Valparaiso adds three new officers to force
Three young men stood in front of family and friends Monday, being told why they made the cut out of almost 200 who applied to be the first additional police...
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Valparaiso employer readies abatements for possible business sale
Preparations were made Monday for the sale of one of Valparaiso's biggest employers to a potential buyer. The City Council approved a resolution that would ensure the transfer of six...
Budget takes hit when grant halved in Valpo
With the Valparaiso Redevelopment Commission receiving only about half of the grant money it requested, programs and finances will change from the budget plan presented earlier this month. The Regional...
Dog park in ’17 plan for Valparaiso
A Valparaiso dog park is now a certainty for 2017, although an opening date won't be known until about February, Parks Superintendent John Seibert said. However, the city officially closed...
Woman who stole from Boys and Girls Club ordered to pay $32K restitution
The Union Township woman found guilty of stealing from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Porter County has six years to repay the $32,686 that records show she took. However,...
This Santa writes back to Hobart kids
Gilbert Velez receives many interesting letters as Santa's helper at the Hobart Post Office, but two stand out this year – a multi-colored list asking for a vacuum, a dragon,...
Valparaiso library to expand parking lot
The Valparaiso library's parking lot will be expanded in the spring to cover the open fields where businesses and houses were demolished over the summer, the Porter County Public Library...
Condo complex scaled back in Valparaiso
After residents of downtown Valparaiso complained about the size of a proposed condominium complex, developers have revised plans to build four instead of six three-story units. The new plans for...
Anti-TPP activists ask Valpo council for support
A Northwest Indiana coalition against the Trans Pacific Partnership is trying to raise more grass-roots support for its cause in Porter County, especially with local governments. So before the Nov....
Valpo considering merging city, township parks
People living in the unincorporated area surrounding Valparaiso could be under the auspices of the city's Parks Department by January The move would give them residents' rates for park activities,...