Government

The Michigan City Refuse Department will begin its  Annual Fall Clean-Up on Monday, October 7, 2024. This five-week clean-up will follow the  City’s regular trash collection schedule, with a different area targeted each week. ...

Nominate a Rising Star by November 1! The Rising Star Recognition program celebrates the abundance of responsible, intelligent and hardworking youth that contribute to the success of Valparaiso every day. Volunteer work inside and outside...

When they’re completed, the two new public parking lots on Grant Ave. and East Indiana Ave. will provide approximately 100 new spaces in Downtown Chesterton. Assistant Town Engineer Matt Gavelek took the Town Council on a virtual tour of those two...

Once upon a time the most notable furnishing in the Chesterton town hall’s meeting room was a long wooden bench looking remarkably like a church pew, salvaged years earlier from the New York Central’s passenger depot. That bench was typically...

The Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County will host their final Household Hazardous Waste and tire collection of the season on Saturday, October 12th, 2024 at the Porter County Expo Center located at 215 E Division Road,...

Firefighters must not only be light on their feet but sure of foot Ladders, staircases, and roofs. Attics, basements, and crawlspaces. Every scene is potentially an obstacle course which firefighters must navigate and negotiate, all the while wearing...

The Crown Point Fire Department is expanding its services.  In the first quarter of 2025, the department expects to launch a pilot mobile integrated health (MIH) program, Crown Point Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. announced at the Sept. 16...

Officer Evan Dinterman and K-9 Blitz conduct a demonstration during the annual Hometown Heroes Charity Ride at Bulldog Park on Aug. 25, 2024.  The Crown Point Police Department recently welcomed a new K-9 duo to the team.  In late August,...

The annual 9/11 memorial at Chesterton High School (CHS)—long loved and appreciated by the community—continues this year, with the planting of 2,977 small flags in the grassy area in front of the athletic stadium on South 11th Street. Each flag...

In response to several recent questions from the community regarding dead wildlife, the City of Valparaiso wishes to remind residents of how to handle dead animals discovered on private property. “We follow the lead of the Department of Natural...