Sam Malkowski

Unsatisfied hunger is a growing problem in low income families all across the nation. It hits especially hard this time of year, when parents are struggling to put food on the table and gifts under the tree. No one wants to deny their child the...

The Lifers at Ideas in Motion Media spent all year collecting your stories. With every early morning marathon, high school basketball game, and well planned fundraiser we have watched our community grow stronger. We have met ordinary people doing...

The Boys and Girls Club of South Haven had a few extra visitors on Tuesday, December 15th. NorthShore Health Centers came to spread Christmas joy and they brought Santa Claus with them. The entire community was invited to come visit Santa. NorthShore...

On Sunday, December 13th, Valparaiso University celebrated the end of an era with recollection, words of wisdom, and good tidings for the future at the 2015 Winter Commencement ceremony. The students may be leaving campus but the staff of Valparaiso...

Every year, South Shore Arts in Hammond hosts a three-week project based on the children’s book “The Polar Express”. First graders from every school in the city come to Substation 9 to craft train themed ornaments, listen to the story, and...

On Saturday, December 5th, the Duneland Chamber of Commerce brought the festivities inside for the Christmas installation of their European Market. For one day only the gymnasiums and hallways of Chesterton's Westchester Middle School were filled...

More than 100 people woke up early to wait in the cold for the opening of the 18th Annual Hospice of the Calumet Area Cookie Walk on Saturday morning. It has become a tradition of the community to support the HCA’s efforts through donations, time...

If anyone knows how to put the fun into fundraiser it is the YMCA. For the fourth year in a row, the Duneland community YMCA hosted their “Dancing Like the Stars” dinner to raise money for their organization. On November 7th, 2015 their Great...

Downtown Chesterton was overrun on October 30th with witches, creepers, and ghouls going building to building in search of candy to plunder. No need to alert the townsfolk though: they were all there, clad in their finest costumes for the annual...

St Mary Medical Center welcomed a private group of Portage citizens to the ribbon cutting ceremony at their newly remodeled Health Care Center on Arbors St. in Portage. The new facilities feature a diagnostics department and an immediate care clinic....