PNW’s online nursing programs earn U.S. News and World Report rankings

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Purdue University Northwest’s online nursing programs offered by the College of Nursing are once again recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Programs rankings, released Tuesday, Jan. 25. PNW’s nationally recognized RN-to-BSN online program was ranked 39 in the nation in the Best Online Bachelor’s Programs category, moving up from 48 in 2021. This program offers an […]

Earth Day celebration returning April 30

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Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction is again sponsoring Northwest Indiana Earth Day 2022, slated for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Porter County Expo Center, 215 E. Division Road, Valparaiso. More than 2,000 residents from all over the region attend this fun, family-friendly celebration, which was put on pause last year because of the COVID-19 […]

Butter me up!

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Food


With the new, heightened awareness we have on plant fiber being such a crucial component for our body’s micro biome – the seat of our immune system’s soul – I’ve been finding myself thinking of ways to work more varieties of winter squash into the foods we like to eat. However, with so many fussy eaters out there, I figured […]

Trojans dominate another DAC foe

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Making the extra pass, moving the ball rapidly, bringing the intensity from the opening tip, all those Chesterton basketball staples were loudly on display Friday night at Lake Central. Predictably, a blowout followed, and Chesterton headed home with a 74-44 victory and its undefeated record preserved. The fact that their player with the most untapped potential is in the midst […]

Scoreboard

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Basketball  Boys Chesterton 74, Lake Central 44 Chesterton (74): Tyler Parrish 13, Travis Grayson 22, Owen Guest 5, Justin Sims 18, Chris Mullen 8, Carson Parrish 0, George Vrahoretis, Nick Furmanek 0, Sean Kasper 6, Jordan Hughes 2, Greg Guernsey 0. Lake Central (44): Ethan Knopf 2, Myles Yekich 4, Jaiden Clayton 7, Brandon Escobedo 7, Karson Colin 4, Mitch […]

Girls suffer heart-breaking injury, loss on senior night

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A serious knee injury, a near miss, and a team that didn’t show any signs of quitting. Senior night proved to be a pretty fair summary of how the regular season went for the Chesterton girls basketball squad in a 50-49 loss Wednesday night to visiting Gary West Side. Carley Balas led the way for the Trojans and fellow senior […]

Gymnast Bayley Fowler bounces back with pride

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An athlete with a shallower connection to gymnastics might have taken what was happening to her body as a sign to find another passion. That’s not the decision Chesterton freshman Bayley Fowler made and here she is twisting and turning in the air, landing and smiling, impressing spectators and judges alike. The pain, the multiple trips to the doctor’s office […]

Duneland Dots and Dashes: Freshman girls hoops team makes stunning improvement

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By overusing data such as a pitcher’s spin rate and a hitter’s launch angle and exit velocity, too many chroniclers of baseball have turned accounts of a game that used to lend itself so well to story-telling into unreadable gibberish. Numbers have replaced people. It’s one of the few societal declines disguised as progress that Rod Serling didn’t forecast in […]

Robert Poparad

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Robert Poparad, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully in his home after a long battle with Lung cancer in the early morning hours of Friday, January 28th 2022. Bob is survived by his wife of 45 years, Maria (Maple); children Kelley (m. Michael) Killebrew, Bob (m. Amber Rosetti) Poparad, Christina (m. Kenneth) Albright, and Melanie (m. Jeremy) Kelly, […]

Voice of the People

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Will civility and common sense ever return to our country or for that matter, the world? Kathy Bryant  Chesterton