Gwen Mathis

There are many forms of art. Whether it be painting or music, everyone has their own form of creativity. Emily Kennedy's choice of art is a glass of wine. Kennedy is a winemaker at the Running Vines Winery, and she shows her creative...

The City of Portage, city council, and Mayor Sue Lynch welcomed residents to the open house viewing of the newly remodeled city hall on June 7, 2022. The open house took place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. prior to the 6:30 p.m. council meeting.  The...

Before working as the Communications and Media Manager for the City of Crown Point, Mary Freda was just a girl who loved writing stories. “Ever since I was a little girl, I would take my dad's yellow legal notepads and I would jot down stories or...

High school wasn’t easy for some kids, and for Hailey Holder, it will be a time she would never forget. In December of 2017, Holder was diagnosed with leukemia during her junior year of high school. When Holder was diagnosed, she did not fully...

In 2009, Amy Segally found a new passion in fostering animals. Not only did Segally want to foster dogs and cats, but she also wanted to help as many kinds of animals as she could. By the end of 2012, Segally and another volunteer, who was also...

On January 26, 2016, Bill Nelson was hit with the most life changing news. Nelson was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). MTC is a very rare and incurable thyroid cancer. “I assumed I wouldn’t be alive by the end of the year. The word...