VALPARAISO – United Way of Porter County, in conjunction with the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, will hold a workshop on how to reduce poverty in the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, at Ivy Tech in Valparaiso. The seminar, Bridges Out of Poverty, is based on the book by the […]
HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitor Authority will hold a Tourism Tech Summit from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Indiana Welcome Center. The summit will provide information on marketing through social media technology. Participants from support organizations, private industry, academic institutions and IT groups are invited. Partners in
MICHIGAN CITY – The 10th annual Women’s Fair, presented by IU Health LaPorte Hospital, will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Blue Chip Casino’s Stardust Event Center. More than 30 exhibits from regional businesses and organizations will provide goods and information from jewelry to insurance, health and wellness information. Included in
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Great Lakes ports reported an increase in tonnage during the summer, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Throughout the system, tonnage was up 22 million metric tons in August, some 3.5 percent, from last year. The increase was noticed at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, which reported the biggest
MICHIGAN CITY – U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly has announced a grant of $1.3 million to the LaPorte County Economic Development Corp. for infrastructure improvements at the Interstate 94 and U.S. 421 interchange on the south side of Michigan City. The grant was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation, Community, System Preservation Program. By improving
PORTER – Volunteers from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are riding Amtrak’s Wolverine three days a week, presenting information to travelers from Chicago to Detroit about the national park. The volunteers hope to encourage train travelers to visit the area they zip through each day. Amtrak is working with the park in what it calls The
MICHIGAN CITY – Save the Dunes has presented its top honor, the Paul H. Douglas Memorial Award, to Michigan City Mayor Charles E. Oberlie. The award is named for the late Illinois senator who led the campaign to create the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Oberlie was chosen for the honor for his efforts at preserving
GARY – The State Emergency Medical Services Commission has granted Emergency Medical Training Basic Certification to Ryan DesCamp. He is one of the few students to receive the rating before the age of 18. DesCamp graduated at the top of Methodist Hospitals’ EMTB class and was valedictorian at Andrean High School with a 4.7 grade
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend street formerly known as Showerlux Drive has been renamed by the city to Schafer Gear Drive. The street runs parallel to the property on which the company headquarters sits. The new name was unveiled by Mayor Stephen Luecke in recognition of the new 50,000-square-foot facility. “We’re delighted to see
WEST LAFAYETTE – The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University has awarded more than $10,000 to six Indiana student veterans’ organizations that are helping student service members and veterans. The grants range from $1,000 to $2,000 and are to help strengthen student veteran organizations. Among new and emerging student veteran organizations, the top grant
