LAPORTE – The LaPorte County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced that the recent running of the Maple City Grand Prix boat race on Stone Lake in LaPorte brought in more than $1 million to the local economy. A study by Certec Inc. of Versailles, Ky., showed that 15,000 people attended the race, with 76 […]
MICHIGAN CITY – In partnership with the United Way of LaPorte County and the LaPorte County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, The Northwest Indiana Leaders Young Professional Network will host its inaugural Midwest Brewers Brawl on Sunday, July 28. The inaugural Midwest Brewers Brawl will be at the Washington Park Pavilion in Michigan City, and will
MICHIGAN CITY – United Way of LaPorte County will hold its 9th annual Golf Outing on Monday, July 19, at Pottawattomie Country Club in Michigan City. Besides raising money for United Way, the golf outing offers participants a chance to win more than $25,000 in prizes along with two new cars. Registration is 11 a.m.
HAMMOND – The City of Hammond’s annual Festival of the Lakes will run Wednesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 21. The festival will feature free nightly live entertainment, carnival rides, a 5k, car show, golf scramble and fishing derby. The festival opens at 5 p.m. July 17, with free pontoon boat rides, $25 carnival wristbands
WEST LAFAYETTE – Indiana and Kentucky dairy producers will tour a series of north-central Indiana dairy operations July 30-31 when Purdue Extension and University of Kentucky Extension host the 2013 Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange. The annual event, which includes tours of six farms, this year will focus on ways technology can improve dairy operations. It also
MERRILLVILLE – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will kick off the month-long campaign celebrating its 30th anniversary today at Lakeshore Public Media, 8625 Indiana Place in Merrillville, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Throughout July, the South Shore CVA’s Tour Mobile will be making a stop at a different festival, attraction, restaurant or
HAMMOND – The City of Hammond’s annual Festival of the Lakes will run Wednesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 21. The festival will feature free nightly live entertainment, carnival rides, a 5k, car show, golf scramble and fishing derby. The festival opens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, with free pontoon boat rides, $25
MICHIGAN CITY – In partnership with the United Way of LaPorte County and the LaPorte County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, and in conjunction with the opening of the fifth annual Great Lakes Super Boat Grand Prix offshore powerboat race, the Northwest Indiana Leaders Young Professional Network will host their inaugural Brewers Brawl event at the
HAMMOND – Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr., and South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Speros A. Batistatos announced a new partnership between the Hammond and the South Shore CVA to collect data on attendees of the annual Festival of the Lakes, a five-day festival at Wolf Lake Memorial Park in Hammond.
HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will host the Summer Fun Along the South Shore photo contest. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, Sept. 1. Photographs should be candid and depicting people enjoying summer activities such as water parks, festivals, beaches and parks. The first place winner will receive a $500
