MICHIGAN CITY — Midwest Metal Products is expanding its Michigan City facility through the help of area partners, maintaining the family-owned business locally and creating new jobs. Construction of the 27,000-square-foot metal addition begins immediately on their current facility, located at 111 Mariner Drive, Michigan City. Construction on the expansion is expected to be completed […]

LA PORTE — Three Indiana University Health La Porte entities awarded 37 local students a total of $57,750 in financial assistance toward their pursuit of careers in health sciences. “Investing in education and our students is a profound way to be proactive in building healthy communities. These awards are a result of our corporate stewardship,

MERRILLVILLE — Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, announced the 2014 Schrage Family Scholarship recipients at the Bank’s annual scholarship banquet held at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville. Centier awarded a $2,000 scholarship to each of 20 college-bound graduating seniors.  Each graduate attended a high school in one of the numerous counties

Beachside Players will present A.R.Gurney’s “Sylvia” as a benefit fundraiser for Samaritan Counseling Centers Inc. on Saturday, June 28th in the Long Beach Community Center Gym, 2501 Oriole Trail, Long Beach, IN. Social hour, which includes appetizers and desserts with BYOB or whatever you wish to drink is at 5:00 pm. The play performance will follow

Gibson is hosting the Securing & Surviving The Active Shooter Epidemic Seminar on August 6, 2014. Active shooting incidents have become an epidemic. This event will focus on the prevention, response, and pros and cons of arming teachers and employees. The event features Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier and speaker

HAMMOND — Parking tickets for the South Shore Air Show are now available for purchase online and at the Indiana Welcome Center. In addition to parking passes, visitors will be able to create packages to include Fair Oaks Farms tours and hotel stays while purchasing tickets online. The South Shore Air Show, scheduled for July

HAMMOND — In response to demand for advanced practice nurses, Purdue University Calumet is poised to become a doctoral-granting university by participating in an innovative collaboration to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in northwest Indiana. “There is a significant need for more advanced practice nurses prepared at the doctoral level to provide

MERRILLVILLE — A nonprofit environmental organization funded by the U.S. Department of Energy has selected six northwest Indiana communities to join a program that aims to significantly improve the environmental performance of municipal fleets. Officials at South Shore Clean Cities Inc. announced the following communities will participate in the Northwest Indiana Green Fleet program: Dyer,