Valparaiso News

Get away for a day of family fun at Merrie Acres, 2900 S. U.S. 35, LaPorte. There's something for everybody with Porkies Pig Races, a haunted corn maze, Betsy's cow train, a hay tunnel, and much more.

Sue Achten walked into Hobart's newest fresh meat and deli shop with high expectations.

After a fatal ATV crash last weekend, almost one week later the driver is booked.

A 21-year-old woman died early Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle accident near Valparaiso.

A 21-year-old woman died early Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle accident near Valparaiso.

A weekend accident has claimed the life of a Valparaiso area native. Brenda Strizek, 21, originally of Valparaiso and who was living in Wahoo, was killed when the four-wheeler, which she and three other people were riding, went off an embankment along a bike trail.

A 21-year-old woman died early Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle accident near Valparaiso.

The Saunders County Sheriffs Office says a 21-year-old woman was killed while riding on a four-wheeler with three others in Valparaiso just after midnight.

Band leader Math Sladky personified the happiness of polka music: He literally was the laugh in "Laughing Polka." "He could laugh to make everybody else laugh," said his wife, Dorothy "Dottie" Sladky.

DRUGS, 12:27 a.m. April 14: Police said they arrested James Cummins, 29, of Valparaiso, Neb., and Stephen Weirauch, 23, of New Haven, Mich., and charged them with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on Route 202/31. Cummins, the driver, was also charged with failure to maintain ...

BRAINARD, Neb - A Valparaiso man has died from injuries suffered in a construction accident Monday.

A 37-year-old Valparaiso man is dead and another man is injured after strong winds toppled a machine shed the two were helping build on a farm east of Brainard.