What's recently happened? Sports and academics have excelled at Morgan Township High School (MTHS) throughout the 2023-2024 school year. Towards the end of the year, finals and awards were on every student’s minds. On Thursday, May 23 students...
What’s recently happened? Wheeler High School and Union Township Middle School (UTMS) Choir Director Pamela “Pam” Hardesty is retiring this year after 34 years of hard work and dedication. Wheeler and UTMS choir students were having their final...
What’s recently happened? In early May, Washington Township High School (WTHS) had its Prom at Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Indiana. The banquet hall was decorated with floating lanterns and purple and gold balloons everywhere, matching...
For Ty Artherhults, the first signs of cancer came in the fall of 2021. Artherhults was experiencing bowel problems and other significant symptoms, which led him to see Dr. Hector Marchand, Jr. in Valparaiso. Around Christmas, Marchand ran tests on...
What’s recently happened? Boone Grove High School held its last choir concert of the year on Tuesday, May 14, in the small gymnasium. This emotional event marked the last choir concert for 12 seniors who will be graduating in May. “Choir...
What's recently happened? Morgan Township High School (MTHS) is heading into the last part of its 2023-2024 school year, with extracurricular elections and important events highlighting student success at the end of April. One such event was the MTHS...
What’s recently happened? On April 16, students from Washington Township High School (WTHS) attended the final academic team competition at Wheeler High School. These students have worked hard for months learning about their different subjects, all...
What’s recently happened? The week of April 22 to April 26 has been Spirit Week for the 2024 Prom at Wheeler High School (WHS). The spirit days included Celebrity Day, Mathletes versus Athletes, Western Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, and...
It’s no secret people love their animals. There are entire industries dedicated to helping showcase if we’re a “dog mom,” a “cat dad,” or if we have “grandpups on board.” Signs adorn houses reminding you it’s their house so “yes,...
Gary resident LaKenya Mackey-Ellis beat breast cancer not once, but twice. It would start when Mackey-Ellis went for a routine mammogram where she found out she had breast cancer. She was diagnosed for the first time on June 17, 2017. “I was pretty...
