CHESTERTON – The Little Calumet East Branch watershed group will hold a day of leisure and learning on the river. It is a free event at Brummitt Elementary School at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. There will be a guided tour through the Shirley Heinze Land Trust Wetlands Preserve, a float down the Little Calumet […]
CHICAGO – Hoosiers are invited to time travel with the Fort Dearborn Bicentennial Initiative and experience frontier life in Indiana and Illinois as it was during the War of 1812. The journey begins with a day trip to Mississinewa 1812, the largest War of 1812 re-enactment in the country. At Mississinewa 1812 (near Marion, Ind.)
VALPARAISO – Save the Dunes and Valparaiso University are hosting a Green Infrastructure event at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, starting in Parking Lot 14 at VU. The event includes a walking tour of Valparaiso University to view rain gardens and bioswales have been installed on the campus. The projects were designed to reduce and
VALPARAISO – Porter County Regional Airport has received a $143,344 Federal Aviation Administration grant to support its plans for growth for the next 20 years. U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky said growth at the airport will encourage economic development and help create new jobs. The grant is part of the third phase of reimbursement for the
VALPARAISO – Porter Regional Hospital has received the Chest Pain Center accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The accreditation signifies that patients who arrive at the hospital with chest pain or other symptoms of a heart attack are treated within the critical window of time when damage to the heart muscle can be
SOUTH BEND – Great Lakes Capital in South Bend has plans to complete a $4 million downtown project by rehabbing the former Wells Fargo building at Jefferson Boulevard and Michigan Street. The building has been renamed Citizen’s Bank and Trust, after the original tenant in 1913. The 50,000-square-foot, six-story building will be completely renovated. Work
LAKEVILLE – Robert “Bob” Newton, founder and owner of Hoosier Racing Tire, has died. He was 85 years old. Mr. Newton and his wife, Joyce, founded Hoosier Tire in 1957. Today, it is one of the largest manufacturers of racing tires in the world. Mr. Newton opened a factory in Plymouth in 1979 and the
SOUTH BEND – Press Ganey in South Bend has named Joe Greskoviak president. Most recently, Greskoviak was president of MedAssets. He is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago. Press Ganey helps health care organization measure patient experience. It has 600 employees.
