PORTAGE – Scrap Metal Services LLC of Burnham, Ill., has completed the acquisition of Behr Iron and Steel Inc. at the Port of Indiana.             Jeffry Gertler, CEO of Scrap Metal Services, declined to discuss terms of the acquisition.             Scrap Metal Services said Behr’s location was a good fit for its operation in […]

            INDIANAPOLIS – The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama, includes a tax incentive program for private sector food donations to charities for 2011.             Emily Weikert Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, said the effort could provide 78

            INDIANAPOLIS – Ed Buss, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction, has been named commissioner of the Florida Department of Corrections.             Buss, 42, a native of LaPorte, started his career with the DOC as a correctional officer at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City in 1987. He climbed the ranks of the

            HOBART – Northwest Indiana Volunteer Lawyers Inc., in conjunction with the region’s bar associations, will answer legal questions and provide general legal information to the public at no cost on Monday, Jan. 17.             Talk to a Lawyer Today will be held at 11 locations around Northwest Indiana as part of a program of