Learn about people, companies making difference at work and in their communities Accounting Kruggel Lawton CPAs, an accounting and business advisory firm with locations in Elkhart, South Bend and St. Joseph, recently announced that Julie Eslinger, a staff CPA, earned the designation of certified valuation analyst from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts. […]
Region’s E-Day award-winning serial entrepreneurs share experiences of business successes and failures Like most opportunistic kids, Jeff Conti not only worked on his newspaper route, he also shoveled snow and mowed lawns for his first entrepreneurial experiences. Conti explored other unconventional ways to challenge himself while growing up in the late 1970s and early ’80s
Impact Club Tri Town directs member dollars to under-the-radar charities Last year, Donna Criner’s charity received an email informing her organization it had been selected to give a brief presentation about its mission for a chance to win a cash donation. Immediately Criner thought the email was a scam but, after doing some research, she
Entrepreneur offers bag of fresh ingredients for good health Green smoothies have been a part of Allyson Straka’s life for more than a decade. The single mom and certified holistic health coach drinks at least one green smoothie a day in her effort to eat clean, natural, nutrient-dense, healthy foods. Her advice to anyone who
Focusing on one product and refining its production processes has helped JJ Babbitt Co. of Elkhart establish itself in a specialty niche in the music industry. It has been 100 years since Jesse James Babbitt began crafting mouthpieces for saxophones and clarinets in his garage in Elkhart. Now the company is looking toward the future
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Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, parent of The Times of Northwest Indiana, announced Jan. 28 it had purchased the print and digital assets of the Kenosha News and the Lake Geneva Regional News, from United Communications Corp. of Kenosha, Wis. “These two markets fit very nicely into our already strong footprint in Wisconsin,” Kevin Mowbray, president and
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NIPSCO is taking additional steps to move away from traditional power generation to more Earth-friendly green alternatives. Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co., announced Feb. 1 its first phase of plans to transition to renewable energy resources through buying power from three new Indiana wind farms. According to NIPSCO, power generated by these wind farms
Halvor Lines Inc., which operates a terminal in South Bend, was named a 2019 Best Fleet to Drive For in the latest Best Fleets survey by the Truckload Carrier’s Association and CarriersEdge, a provider of driving training and retention services. A total of 20 of the thousands of trucking companies operating in the U.S. earn
