The Vidette Times is a local newspaper in Porter County, Indiana

Porter County, Indiana

Porter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 164,343. Much of the population growth has to do with the expansion of the Chicago Metropolitan Area eastward into Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso...

. It began in 1842 as an occasional, the Republican. In 1866 it came under new ownership as the Porter County Vidette. In 1871, a rival, the Valparaiso Democratic Messenger emerged. In the 1920s, the Vidette and the Messenger merged to form the Vidette-Messenger. In 1994, Howard Publications

Howard Publications

Howard Publications was a family-owned company of 16 newspapers. The company was acquired by Lee Enterprises on February 12, 2002 for $694 million...

purchased the Vidette-Messenger, renamed it “the Vidette Times” in 1995, and attempted unsuccessfully to give it more regional content, but eventually returned it to a local focus.