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Workers from Tudor Restoration gut the office of Porter County Elections & Registration Director Sundae Schoon Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, after flooding filled the space with six inches of water. Officials hope to be back in the renovated space by late August. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Porter County election office moving back to office by late August

May 13, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

Porter County hopes to have restoration of its Elections & Registration Office complete by the end of August after Feb. 16 flooding.

Retired Valparaiso University professor and former director of the Brauer Museum of Art Richard Brauer speaks during his induction ceremony into Eta of Indiana Chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at VU's Center for the Arts Friday, May 9, 2025, while Chapter President Joe Creech looks on. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Richard Brauer, museum’s founder and namesake, inducted as honorary member into Phi Beta Kappa

May 10, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Richard Brauer, former director of the Valparaiso University Brauer Museum of Art which bears his name, was inducted as an honorary member into the university’s chapter of the Phi Beta...

Indiana State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point, reads a resolution Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the Porter County Expo Center honoring Porter-Starke for 50 years of service to Northwest Indiana. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Porter-Starke celebrates 50th anniversary with community stakeholders

May 9, 2025 at 12:40 p.m.

Porter-Starke Services celebrated its 50th anniversary in Northwest Indiana Thursday in a full Porter County Expo Center ballroom.

Sonia Fabbri of Duneland Community Church addresses the audience at the Porter County Housing Assembly Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Christ Lutheran Church in Valparaiso. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso leaders pledge to clergy and community to take steps toward more affordable housing

May 4, 2025 at 1:04 p.m.

Faith leaders secured public promises from Valparaiso officials to take steps to solve the affordable housing problem in Valparaiso.

More than 200 people gathered for a May Day protest on the south side of the Porter County Courthouse on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Protesters on both sides take to downtown Valparaiso for International Workers Day

May 1, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

Hundreds gathered Thursday afternoon in front of the Porter County Courthouse in Valparaiso to protest the Trump administration.

Biomedical engineer senior Ava Stadler points out features to the hybrid prothesis she and her team, including computer engineering senior Jovanis Prodanich, left, to Garet Sendaj at the Valparaiso University College of Engineering’s annual Engineering Design Expo in Valparaiso, Indiana, Saturday, April 26, 2025. Sendaj, of Lowell, lost his left hand while working on a farm 14 years ago. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso University engineering students find joy in creating things that work as intended

April 28, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

Valparaiso University's senior engineering majors presented their final projects during the annual Design Expo Saturday.

A standing-room-only crowd opposing data centers proposed for Wheeler spills out of the commissioners chamber at the Porter County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Porter County plans May 13 town hall on data centers proposed for Union Township

April 26, 2025 at 11:19 a.m.

Porter County officials gave an overview Tuesday of what residents should expect from a town hall on proposed data centers in Wheeler.

Porter County Board of Commissioners President Jim Biggs, R-North, addresses NWI Activists Lisa Kaffenberger and Deb McLeod Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during their petition for a permit to protest on May 1 as part of the 50501 Movement. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Porter County Commissioners grant protest permit for May 1 but hold fast on future requests

April 22, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

Porter County Commissioners approved a permit Tuesday for the 50501 Movement to hold a protest on the south lawn of the courthouse May 1, but won't loosen permitting requirements for...

Junior Claire Demmon, on left, introduces a song as senior Braden Kennelly, center, and junior Ella Tonelli stand nearby as Chesterton High School's student radio station, WDSO, starts its yearly fundraising radiothon on Friday, April 18, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton High School’s radio station kicks off annual radiothon with music and donor shout-outs

April 20, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

Chesterton High School radio station WDSO is holding its annual radiothon to raise supplemental funds for expenses.

Indiana Dunes Tourism CEO Christine Livingston addresses the crowd at the 2025 State of the Indiana Dunes program Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

State of Porter County tourism: Indiana Dunes Tourism generates $25.6 million in state and local taxes

April 19, 2025 at 2:11 p.m.

A commitment by Indiana Dunes Tourism to work with regional partners is going well, per the State of the Indiana Dunes presentation.

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