Category Archives: LaPorte

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KALITA Magic to Performs $1,000 Escapes

Watch Kalita Magic VIdeo on Facebook!      Magician KALITA once offered the cash to a local father and son if they could successfully use a long piece of rope to tie him up beyond escape. It took over ten minutes to tie up the magician but took less than four minutes for him to…

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Hoosier Star Competition Announces Vocal Auditions

La Porte, IN– The La Porte County Symphony Orchestra (LCSO) is holding auditions for the 18th Annual Hoosier Star vocal competition. Sponsored by Horizon Bank, NIPSCO, Northwest Health and Duneland Media, Hoosier Star is open to amateur singers of all musical styles and ages. Competitors can compete individually or as a duet. Auditions times will be held at…

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NWI Christmas Tree Farms

    Our family has always made it a tradition to go out in to the country and cut our own Christmas tree – just like they did on National Lampoons’ Christmas Vacation, (only without the fire) We have listed below several places that offer live trees. Contrary to popular belief, cutting down a live tree…

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“Take Care, We’re Farming Around Here” Signs Renew This December 2022

     Bob Wichlinski will be interviewed this Thursday, Dec 1st, on PanoramaNOW Facebook LIVE and also on WVLP Radio on Friday Noon, Dec. 2nd to talk about renewing the Road Sign Sponsorships for the “Take Care, We’re Farming Around Here.”      As a local resident, Bob started an awareness effort more than a decade ago…

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La Pour Brew & Wine Fest

 La Pour Brew & Wine Fest at the historic La Porte Civic Auditorium. We will have music, food and of course some of the best local breweries in Northwest Indiana!  Saturday, November 11, 2023.  Join us for the party of the season, with brews varying from you local favorites throughout Northwest Indiana to other Midwest…

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LaPorte Indiana Naturalist Niki Schmutte Wins Top Award

Niki Schmutte, La Porte County Parks, has been awarded the 2022 Cornerstone Award for her long-term contributions to Environmental Education Association of Indiana (EEAI)  Niki’s influence on EEAI over the years has been profound said Mary Cutler who nominated her for the award. She is a Life Member of EEAI and has served on the…

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LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Season Open

La Porte, IN– The La Porte County Symphony Orchestra (LCSO) will open its 50th Anniversary Season with “AMERICANA,” a salute to American Composers on Saturday, November 5th, 7:00 p.m., at La Porte’s Civic Auditorium.The concert will open with Aaron Copland’s iconic Fanfare for the Common Man followed by Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.  The first half of the concert will round out…

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OMG! View Our NWI Halloween Newsletter Online!

View ONLINE This Week’s Newsletter!! CLICK HERE! We feel this week’s NwIndiana Halloween Newsletter is so valuable that for the first time ever we are blogging you about it! This Week’s Newsletter is SO IMPORTANT We Made is Available TO EVERYONE! Without Subscribing! We have the Haunted Houses, Decorated Halloween Homes, Trunk Or Treats, Halloween…

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Specatular Fall Colors Coming To NwIndiana

     The beautiful autumn colors will start illuminating Northwest Indiana very soon. Every autumn, as the days get shorter the leaves produce pigments that give them color. Trees produce spectacular displays of color as the green chlorophyll in their leaves dwindles. The red, purple, orange, yellow and brown shades reflect the great diversity and…

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Door Village Harvest Festival

     The 27th Door Village Harvest Festival will be held on Saturday, September 12th, and Sunday, September 13th, 2026 at Scipio Township Park at 3501 W. Joliet Road.  There is No Admission charge to attend the festival; however, there is a $3.00 Parking Fee.  All proceeds from the festival go to improving and maintaining…

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