Supports United Way of La Porte County at 12th Annual Golf Outing

Community Supports United Way of La Porte County at 12th Annual Golf Outing Despite rainfall, members of the community came out to support the United Way of La Porte County at their 12th annual golf outing on Monday, August 15th. Not only did the day offer unique prizes and plenty of food, but also a great cause for the...

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Community and Law Enforcement Come Together for National Night Out

Community and Law Enforcement Come Together for National Night Out Valparaiso transformed into one big neighborhood Tuesday evening with the annual National Night Out. The word “neighbors” took on a whole new meaning with 11 different locations in Valparaiso offering the chance to meet those living around you,...

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