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Valparaiso resident Jed Leifson said that serving in the U.S. Army as a nurse for more than a decade made him a more compassionate person and helped to ensure sweet success in his career. Leifson was born and raised in Utah. He graduated from...

Ashley Fisher has had a long family history of breast cancer, so the possibility of being diagnosed was something she came to expect. She has been very diligent about going to the doctor’s office to get mammograms and ultrasounds ever since she was...

It was around midnight when my wife shook me out of a dead sleep with three concerning words, “I smell smoke.” I could smell it instantly. Awake. We moved downstairs quickly and quietly to not wake the children and began checking rooms starting...

Dennis Van Waardenburg has always been a go-getter. Graduating six months early from Crown Point High School, Van Waardenburg went straight into the Air Force. Stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Van Waardenburg was an airframe repair specialist...

Looking for a way to serve while getting training for a future career, Marilyn Whitfield enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school in 1978. She completed basic training at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama. Then, she was “on the...

Understanding one another is probably the biggest problem in business, but it’s a life issue as well.  In the late ‘90s, I was interning at Walt Disney World. If your kids ever get a chance, don’t let them pass it up. It wasn’t easy, not...

Today I needed to cut down a few small to medium size trees near the playground of my son’s school. I promised someone at the school I’d bring a chainsaw and take care of it. The chainsaw wouldn’t start. I did everything I could to get it going...

What's recently happened: The John Adams High School Eagles have had a lot going on in and around the community in the last quarter. The students participated in the first spirit week of the school year. During spirit week, senior and junior girls...

Born and raised in Chesterton, Indiana, John Zehner decided it was time to expand his horizons after high school. He joined the U.S. Army in 1966 and served for two years.  “I did my training at Fort Lewis Army Base in Washington state,” he...

In 2019, Marge Brauer went in for an emergency hysterectomy, and three weeks after the procedure, Baurer’s gynecologist gave her news that would change her life. Brauer was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma (LMS), a very rare type of cancer. “I was...