From the moment Luke Hansen belted out a beauty of a national anthem that put a huge charge into the crowd, it was evident this was not just another basketball game that was about to be played. And it wasn’t just another game. It was a once-a-year event that has posted up in a special place in the hearts of […]

It’s not uncommon for people to go south this time of the year, but just how far south? Kirk and Betty Whiting of Chesterton probably have everyone beat. The couple traveled clear down to Antarctica over the last couple of weeks of January with their friends, Kathy and Mel Goldman of Lowell and Donna and Ken Morgan of Connecticut. The […]

Robert DeRuntz, Social Studies teacher at Chesterton High School, was honored with a certificate and a check for $100.00 from the William Henry Harrison Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution on Thursday. The award was given in recognition of Mr. DeRuntz’s outstanding work in the classroom and for incorporating the three tenets of DAR: Patriotism, Historic […]

Icy conditions have ebbed and flowed along the Lake Michigan shoreline to an unusual degree this winter, corresponding with the extreme temperature swings. This week, a dangerous beauty known as “shelf ice” has appeared along the South Shore beaches. Just before Christmas when the area was engulfed by a polar blast that sent wind chills up to 50 degrees below […]