Community

The Porter County Community Foundation (PCCF) was started in 1996 to strengthen its community through generous giving and leadership. Through its Community Fund, PCCF has recently awarded 33 grants to local groups and organizations. ...

Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. As an Eagle Scout, Jeff Strack, president and CEO of Strack & Van Til, strives to live up to these 12 points of the Scout Law every...

At Life Care Centers of America, we have the privilege of seeing hundreds of patients regain their strength and independence through our short-term therapy services every year. And that shouldn't come as a surprise, considering the many talented...

33 Nonprofits Benefit from the Generosity of Community Members The Porter County Community Foundation approved $232,184 in grants to 33 local nonprofit organizations as part of its first of two grant cycles for 2024. Grant recipients...

The City of Valparaiso is inviting youth to apply to join the annual Mayor’s Youth Council, designed to encourage youth to interact with City government, build leadership skills and enhance civic engagement. The Council will include 15-20 members...

Biology professor Ming Gao, 5 students visited Washington, D.C. for The Allied Genetics Conference Dr. Ming Gao, Associate Professor of Biology at Indiana University Northwest, stood alongside five students — Abraham Fielder, Deep Govani, Evan...

To help address hunger throughout the region, the employees throughout Northwest Health collected nearly 800 jars of peanut butter during its Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive in March. All of that peanut butter was then donated to local food pantries...

I’m proud to be part of the Kankakee Valley REMC team for many reasons, and one of the biggest is the commitment your co-op’s employees demonstrate to serving your needs. Every member of our team is focused on keeping members like you safe and...

Prospective college students and their families are invited to join Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Preview PNW campus information session on April 27 to learn more about attending the region’s premier metropolitan university. Located just 30...

The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest hosted the inaugural Uthiverse StartUp Madness Business Pitch Tournament at the Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Hammond campus on March 30. Student teams from Hammond Central, Lowell and Munster high...