Northern Indiana is full of people working hard every day to make their communities a better place. Since 2011, GreatNews.Life has been putting the spotlight on the people spreading this positivity in the Region with our Life in the Spotlight series. New articles are published every Wednesday, so be sure to check back often to learn more about the stories of great people doing great things in Northern Indiana.
Katie Hess and Alexis Dines have created a captivating children's book about the Indiana Dunes called “A Day At The Dunes.” Hess, an eight-year teacher at Westchester Middle School in Duneland, and Dines, a marketing designer, share a deep...
The summer going into his junior year at Hobart High School, Trey Gibson, along with his brother Bradley Gibson and friend Jacob Oehmen, bought a couple of small pressure washers thinking it’d be a fun way to earn some extra money while out of...
Tim Cagle leads Holy Smokes Ministries, a family-focused organization dedicated to combining faith and fellowship through its unique approach to ministry. Supported by a close bonded team, Holy Smokes brings together family members to help with all...
Christine Neal is the Executive Officer of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Northwest Indiana and a licensed real estate agent in both Indiana and Illinois. "I grew up in Cedar Lake, surrounded by water, which shaped a lot of my...
Monique Maldonado’s accomplishments over the years are nothing short of incredible. As a wife, a mother of two, a beauty pageant winner, an author, a Latin dancer and instructor, and a blogger, the East Chicago native has a laundry list of...
It’s no secret that technology dominates nearly every aspect of our lives. From phones being seemingly glued to our hands to the rise of artificial intelligence altering how we perform daily tasks, there are many out there who simply want to be one...
For Andrea Puente, being the Director of Marketing & Sales at Belvedere Senior Housing feels like a true full-circle moment. Growing up close to her grandmother, whom she calls Mama, the East Chicago native cultivated a special relationship that...
Chris Orange, property manager at Lowell's Buckley Homestead, began his career shortly after graduating from Ball State University with a degree in history. He first worked at Oak Ridge Prairie in Griffith for two years before spending 12 years...
If you’ve ever taken a drive around Hobart, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Blastcamp Paintball & Airsoft. Located on Nike Missile Site C-47, which was used as a safe space for air defense in the Chicagoland area during the Cold War, the...
Anthony Hudson is a man of many talents. As a proud council member of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), a social media specialist at Indiana University Northwest (IUN), a YouTuber/podcaster and a new media journalist at...