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‘I’ve always wanted to be a farmer’: Indiana recognizes longstanding generational farms

The Rosenthal Homestead in Crown Point may be down to 20 acres, but it’s still the heart of the extended family that has grown from it for six generations.

Toni Rosenthal-Claus walks the hay fields on her property, which s was handed down through her family. The Rosenthal Homestead in Crown Point is a sesquicentennial awardee in this year's Hoosier Homestead awards, which recognize generationally owned Hoosier family farms. The property tour took place on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Trees fallen by August's storms sit in Coffee Creek during a walkthrough of damage caused the Aug. 11 derecho, on Friday, September 25, 2026. Environmentalists are focused on improving Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy in the wake of the storm. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Planning commission focuses on rebuilding Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy

Sundae Schoon, Porter County Director of Elections and Registration, explains the testing of ballots at the election test Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, in preparation for the general election. Early voting starts Tuesday. (Shelley Jones/for the Post-Tribune)

Officials test Porter County election equipment ahead of early voting

Candidates in District 19 differ on ways to fix property tax reform law

By Jim Masters

October 4, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

The race for Indiana House District 19 pits five-term incumbent Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point,...

Site work is ongoing at the Amazon Web Services development at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street, such as grading of the land, development of temporary buildings used by construction workers and engineers and building of a NIPSCO substation on-site. (Jim Masters/For the Post-Tribune)

Data centers are the next chapter in Indiana’s industrial heritage

By Jeff Danielson

October 3, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

Northwest Indiana has never been a spectator in America’s economic story. Region Hoosiers have forged...

Mrvan, Regnitz facing off for Northwest Indiana U.S. Congress seat

By Maya Wilkins

October 3, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

Incumbent Rep. Frank Mrvan is seeking another term while Republican Porter County Commissioner Barb Regnitz...

Porter County Administration Building, 155 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso.
- Original Credit: Porter County

Two current deputy coroners vie to be the next Porter County coroner

By Jim Woods

October 3, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Porter County will have a new coroner in 2027 as two current deputies are vying...

Light pours through circular roof openings on the newly renovated seventh floor of Calumet College of St. Joseph's main academic building in Hammond, Indiana, June 4, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Cal College gets federal grant to build catering kitchen, wellness center

By Carole Carlson

October 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Calumet College of St. Joseph has won a $1.44 million grant from the U.S. Department...

Mount Carmel's Marshaun Thornton (3) elevates for a one-handed grab on fourth down against Providence during a CCL crossover game in Chicago on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / for the Daily Southtown)

Week 7 recap: How Chicagoland high school football teams fared

By baiduhai

October 3, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Here's how Chicagoland high school football teams fared in Week 7 of play.

State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton, speaks about proposed legislation that would allow locked-out workers to collect unemployment insurance, during a press conference at the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 headquarters on Friday, October 2, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana legislators pitch unemployment benefit bill for locked-out BP workers

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 3, 2026 at 7:00 a.m.

British Petroleum's actions in the wake of the lockout of more than 800 workers in...

On senior night, Hobart’s Aleks Tatum returns to form vs. Hanover Central, considers ‘what I’m leaving behind’

By Michael Osipoff

October 3, 2026 at 12:36 a.m.

Aleks Tatum completes 8 of 12 passes for 210 yards and four touchdowns and also...

What was once a “retired” dairy farm for decades, back in 2008 owned by the Maranowicz family, has now been sold and revived in 2026 with the return of bovine residents housed in the barn, with a distinct corn silo featuring a faded beer ad along U.S. 421 in San Pierre, Indiana. (Philip Potempa/provided)

From the Farm: Grain harvest season woeful, from fuel cost to memories of Dad

By Philip Potempa

October 2, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

This fall harvest season for 2026 hasn’t been an easy one.

FILE - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks during a news conference in Schererville, Ind., on Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Indiana Attorney General sues state court commission, Lake County prosecutor

By Maya Wilkins

October 2, 2026 at 4:35 p.m.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced he's sued Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission members, including...

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