MERRILLVILLE – The Quality of Life Council, the Lake County Advancement Committee and the Shared Ethics Advisory Commission will host a seminar, “Ethics in Government: Northwest Indiana at the Crossroads,” from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 11, at Avalon Manor. The program is free, but reservations to attend are needed by March […]
Indiana’s deepwater port at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan stokes the state’s economy to the tune of $14 billion a year and provides more than 104,000 direct and indirect jobs. It’s a key component of Northwest Indiana’s economic engine – and it could all disappear on Jan. 1, 2012, if an environmental provision put in
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has announced it has received double-digit increases in research funding and the number of new patents issued for Purdue technologies. Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Purdue Research Foundation, and Richard O. Buckius, vice president for research, reported a record $438 million in
CROWN POINT – The Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point Auxiliary recently presented a $100,000 check to the hospital’s Capital Campaign. David Ruskowski, hospital president, thanked the auxiliary for the donation and for its other donations over the years. Since the hospital opened in 1974, the auxiliary has raised more than $2 million.
HOBART – The Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council will hold an education summit, “Educating Our Way to a Better Economy,” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at Hobart High School, 2211 E. 10th St. The deadline to register is Wednesday, Feb. 16, at Center of Workforce Innovations, 2804 Boilermaker Court, Suite
CROWN POINT – The Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Capital Campaign recently received donations of $3,000 and $781.50 from Richard Sauerman of MainSource Bank of Northwest Indiana and Tracy Pohlmann of Crown Point, a distributor for Premier Jewelry Sales. Sauerman said he wanted to help the local community and donated to St. Clare Health
VALPARAISO – Porter is the only hospital in Northwest Indiana offering a new treatment option for patients with inoperable liver cancer, the Selective Internal Radiation Therapy procedure. “SIRT is suitable for patients who have liver tumors where the liver is the only site or the major site of disease,” said Dr. Amjad Alkadri,
CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point has announced it will begin construction on a $6 million Radiology Oncology Department that will include a Trilogy Linear Accelerator from Varian Medical Systems of California. Construction is expected to be completed by November. “The Trilogy radiation therapy machine will offer fast, more precise,
