I recently moved back to the region after being gone for 30 years. I'm a retired vet that spent 20 years in the Army. Don't have friends here anymore.

Jim Biggs

After digging into public records and recent events, I believe Commissioner Jim Biggs (District 3) needs to be formally investigated.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the issues:

2023 Highway Department scandal: A fired employee went public alleging misuse of county resources and retaliation. He specifically claimed his supervisor had a close relationship with Biggs that allowed him to operate without oversight. He filed an EEOC complaint. The supervisor was cleared of criminal charges, but the allegations were serious.

Multiple anonymous complaints over the years, including campaign finance issues in 2013 and nepotism/timekeeping allegations in Juvenile Services in 2024.

Ongoing fights with Chesterton and Porter over 911 dispatch, where town officials accused Biggs of using a police shooting for political gain to push his preferred system.

This raises major red flags about:

How contracts are being awarded

Transparency with county staff

Whether decisions are being made in the best interest of Porter County taxpayers

I’m calling on the Porter County Council and the Indiana State Ethics Commission to open a formal investigation into Biggs’ vendor relationships, contracting decisions, and overall conduct.

The people of Porter County deserve answers. This level of opacity and questionable decision-making shouldn’t be ignored.

What does everyone else think? Has anyone else been hearing about this?

Hello there

I will be attending the university in the fall as a grad student. I will be moving from out of state and am looking for a place to live. I did some research and am finding it hard to find legitimate looking sites for roommate finders or even rooms for rent. Is there a website or facebook group even that everyone in the area uses?

Thank you so much for your help and answers

The BeGood Jucierie downtown valpo is doing a "Juices & Dragons" thing, figured it could be fun but not sure if anyone has signed up. Anyone signed up/interested in going? I talked to one of the employees and it seems like they might push it back a week but I think its thursdays 3-6

EDIT: Found the FB post looks like 15$ for a free juice and also attendance

Hello, i am 22M,
Lately i have been meaning to meet new people around my area, college is ending soon and i would like to find someone who has the same vibes as me. I am not usually a bar person, and when i do i am the "dad" of the group making sure none of my friends get in trouble and look after the ones that drink a bit too much. However sometimes i would like to have a little fun as well, never really like loud bass boosted bars or anything, but a nice old fashioned gentlemen pub would be nice.

I'm wondering if there is any cool places around NWI (Valpo) to Chicago that has a cool little environment, ranging from a cool pottery class studio to a indoor rock climbing place. More causal place then a die hard drinks and loud music environment.

anyone hearing these bangs and know what they are or where they are coming from?

Really bummed me out to see people eating this shit. That’s what it is. It’s not even real food FE their cheese It’s not even real cheese come on. You can’t fucking make a pizza for 9.99 or whatever it fucking cost. And then all these places with fried chicken like there’s a fryer in the fucking back room. Don’t need to stuff it’s horrible for you. Go hungry for a little bit. You’ll be OK.