MICHIGAN CITY – Brenda Temple, vice president and general manager of Blue Chip Casino, Hotel and Spa, was appointed to the board of directors of the Economic Development Corp. Michigan City. Temple will fill a vacancy through the end of this year left by the departure of Lief Erickson, former general manager at Blue Chip […]
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HAMMOND – State and Region officials are scheduled to break ground Aug. 15 on a new data center project at the former site of the State Line Generating Facility. Gov. Eric Holcomb, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott and other Region leaders are expected to be joined by representatives for Indiana NAP LLC, developers of the Digital
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INDIANAPOLIS — A total of 88 families from around the state, including six from Northwest Indiana, were presented with the Hoosier Homestead Award for their longstanding commitment to Indiana agriculture. The families were recognized at the Indiana State Fair by Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler on Aug.
More than 1,000 volunteers turned out for the United Way’s annual Day of Caring event Aug. 10. Volunteers spent time on everything from beautification projects to collection drives. The program is billed as the largest single-day volunteer event in Northwest Indiana, according to the United Way of Porter County, which coordinated volunteers, connecting them with
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HAMMOND – Purdue University Northwest will host a ground breaking event Aug. 23 on its new $40 million Bioscience Innovation Building, a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) centered facility, which will house the college’s nursing and biological sciences departments. The event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the PNW Hammond campus, 7141
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Budget Agency reported Aug. 10 that the state’s general fund revenues totaled $1.17 billion for July, which was $11.5 million or 1 percent above a revised revenue forecast from December. July’s total also was $19.6 million greater than the total recorded in July 2017, the state said. Sales tax collections
Indiana’s award-winning Jobs for America’s Graduates program, which helps high school students achieve success through graduation, will be adding four more sites around the state including two in Northwest Indiana. Two of four new programs will be established in what the state defines as its region one service area, which includes Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton,
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A new survey has found 85 percent of recent graduates from 12 Indiana public and private colleges say they were either satisfied or extremely satisfied with they education they received. The result from the second Gallup-Indiana Graduate Satisfaction Survey was released Aug. 9 by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. With funding support from Strada
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