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AgriNovus Indiana adds members to board of directors

February 4, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Sweet corn

AgriNovus Indiana, the state’s initiative to promote and accelerate the growth of the agbiosciences sector, has added two new members to its board of directors. Alan Tio, CEO, Kosciusko Economic Development Corp., Warsaw and Chris Lowery, senior vice president, Workforce Alignment for Ivy Tech Community College, are the newest board members. As CEO of Kosciusko […]

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Elkhart’s JJ Babbitt Co. marks 100 years in business

February 4, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Otto Link Vintage mouthpiece

Focusing on one product and refining its production processes has helped JJ Babbitt Co. of Elkhart establish itself in a specialty niche in the music industry. It has been 100 years since Jesse James Babbitt began crafting mouthpieces for saxophones and clarinets in his garage in Elkhart. Now the company is looking toward the future […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: 100 year business, Around the Region, family-owned business, Indiana manufacturing, JJ Babbitt Co., mouthpieces clarinets, mouthpieces saxophones, music accessories manufacturer, music industry

Times of Northwest Indiana parent Lee Enterprises buys two Wisconsin newspapers

February 1, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Newspapers 2

Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, parent of The Times of Northwest Indiana, announced Jan. 28 it had purchased the print and digital assets of the Kenosha News and the Lake Geneva Regional News, from United Communications Corp. of Kenosha, Wis. “These two markets fit very nicely into our already strong footprint in Wisconsin,” Kevin Mowbray, president and […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, declining circulation, fading industry, newspaper consolidation, newspaper industry, The Times of Northwest Indiana

NIPSCO announces plans to buy more green-generated electricity from new Indiana wind farms

February 1, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

NIPSCO is taking additional steps to move away from traditional power generation to more Earth-friendly green alternatives. Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co., announced Feb. 1 its first phase of plans to transition to renewable energy resources through buying power from three new Indiana wind farms. According to NIPSCO, power generated by these wind farms […]

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South Bend trucking terminal operator Halvor Lines named a 2019 Best Fleet to Drive For in latest survey

February 1, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Halvor Lines Inc., which operates a terminal in South Bend, was named a 2019 Best Fleet to Drive For in the latest Best Fleets survey by the Truckload Carrier’s Association and CarriersEdge, a provider of driving training and retention services. A total of 20 of the thousands of trucking companies operating in the U.S. earn […]

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South Bend’s Barnes & Thornburg adds labor, employment partner

January 31, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Law Michael Durham

Attroney Michael Durham has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s South Bend office as a partner in the firm’s labor and employment department. Durham, who has practiced immigration law for 17 years, was previously with Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. Durham assists businesses and individuals in a variety of immigration services. He advises employers such as hospitals, […]

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Valparaiso University Welcome Project will develop website examining changing Region

January 31, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Valparaiso University

An online multimedia experience, which will be developed by Valparaiso University, will examine how Northwest Indiana changed after the decline of the steel industry. The university’s Welcome Project received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Projects for the Public program. The university project, “Flight Paths: Mapping Our Changing Neighborhoods,” will […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, changing demographics, de-urbanization, decline of steel industry, Valparaiso Welcome Project, Valpariso University

Feb. 20 workshop focuses on business startups

January 30, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

SBDC2

The Small Business Development Center of Northwest Indiana is hosting a free business startup workshop on Feb. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The program will be at the Newton County Government Center, 4117 S 240 W, in Morocco. The SBDC said the workshop is for entrepreneurs in the early stages of business ownership […]

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Ports of Indiana says 2018 was record year for cargo through system

January 30, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Ports of Indiana - Burns Harbor

Increased shipments of steel, coal, soy products and grain through Indiana’s three-port system in 2018 led to a record-setting year for the Ports of Indiana. The Ports of Indiana, which includes the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville and the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon, handled 14.8 million tons of cargo last year, a […]

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South Bend Tribune parent Schurz Communications selling publishing division

January 29, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Newspaper stack

The publisher of The South Bend Tribune is selling its publishing division to New York-based GateHouse Media to focus on its broadband and cloud services businesses. Schurz Communications, a privately held communications company and publisher of 20 regional newspapers, which includes The South Bend Tribune and seven other publications in Indiana, as well as other […]

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