AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase from last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways compared with last year, AAA […]
The Ports of Indiana has signed an agreement to extend the option to purchase land near Lawrenceburg in southeastern Indiana on the Ohio River, which could serve as the state’s fourth port. The Ports of Indiana in September 2017 entered an agreement to buy up to 725 acres of land once occupied by the American
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Olympic Steel Inc., a national metals service center, has promoted Terry Rohde to vice president – operations, and Matthew Grussing to general manager of the company’s Minneapolis plate division. Rohde began his career at Olympic Steel in 2001 as operations manager at the company’s Minnesota coil facility. In 2004, he transitioned to sales manager at
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Tax collections for the state of Indiana are running ahead of projections. The Indiana State Budget Agency said Nov. 9 that year-to-date general fund tax collections totaled $4,998.2 million through October, which is $92.1 million or 1.9 percent above the December 2017 revised revenue forecast and $243.5 million or 5.1 percent more than collections through
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Garry Enyart, director of Cummins mobile generator business, was elected chairman of the board of directors for the RV Industry Association, which is based in Elkhart. Enyart began his career with Cummins in 1972 and became involved in the RV industry in 1978 as a sales representative. “Cummins has a long history of providing
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ArcelorMittal and its conservation partners announced Nov. 5 that it awarded $1.25 million in grants through the Chi-Cal Rivers Fund to improve and enhance waterways in the Chicago-Calumet region. These investments will enhance fish and wildlife habitat, reduce stormwater runoff, and improve access to and use of natural areas, ArcelorMittal said in a statement. The
Temple News Agency in La Porte now is owned and operated by J.D. and Jennifer Flynn. “My wife and I are very new to owning a business, but Temple has been an important part of our lives for a long time,” J.D. Flynn said. “LaPorte has a very rich history and a very bright future,
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The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Indiana the week of Nov. 5 has dropped 8 cents a gallon from last week. Regular unleaded gasoline in Indiana on average is selling for $2.59 a gallon, down from $2.67 last week, AAA reports. A month ago, the same grade fuel was selling for $2.93 a
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