Jeff Imhof joined the Army at 24 years old to fulfill a lifelong dream to serve in the military. The events of September 11, 2001, which occurred during Imhoff’s senior year of high school, made him especially eager to join. Though he attended...
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Veteran Spotlight: Jeffrey Imhof
Cancer Survivor Series: Trisha Fraker
In August 2021, Trisha Fraker received news that would change her life. After feeling a lump in her breast, Fraker immediately went to the doctor. “I was laying down and my son was laying on my chest area, watching a movie with me and I felt a lump...
Read MoreEarn your leadership every day
Leadership will pull you in a thousand different directions. It’s not like when you become a director or a vice president or a chief something that you suddenly have creative domain over everything you are responsible for. It doesn’t work that...
Read MoreVeteran Spotlight: Paulina Huffman
As a Dutch native, Paulina Huffman never pictured herself as a member of the United States military. Though her interest in serving began while she was in high school, she assumed her citizenship status would bar her ability to join. A conversation...
Read MoreLeaders should listen
Leaders need to constantly listen. That’s kind of funny when you think about it, too. A lot of people raise to leadership by stepping out in front, by volunteering, by showcasing they are the right person to do something – very few find a...
Read MoreVeteran Spotlight: Jim Atkinson
Jim Atkinson grew up in a small town near Valparaiso and graduated from Boone Grove High School. He has a wife of 52 years, six children, and eight grandchildren. “I grew up on a small farm just south of Valparaiso where I milked three or four cows...
Read MoreTop 10 feature articles on Portage.Life in 2021
The features section on Portage.Life is one of the most popular, giving you insight into some of the most incredible happenings in the area, including #1StudentNWI articles, Life in the Spotlights, Survivor Series, Leadership Life, City in the...
Read MoreCancer Survivor Series: Heather Almager
The three words no one ever wants to hear – you have cancer. For Heather Almager, being 29 at the time, hearing those words left her stunned. Almager’s battle against breast cancer came out of left field. She and her husband had been trying to...
Read MoreCancer Survivor Series: Deborah Frahm
The last year and a half has been challenging at times for everyone, but especially so for Deborah Frahm. When Frahm learned that she tested positive for COVID-19, she was able to take a few weeks off from her job that she had just started...
Read MoreVeteran Spotlight Series: Terry Dernik
Terry Dernik went into the army with the goal of becoming a helicopter pilot. Instead, he took on the title of a scout dog handler in the Vietnam War, a position he at first knew very little about but quickly saw to wear the title with a badge of...
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