Amy Lavalley

Three former employees of Fair Oaks Farms are facing felony counts of torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal.

3 charged with animal torture at Fair Oaks Farms not in custody

June 11, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Three former employees of Fair Oaks Farms have been charged with a single felony count each of torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal, and single misdemeanor counts of cruelty to...

Porter County Museum director Kevin Pazour

Porter County historical groups praised by commissioners

June 11, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

The Porter County Board of Commissioners spent Tuesday steeped in history, commending the executive director of the Porter County Museum on a recent award and helping the Kankakee Valley Historical...

Abatement for Valparaiso Bluejay 1 project wins city approval

June 11, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

A new development north of Indiana Beverage on Indiana 49 that officials said is unlike anything else of its kind in Valparaiso will receive a seven-year tax abatement after a...

Firefighter Donnie Pfeiffer, of the Olathe, Kan., fire department, rewards K9 Zuch in a training scenario on Monday, June 10, 2019, for the first day of a weeklong K-9 training operation at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative in Valparaiso.

Police K-9 handlers test, teach 4-legged officers in Valparaiso seminar

June 11, 2019 at 7:53 a.m.

Gary Police Cpl. John Aribey, who's in charge of the K-9 unit for his department, said a national K-9 training workshop being sponsored by the Valparaiso Police Department this week...

3 former Fair Oaks Farms employees face cruelty charges tied to animal rights group’s videos

June 11, 2019 at 7:48 a.m.

As a result of the investigation into alleged animal cruelty to calves at Fair Oaks Farms, charges have been filed against three former workers for the beating of a vertebrate...

Police: Porter Township man faces charges after chase

June 10, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

Porter police arrested a Porter Township man early Saturday after a high-speed chase into LaPorte County and a foot pursuit. Police arrested Michael Vysinka, 45, of the first block of...

Porter County Sheriff David Reynolds confers degrees to graduates of the jail's chemical dependency program in 2017.

The Porter County Jail population is down, and officials cite a pilot program as a big reason

June 10, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

The Porter County Jail population is the lowest it's been in 15 years. Officials attribute that to a number of things, including the county's participation in a pilot program for...

Valparaiso GOP pick Howe to fill vacant City Council seat

June 7, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

With only one candidate, Valparaiso Republicans made quick work Thursday of selecting Holly Howe as an at-large member of the Valparaiso City Council to finish the term of Trista Hudson,...

Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County was the subject of an investigation by an animal rights organization..

Fair Oaks founder: Animal rights group’s video ‘goes against everything we stand for’

June 5, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

A video posted by an animal rights organization revealing the apparent abuse and mistreatment of calves at Fair Oaks Farms set off a chain of events including a public apology...

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