Browse past news stories for Michigan City High School in Michigan City, IN.

• Free vaccine clinics this weekend across Michiana (WNDU 16 South Bend)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:15:50 pm
  If you're hoping to get one of those vaccines here in Michiana there are some free clinics this weekend.
• Nine local students are named National Merit semifinalists (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 01:08:49 am
  The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has named nine local students among more than 1,600 black American high school seniors who have been designated semifinalists in the 46th annual National Achievement Scholarship program.
• 20 under 40 have moxie to make their dreams come true (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 05:31:30 am
  MERRILLVILLE | A new generation of leaders stands poised to take Northwest Indiana into a future full of promise, according to one of the region's longtime leaders.
• culture shock (Post-Tribune)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:19:55 am
  Coach Craig Buzea is changing the culture in Michigan City.
• County not paid for referendums (Post-Tribune)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:28:56 am
  The superintendent of Porter Township Schools says the district intends to repay Porter County for the referendum earlier this year. Superintendent Nicholas Brown's comment follows Monday's Porter County Election Board meeting where members expressed dismay over the unpaid payment totaling $27,000 from Porter Township schools and Michigan City Area Schools. A state law passed this year ...
• Area players earn 18U softball titles (Journal & Courier)
  posted on July 26, 2009 at 06:10:08 am
  A pair of local softball teams recently won tournaments to advance to national-level events later this month.
• Teens create video on Dunes National Lakeshore (Post-Tribune)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 09:55:53 am
  PORTER -- Alexandria Maloney's week in the ParKids program at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore provided an assortment of learning experiences. She was among nine teens from Porter and LaPorte counties who recently helped create a video on the national park. A grant from the National Park Foundation funded the project. "I like working with the camera and taking pictures, and I thought it ...
• MC Hall of Fame to enshrine 5 members (Post-Tribune)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 09:23:00 am
  The Michigan City Football Hall of Fame will be inducting the following members: * Abe Gibron, a 1943 Elston grad, was a four-time Pro Bowler during his 11-year career. He played at Purdue and was drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round. He also was drafted by the AAFC's Buffalo Bills, with whom he played until the NFL merger. He then played with the Cleveland Browns for seven ...
• Michigan City Elston grad Doug Elenz includes Lance Armstrong among his surgical patients (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 5, 2009 at 05:41:56 am
  When Michigan City Elston graduate Doug Elenz watches the Tour de France, he might cheer a little louder than most for seven-time champion Lance Armstrong.
• IU lands 4-star lineman (The Indianapolis Star)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 05:36:25 am
  Jibreel Black, a defensive lineman from Cincinnati who is rated as a four-star recruit by scouts.com, said he was looking for a football program where he could make an impact.
• High school football: Michigan City’s Isaac commits to Purdue (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 11:09:48 am
  Michigan City High School defensive lineman Ryan Isaac has made an oral commitment to play football at Purdue in 2010.
• ACAC football teams move up game times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 07:03:59 am
  ACAC football games will start a half-hour earlier this season. The ACAC moved the start of conference and non-conference games to 7 p.m. Games in the league started at 7:30 p.m. last season.
• Michigan City D-Lineman Chooses Boilers (Indiana's NewsCenter)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 03:22:38 am
  MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Michigan City High School defensive lineman Ryan Isaac has made an oral commitment to play football at Purdue in 2010. The 6-foot-5, 265-pound player says he picked the Boilermakers over Indiana, Illinois State and Bowling Green.
• Michigan City High School student overcomes odds, walks in graduation (WNDU 16 South Bend)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 04:07:42 am
  About a month ago, WNDU told you about a Michigan City High School student who suffered a life-threatening brain injury after a pole vaulting accident.
• High school track: Michigan City athlete running for a friend :Wolves' Mellen shoulders more than her dreams (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 11:10:59 am
  MICHIGAN CITY -- She's running for two now. Every lap around the track, Mary Kate Mellen is shouldering the hopes and dreams of her best friend, along with her own pursuit of a state championship.
