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Valparaiso City Council President Robert Cotton, seated left in audience, and at-Large Valparaiso City Council Member Emilie Hunt, listen to Valparaiso City Attorney Patrick Lyp pose questions during the first round interviews at Valparaiso City Hall on Monday, May 6, 2024, for the next appointed board member for Valparaiso Schools. The candidates are, from left to right: Brett Miller, Ron Donahue, Kurt Minko and Ashley Kruse. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso School Board applicants complete first round of public interviews

May 12, 2024 at 7:49 a.m.

A 2½-hour panel interview, with 21 questions submitted by the public, faced four candidates for the Valparaiso School Board seat vacant following Jon Costas’ departure from the board when he...

Columnist Philip Potempa’s parents Peggy and Chester were guests at the San Pierre Alumni Dinner and Railroad Scholarship Ceremony on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at the San Pierre All Saints Catholic Church Hall. Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Mom still appreciates telephone landline and easy kitchen recipes

May 10, 2024 at 10:53 a.m.

The days of the kitchen wall mounted, black telephone landline is quickly fading into the past.

Nearly 40 woven wonders and fanciful fabric creations are featured in the exhibit “Stitched, Woven and Hooked” now through June 15. (Lubeznik Center for the Arts)

Fiber takes focus of Lubeznik ‘Stitched’ exhibit in Michigan City

May 9, 2024 at 9:42 a.m.

Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City presents the exhibit “Stitched, Woven and Hooked” through June 15.

Talent producer and pageant coordinator Evelyn LaHaie is shown in the trophy room of her Northwest Indiana home in this May 2021 photo. The Jackson family acknowledges LaHaie as the clever show biz promoter who named their performing group the Jackson Five when they launched in the 1960s. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

Of Notoriety: Jackson Brothers Hard Rock weekend includes Gary school invite

May 9, 2024 at 9:23 a.m.

The last time the Jackson Brothers performed at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in Gary was in February 2022.

Towering blooming turnips provide a sea of yellow along Indiana 10 in San Pierre in one of the 80-acre fields of the Wappel Farm. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Neighbors’ turnips field ‘salad bowl’ brimming with color to draw bees and wildlife

May 3, 2024 at 12:37 p.m.

Though not part of our family menus while growing up, later in life with my adult appetite I learned how much I like “boiled greens” as a side dish. A...

Mary Margaret McCormack, left, and Martin Downs star in “The Spider or the Fly?,” May 3-May 19 at Towle Theater in Hammond. (Towle Theater)

Towle’s ‘The Spider or the Fly?’ catches audiences in suspense

May 2, 2024 at 12:32 p.m.

Towle Theater presents “The Spider or the Fly?” May 3-May 19 in Hammond.

David Gerard of Hammond is seen in his entertaining circus alter ego make-up and guise as “Pockets the Clown” in a 1982 promotional photo from Frazen Brothers Circus. Gerard died at age 64 on April 11. (Photo courtesy of Acevez Funeral Home)

Potempa: Hammond Ringling clown-turned-Ronald McDonald David Gerard dead at age 64

May 1, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus made a touring return last fall in September 2023 after a shuttered pause in 2017 that seemed to be the final chapter...

Executive Chef Gabe Rosado, hospitality and nutrition services director at Hartsfield Village, uses a frosting and pastry fluting bag to pipe dark chocolate frosting on trays of banana muffin cupcakes Friday, April 26, 2024, as assisted by Purdue University Northwest senior Shalini Kattupalli, who created the award-winning recipe. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

Cupcake winner serves sweet reward to ‘ageless’ residents of Hartsfield Village

April 29, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

Purdue Northwest senior Shalini Kattupalli is graduating in May, but she said she’s still learning every day.

Columnist Philip Potempa displays a farm kitchen quartet of pale pastel hue eggs gifted from the hens of Renee Giragos of Munster. (Philip Potempa/for Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Milk, eggs and DeMotte reader’s family travel history all noteworthy this week

April 26, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.

Much attention has been given this week to the unfortunate news of Oberweis Dairy, headquartered at 951 Ice Cream Drive in North Aurora, Illinois, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in...

Ashley Montelongo of the Porter Council Public Library displays a featured favorite book about dragons to young audiences at Valparaiso University during the 2023 Dunes LitFest. (Valparaiso University)

Dunes LitFest 2024 marks event’s 2nd year with move to downtown Valparaiso

April 25, 2024 at 7:18 a.m.

Dunes LitFest 2024 will be held May 3 in Central Park Plaza in downtown Valparaiso.

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