Good morning, Valparaiso.

The Valpo Parks Foundation will host its annual Friends and Legends ceremony on Thursday, Oct.

1 at the Butterfield Family Pavilion from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. It will honor local leaders including Phil Ross, the Valparaiso Sunrise Kiwanis Club, and Linda Eyermann for their dedication to our parks.

Opportunity Enterprises will launch its rebranded popcorn and sweets shop, Front Row Popcorn, in September 2026.

A ribbon cutting to mark the change will be held at the Evans Avenue location on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m., and the popcorn will soon appear in grocery stores across Indiana (and Chicagoland).

Activists say NIPSCO should reimburse customers in northwest Indiana for lost food, wages, medicine and appliances from extended outages — they urge the utility to use shareholder funds to cover these costs.

Brian Konkol was inaugurated Friday as the 20th president of Valparaiso University after nearly nine months in office.

His address mixed humor, history and a call to service.

The Red Cross is urging local residents to donate blood this fall at drives held across northwest Indiana.

Donations from Sept. 21 to Oct. 18 get a $15 e-gift card and those who donate from Sept. 21 to Sept. 30 mentioning (pickleball) receive a custom paddle and ball.

The Red Cross invites residents to give blood at drives across northwest Indiana from Sept.

21 to Oct. 18 to keep the supply ready; donors who mention pickleball at centers until Sept. 30 can receive a custom paddle & ball.