• Star athlete/student in serious condition after pole vaulting accident (WNDU 16 South Bend)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 12:52:22 am
  At a track meet last Tuesday in Valparaiso, 18-year-old Courtney Brinckman fell on her head while pole vaulting.
• Michigan City pole vaulter remains in coma (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 11:39:48 am
  Since crashing to the ground in a pole vaulting accident last week, Courtney Brinckman still hadn't opened her eyes Monday.
• Teen could face criminal charges in deadly Michigan City police chase (22 WSBT South Bend)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 09:38:25 pm
  MICHIGAN CITY — A teenager is in trouble after leading police on a chase, then hitting and killing the driver of another car. She also hit a police officer's car, causing him minor injuries. Investigators aren’t releasing the girl’s name, only saying the 16-year-old is a student at Michigan City High School.
• Porter County Council OKs $103,580 for school referendums (Post-Tribune)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 09:24:10 am
  Porter County will fund the costs for two school referendums, much to the displeasure of local officials. County Council reluctantly approved the $103,580 cost to put on the special elections for Porter and Pine townships on multimillion-dollar school projects. "Too bad it couldn't wait until next year when we have an election,"?said Councilwoman Karen Conover before voting to approve the ...
• Things to do in Northwest Indiana (Post-Tribune)
  posted on April 23, 2009 at 10:46:55 am
  AN EVENING OUT Friday Night Freestyle Boogie!, 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, South Shore Centre for the Arts in the old Miller School, 665 S. Lake St., Gary, freestyle dance evening where people can move around the dance floor with or without a partner, $4 per person, open to ages 18 and older, 427-0188 Passport to Our Heritage dinner fund-raiser, 5 p.m. to midnight Saturday, St. Michael Catholic ...
• Jeri Kay Fiscus and Jason Michael Ross (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
  posted on April 19, 2009 at 08:19:05 pm
  Jeri Kay Fiscus and Jason Michael Ross are pleased to announce their wedding.
• Northwest Indiana theater listing (Post-Tribune)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 09:19:53 am
  'Moon Over the Brewery' This coming-of-age story about a young girl with a genius IQ and her flighty single mother takes the stage at 8 tonight, Saturday, April 24, 25, 30, May 1 and 2; 2:30 p.m. April 30, at the Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. Chicago St., Valparaiso. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 senior citizens, students, veterans Information: 464-1636f 'The Wizard of Oz' Dorothy, Toto, the ...
• 'Swing! The Musical' opens at Memorial Opera House (Post-Tribune)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 09:18:29 am
  Celebrating the Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing and Hip-Hop Swing, "Swing! The Musical" opens at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso this weekend. Featuring the Charlie Blum Star Orchestra, 4 talented vocalists and 14 swing dancers, "Swing! The Musical" features more than 25 musical numbers including; "Swing It Brother, Swing!" "Bounce Me with a Solid Four," "Boogie Woogie Bugle ...
• ‘High School’ auditions Saturday (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 08:04:18 pm
  MICHIGAN CITY — The Young People’s Theatre Company and Michigan City area schools will again collaborate on a summer program for local youth.
• 15-year-old Michigan City boy laid to rest :Teenager was killed while pushing car. (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 11:13:33 am
  MICHIGAN CITY -- A 15-year-old who was killed Friday night while pushing a disabled car off the road was laid to rest Monday.
• Northwest Indiana Planner (Post-Tribune)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 09:11:35 am
  AN EVENING OUT Northwest Indiana Teen Idol contest 2009, 5 p.m. Friday, East Chicago Central High School, 1100 W. Columbus Drive, $7 general admission, $5 students with ID, sponsored by the I Too Sing America Organization of Northwest Indiana, 397-3734 Hope, Hearts and Horses benefit, 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, St. Elijah Serbian Hall, 8700 Taft St., Merrillville, dinner, dance and silent auction to ...
• Emotional sendoff: Area soldiers headed to duty in Afghanistan (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on March 18, 2009 at 11:01:01 am
  LAPORTE -- Kisses, hugs and tears flowed freely between a group of northern Indiana soldiers heading to war in Afghanistan and their loved ones at a Tuesday sendoff attended by about 700 well-wishers.