Skyler Sherwood, a junior at Hobart High School, has been an active member of a community she loves and a student who constantly shows everyone around her what it means to be a #1StudentNWI. Born and raised in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Sherwood moved to...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Mike Swartzentruber
For veteran coach Mike Swartzentruber, a new town to call home has to have two characteristics: a small town with big city pastimes and a love of baseball. He found that in his big move to St. John. Born and raised in Washington, Indiana, a small...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Jane Delligatti
When Jane Delligatti arrived in Chesterton in 1982, she was a single mother looking for a full-time job. She stumbled upon the Duneland YMCA, where she was met with the same generosity, opportunities, and kindness that she now shows community members...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Dara Grady
Care Packages for the Region, or CPR, is the new, simple project one region-er started to help her fellow community members. There is nothing fancy – the drawstring bags may have the year 2014 written on them – but that is not the point, owner...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Maura Durham
Maura Durham, the President of the Duneland Chamber of Commerce, grew up in Michigan City where she attended and graduated from Michigan City High School. She then continued her education at Ball State University where she majored in advertising and...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Jon Haas
Jon Haas, a Crown Point High School mathematics teacher and the Valparaiso University women’s golf coach, is an east coast native who grew up in a small town in western Maine called West Paris. He attended high school at Oxford Hills High School,...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Natalie Johnson
Natalie Johnson stands on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and just looks out. She feels the waves on her toes, hears the waves wisp near her ears, and sees the plants, the birds, and the people all surrounding her. “To be so close to Lake Michigan...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Marissa McDermott
Marissa McDermott has successfully completed her first political race, becoming the new Lake County Circuit Court Judge. As she transitions from her old job to her new, she is learning a lot, but wishes for one thing: more hours in the day! McDermott...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Tami Bianco
Along the lakeshore, rocks and sand are continually washed in and out of the water. Tami Bianco walks back and forth as the rising sun breaks across the Lake Michigan horizon. However, her eyes are not watching the sunrise, they are glued to ground,...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Jenny Soffin
Northwest Indiana. This little region is IN the middle of the U.S. It is IN between Chicago and Michigan. It is IN an area that has 40 miles of coastline, the INdiana Dunes State Park, INdustrial companies, and INcludes a lot of cool people. Jenny...
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