Stacey Kellogg

It’s said that the ancient Babylonians may have been the first people to make New Year’s Resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. So now at least we know whom to blame when we’re waiting 45 minutes for the elliptical at the gym until March or so....

Editor's Note: The photo above is Gene Donohue, holding his daughter's tiny foot. Before she was born, Willow Donahue was exceptionally unique. So much more than anyone ever expected. Parents Kristiana and Gene Donahue learned at 20 weeks of...

If you want to know the story of Valparaiso Community Schools – the REAL story – you’ll need to see and hear it through the eyes and instruments of the students. There is no better way to do that than to experience This Is Our Story, a festival...

As a high school teenager, Amber Janeczko took a park-time secretary job at a nursing facility within walking distance from her home. The decision planted a seed that eventually grew into a decades-long career in healthcare, particularly working with...

In 1990, Robyn Walsworth sat in a makeshift classroom inside a school bus bay in Valparaiso, separated from her student peers by giant Visqueen walls that flapped and floated in the circulating air. It felt… unfinished, for sure, but Walsworth...

You would think that being a nurse would give you the upper hand when you learn you have cancer. Perhaps, in terms of the knowledge base, but not in terms of the fear factor. Just ask Shirley Edwards. “I found a lump in my breast and scheduled a...