The LaGrange County Cham­ber of Commerce is an intercon­nected group of businesses and professionals working together to increase local commerce and to serve our communities more effectively than can be done individually. As a result of the Chamber’s work to achieve its mission of “Fostering hometown culture and driving exponential success,” chamber staff were recently recognized and award­ed in Terre […]

Northeastern Indiana CASA continues its ef­forts to assist children going through the court system with a new leader – Bianca Alvarez. CASA is an acronym for Court Appointed Spe­cial Advocate. CASAs in the five northeastern In­diana counties are volun­teers. There are a handful in LaGrange County, in­cluding Gary and Marie Brazel of Witmer Lake, who were sworn in this year […]

Heidi Ramer’s mother, Karen, was raped for the first time in 1979. She was sexually assaulted at least 12 more times by the same man over the next three years and emotionally tormented by him for the next 20. After har­boring her secret for years, she eventually sought help through counseling and her faith. This is the story Ra­mer – […]

Prairie Heights Middle School eighth graders Tommy Anders and Landry Byler were the winners of the annual Hubert Cline Award. In order to qualify, students participate in two or more sports, are an honor student, and have had good citizenship. The award was started in 1977 and is named after former middle school administrator, the late Hubert Cline, who had […]