VALPARAISO — Porter-Starke Services, a licensed community mental health center for adults, families, adolescents and children with mental health or substance abuse issues, was presented with a Best Practices Honor from the American Psychological Association (APA) at the annual Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards ceremony held on March 8, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Porter-Starke Services was […]

HOBART — Locally owned College of Court Reporting announces today their collaboration with Lynette Eggers, former Assistant Director of Educational Services with the National Court Reporters Association. Ms. Eggers will head the newly-formed ev360® Educational Solutions, an educational consortia that will strengthen educational programs by developing training opportunities; providing educational consulting services; and furthering educational

GARY — Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson announced that Gary will partner with the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Department of Education to hold a “community conversation” to discuss strategies to advance learning, enhance student engagement and improve schools. Unveiled today at NLC’s Congressional City Conference in Washington, a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) was

Spring is all about new beginnings, and Gander Mountain is into the spirit of the season, celebrating a fresh new look for outdoors enthusiasts in Indiana this weekend with the grand opening of its newly-remodeled Merrillville store. The Merrillville Gander Mountain store is located at 1630 Southlake Mall in Merrillville, just off I-65 at exit

MERRILLVILLE — Lakeshore Public Media is proud to announce a new local news program, Lakeshore Report, which will air Fridays at 7pm, beginning March 21. Lakeshore Report is a weekly, half hour program that will focus on news, events, arts and culture in Northwest Indiana. “Lakeshore Report is a great opportunity to take a more

HAMMOND — Staff Source, a local staffing and recruitment firm, celebrated 16 years of service this year on March 16. In 1998 Mirko Marich and Milan Kesic put their minds and their funds together to go out on a limb trying to make it big. They embarked on this journey along with Milan’s brother, Dan

RENSSELAER — WorkingWell, Franciscan Alliance’s world-renowned occupational health program, is expanding to a new location at 919 E. Grace St. in Rensselaer in May. “We are working with the Rensselaer community to establish a WorkingWell facility and along with Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health, our sister hospital, we hope to be able to complement the great