Caitlin Vanlaningham

Someone celebrated 100 years of living on this great planet of ours. Gertie Lizak, a Lake Station resident, turned 100-years-old on March 21, 2016, the first day of spring. And this was appropriate because Gertie is filled with energy and verve....

Happy Easter weekend! We have a lot of cool things going on for all ages, no matter what you choose to celebrate. Do you have an event you'd like to share? Just send us an email to share@ideasinmotionmedia.com and we'll add it to our event calendar!...

Engstrom Jewelers recently celebrated 41 years of business. The well-known jewelry store has been helping people with special moments in their lives for over four decades with no intention of stopping. Each year, March 17 serves as a day of dual...

The caregivers and staff of FirstLight HomeCare of Northwest Indiana can be seen all over the local communities helping out in one fashion or another. They may be helping a client with their daily activities or they are volunteering. Since late 2015,...

Rittenhouse Senior Living of Valparaiso, Portage, and the rest of the facilities under the Rittenhouse name have recently come under new management and ownership umbrella of Discovery Senior Living, an award-winning owner manager group based in...

This segment of Active in NWI belongs to Jason Akers. You can find Jason at Team Chevy in Valparaiso, and he’s gone through some changes lately. “My journey started a year ago,” Jason said. “I was in charge of the 2015 American Heart...

Vale Park Animal Hospital has many great men and women on staff. Some are behind the scenes, some are up front helping their four-legged and two-legged clients. Someone that many see on a day-to-day basis is Debbie Hanberry, a receptionist who has...

Rittenhouse Senior Living of Valparaiso partnered with FirstLight HomeCare of Northwest Indiana to host a Friday night fish fry. Why, you ask? Why not? Fried fish is delicious. And the event raised money for the Banta Senior Center, which is not as...

Get the kids ready, folks! Looks like we have a lot of Easter egg hunts this weekend as well as some other fun events like a brew and vino event, some musical excursions, and even a garden show. The weather for this weekend looks like it's going to...

The Easter Bunny only has two hands, and sometimes he needs a little help to get all of those colorful eggs stuffed in time, and he had many hands thanks to the partnership of NorthShore Health Centers and Miller’s Senior Center of Portage. The...