LOWELL – A Purdue University Northwest faculty member has assumed additional responsibilities as director of the Northwest Indiana Robotic (NIRo) Observatory. As appointed head of Northwest Indiana’s premiere optical astronomy research facility, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Adam Rengstorf of Valparaiso oversees all aspects of the observatory, management and maintenance of its NIRo Telescope […]
MUNSTER – For a sixth year, families gathered with Community Healthcare System staff members, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network representatives and Indiana Lions Eye Bank officials to honor the area’s organ, eye and tissue donors. The annual Donate Life Rose Dedication Ceremony was held Nov. 2 at the Center for Visual and
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The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) is holding a 30-day public comment period on NIRPC’s Regional Corridor Study (RCS). The comment period began on November 17, 2016 and end on December 21, 2016. The Regional Corridors Study (RCS) is a technical assessment of the major transportation network connectivity in the Northwest Indiana region. Improving mobility and
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Methodist Hospitals is a Daisy Award Partner. The Daisy Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. One nurse from each campus is honored with this award three times a year. Patients and visitors may nominate a deserving nurse by filling out
MUNSTER – Shelly Recktenwall is a caregiver. A special education teacher from Crown Point, she raised five of her own children before serving as a constant companion to a senior citizen in Munster. When she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer in January of 2014, she was more determined than ever to continue to
LA PORTE – Balcony tickets are still available for the 22nd Annual Holiday at the Pops Concert. The concert will take place on December 10, 2016 at the La Porte Civic Auditorium. This year’s concert will feature the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra directed by Philip Bauman and special guest artists Charles Steck and the North
LA PORTE – Winter WellnessLand returns to The Crossing at La Porte Hospital this year, offering photos with Santa in exchange for non-perishable food items, plus other holiday activities and treats. The event takes place from 4-6 p.m., Dec. 6 at The Crossing, 1203 Washington St., La Porte. “We started this last year because our
Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson for an evening of “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies” at the Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. From “Star Wars” to “Frozen” to “The Martian”, an entertaining and enlightening review of all the science that our favorite movies got wrong, combined
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