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Porter County Administration Building, 155 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso.
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Investigation into Porter County official sparks discussion at county council meeting

September 16, 2024 at 4:19 p.m.

A special prosecutor announced Monday that he would not file charges against a Porter County elected official stemming from an incident in late August, but community members and a county...

Visitors stand near a table adorned with photos of Dakota Levi Stevens 10, who died in foster care in late April, during a vigil in his memory in Valparaiso on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

No contact order remains between woman charged with foster son’s death and her adopted sons

September 5, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.

A Liberty Township woman charged in the death of a foster boy in her care will have to continue abiding by a no-contact order for two of the adopted children...

Dick Brauer, founder of the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, pauses while speaking at Pines Village Retirement Communities in Valparaiso, Indiana Monday February 6, 2023. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Brauer Museum’s founder and namesake will remove name if Valparaiso University sells artwork

September 5, 2024 at 1:44 p.m.

Richard Brauer, who turned 97 last month, has said since he found out that Valparaiso University officials wanted to sell three cornerstone paintings from the campus museum that bears his...

A visitor walks among paintings, including Georgia O'Keeffe's "Rust Red Hills" (right) at the Brauer Museum of Art on the Valparaiso University campus in Valparaiso, Indiana Friday February 10, 2023. Campus and community members continue to react to announcement of the pending sale of O'Keeffe's and two other works to fund first-year student dorm renovations. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Magistrate rules Brauer Museum paintings can be sold, amending trust agreement

September 4, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

Three cornerstone paintings from the Brauer Museum of Art on the Valparaiso University campus, including one by Georgia O'Keeffe that has been displayed in museums across the globe, will be...

Richard Brauer withdraws from court case over sale of paintings from his namesake museum

August 30, 2024 at 4:13 p.m.

The last barrier to Valparaiso University's plan to auction off three cornerstone pieces of artwork from the Brauer Museum of Art has been removed as Richard Brauer, the museum's namesake,...

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder arrives with attorney, Jackie Bennett Jr, and his wife, Deborah, to federal court in Hammond on March 15, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder wants bribery case dismissed; feds want it retried

August 20, 2024 at 4:04 p.m.

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder's federal court case isn't over yet, as his attorneys and federal prosecutors make a bid to have his bribery case, which was overturned by the...

A sign on a truck in the parking lot of Geisen Funeral Home at the funeral of 10-year old Dakota Levi Stevens, calls for answers to his death, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Crown Point. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Post-Tribune)

Trial, other dates set for woman charged in foster boy’s death

August 13, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.

Jennifer Lee Wilson, the Liberty Township woman charged with reckless homicide in the death of a foster boy in her care, is slated to go to trial on March 3.

Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection. (Amy Lavalley / Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso University announces program cuts; ‘modest reduction’ in faculty expected

July 30, 2024 at 10:36 a.m.

Valparaiso University President José Padilla announced in a campus message Monday which of the university's academic programs are being cut, which are being "reimagined," and which ones will be re-evaluated...

June Reister, left, of South Haven, snaps a QR code on her cellphone for links to online petitions seeking justice in the death of foster child Dakota Levi Stevens, 10, while Melissa Mahler, center, Dakota's grandmother, and his aunt, Mary Snell, right, watch on Saturday. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Dakota Levi Stevens’ family seeks justice for his death even after charges filed against former foster mom

July 29, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

Once a month, Dakota Levi Stevens' family and supporters show up at the intersection of Indiana 149 and US 6 in Portage Township and occupy the sidewalks at the busy...

Judge in Donald Johnson case: ‘Your days of lying are almost done’

July 19, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.

A court-appointed receiver will take over responsibility for Donald M. Johnson's many properties to assure that any income from the properties is returned to the victims he defrauded of more...

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