Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) along with the NiSource Charitable Foundation has announced the winners of its 2025 Environmental Action Grant. The annual grant program awarded 23 local nonprofit organizations to help fund environmental projects and programming across NIPSCO's servic...

In Gary, groundbreaking was recently held for the Tolleston Opportunity Campus. The project is a collaboration between the city, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, Crossroads YMCA, and Methodist Hospitals. The ceremony at the campus site on West 19th Avenue took place at the current home of the Joh...

In Valparaiso, in partnership with the Northwest Indiana District 1 Firefighter Training Council, the MAAC Foundation announces the graduation of their Career Fire Academy with the ceremony to be held Friday, May 2, 2025, 6 pm at the MAAC Foundation First Responder Training Campus in the Heroes' Hangout Building. The M...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says crews from the Region were among those who deployed to northern Michigan over the weekend to assist Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) with cleanup after a catastrophic ice storm last month. A news release from INDOT said through the Emergency Management A...

In Valparaiso, the city says the Utility Field Services Division of Valparaiso City Services will begin a scheduled maintenance program for water main flushing Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Officials say this maintenance will be performed across the south side of Valparaiso, with Glendale Boulevard/Evans Avenue/Harrison B...

In Valparaiso, the city has again been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, receiving the recognition for two decades now. "We're so pleased to earn this designation, recognizing the priority Valparaiso puts on its trees. This is the City of Valparaiso's 20th year of earning this recognition," s...

In Hobart, a well-traveled section of State Road 51 will be closed through early August. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says part of SR 51 just north of Cleveland Avenue is set to close on or after Monday, April 14, 2025, first for gas line relocation work and then for culvert replacement. During thes...

In Winfield, Indiana American Water has announced it is putting a new 1.5-million-gallon elevated water tank in Winfield this month. Standing nearly 150 feet tall, the new concrete pedestal and steel water tank is located near East 117th Avenue and Randolph Street. The company said the new tank will increase water sto...

In the town of Porter, the Porter County Search and Rescue Team, Porter Fire, and Indiana Dunes National Park Law Enforcement Rangers conducted a search and rescue exercise near the Dunes Learning Center. The interagency exercise this past Sunday April 6, 2025 provided practice searching for missing visitors in the Nat...

In observance of National Safe Digging Month in April, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) is reminding Region homeowners and professionals to contact Indiana811 at least two full business days before starting any outdoor digging projects. The Merrillville-based utility company says even common do-it-yours...