No matter where one spends their childhood, it's never certain they'll spend the rest of their life there. However, despite where life takes them, everyone's guaranteed to take a piece of their hometown with them, just as Milwaukee, Wisconsin native...
Zach Blair
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Dorothy Bass
Born in Texas, Dorothy Bass has made quite the journey in her life. As her father was part of the Navy, she spent most of her childhood and young adult life growing up on the East Coast, where she attended high school, college, and graduate school....
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Dick Clarke
An outsider to The Region since he was born and raised in Houston, Texas, Dick Clarke has made quite the journey in his life. Even if it is what others may call leisure, he’s created a glamorous living for himself out of all that he enjoys to do,...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Madison Bell
Sports have an easy way of bringing people together, especially the younger generations. With youth sports, it’s not uncommon for kids to be smiling like angels when they hit their first baseball off a tee, or when their small figures lob up a...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: John Gildein
Life’s a good pitcher, in that it’s good at throwing anyone and everyone curveballs. Those tricky pitches can be aimed at anything, too — one’s work life, their health. While these challenges exist for everyone, there’s one man in the...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Amanda Brown-Holler
Nowadays, it’s not rare to find people — especially the teachers of the Earth — who can speak multiple languages, those people even going as far to teach said languages as a full-time job. One of those educators happens to make her living right...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Jeanie Sienkowski
The next generation of leaders will forever be indebted to those who have first-hand seen them come up in their lives, and some of those special influencers happen to be the educators of the world. One of those seminal forces resides right here in...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Lynn Gralik
When great people take on big roles in their working lives, just as Lynn Gralik has by becoming the Director of Human Resources (HR) for the City of Valparaiso, lives are bound to be impacted in promising ways. And it’s even more positive when...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Katie Gollbach
The Region’s full of amazing people and because of the way life goes, sometimes those people move on to brighter endeavors, ones that prompt them to leave the area. For Katie Gollbach — who grew up in Valparaiso and also attended high school...
Zao Island’s Reggae Express Concert 2022
Summer is officially in session, and Zao Island is ready to bring in the fun with its 2022 concert series. People of all ages are invited to join the party every Friday night for live music, food, and entertainment like go-karting, mini-golf, and...