Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, announced that Lori Nicklas has joined Centier Bank.  Nicklas joins as a Mortgage Loan Originator, serving the Porter County service area.  Her office is located at 150 S. Lincolnway, Valparaiso, Indiana. As a career banker, Nicklas has more than 25 years of banking experience, most of […]

MERRILLVILLE — NiSource Inc., NIPSCO’s parent company, has been designated as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the third consecutive year. Ethisphere is a leading international organization dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. More on NiSource’s

On Thursday, April 24, the Indiana University Northwest School of Business and Economics and the IU Northwest Business Alliance will welcome Karen Post as the speaker for the 2014 Business Speakers Series Luncheon at the Radisson Hotel Star Plaza. Doors open at 11 a.m. and lunch is served at 12 p.m. in the Grand Metropolitan

MERRILLVILLE – With April marking National Safe Digging Month and the start of many outdoor projects, NIPSCO urges residents and businesses to help protect the public from serious risk or injury by calling 811 two business days before starting any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. In addition to the risk of serious

HAMMOND – While many parents must turn to day care for their infants upon returning to work, employees of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority have enjoyed the benefit of bringing newborns to the office for the first few months of the child’s life. The South Shore CVA’s unique program, the In-Office Child Care

BP today released a preliminary estimate of oil recovered from Lake Michigan following the recent incident at the Whiting Refinery. Crews have recovered the vast majority of oil that had been visible on the surface of a cove-like area of the lake and on the shoreline between the refinery and an adjacent steel mill. BP

Franciscan Alliance Foundation board members Joe Allegretti, Kevin Keough and Jim Larsen hosted a “1,500 Days of Inspiring Health through Patient Care at the new St. Clare Health Clinic” program there March 20 that was attended by more than 50 Northwest Indiana business and civic leaders. During the evening, Keough, who also is a board member