INDIANAPOLIS – The Heartland Film Festival, which will be held Oct. 14-23 in Indianapolis, has received a record number of entries.             The 19th annual film festival has 832 independent submissions, well over the 647 received in 2006. This year’s entries include 118 student films.             Filmmakers from 48 countries have submitted feature-length, short […]

            INDIANAPOLIS – William R. VanWye has received the Jack Walker Award from the American Physical Therapy Association.             VanWye is a staff physical therapist for St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers. He was cited for his research, “Patient Screening by a Physical Therapist for Non-Musculoskeletal Hip Pain.” The article was published in APTA’s scientific

            PORTAGE – A delegation from the China Environment Forum toured the region Tuesday. They were hosted by the Northwest Indiana Forum, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and the Indiana Wildlife Federation.             The delegation took a boat tour of the Like Michigan shoreline and participated in discussions on regional environmental challenges, collaboration and water

            HAMMOND – A sinkhole near Gavit High School may have been caused by a small puncture in a BP pipeline that apparently is leaking into a sewer at 175th and White Oak. According to a report by WJOB radio, Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller said residents reported smelling gas in the area for the past few

            SOUTH BEND – Nemec Supply Co. has opened a northwest location in South Bend that will serve northern Indiana and southwest Michigan with commercial roofing and sheet metal products.             Nemec Supply, which opened in 1941, is based in Indianapolis. Greg Pink and Anneliese Woolford of CB Richard Ellis/Brady in South Bend, and Tony

            HAMMOND – The Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network and the Indiana National Guard are partnering to host a series of programs around the state where home owners can speak with a counselor in order to work with lenders on their home mortgages.             The workshops are free and will be held from 3 p.m. to

            INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana CPA Society will hold a Fraud Conference Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Marriott East in Indianapolis. The conference will examine fraud in the current economic conditions, look at investigative resources and learn how to protect their clients, organization and self.             Speakers are Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc., and Ransom McClung

            VALPARAISO – WorkOne will present the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board’s 2010 State of the Workforce Report starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Strongbow Inn, 2405 E. U.S. 30, Valparaiso.              The report will highlight industries that are surviving and those that are reinventing themselves. Workforce development experts will talk about the skills

            SCHERERVILLE – Prime Real Estate will hold its fifth anniversary celebration with an open house starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 738 E. U.S. 30.             Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information, call (219) 322-9009.