WEST LAFAYETTE – Unanticipated economic benefits from the shale oil and gas boom could help offset the costs of substantially reducing the U.S.’s carbon footprint, Purdue agricultural economists say. Wally Tyner and Farzad Taheripour estimate that shale technologies annually provide an extra $302 billion to the U.S. economy relative to 2007, a yearly “dividend” that […]
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MERRILLVILLE — Indiana Towing & Wreckers Association and Professional Towing & Recovery Operators of Illinois will be hosting the inaugural Great Lakes Regional Tow Show August 22 through August 24 at Radisson Hotel Star Plaza. According to Quincy Cunningham, staff member with ITWA, the conference is expected to attract between 400 and 500 attendees. Throughout
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SBA recognizes Mike Suth as Indiana Small Business Person of the Year. by Jerry Davich Regardless of topic surrounding his family’s award-winning, third-generation business, Greg Suth always springs back to his father. “My dad was never afraid to roll up his sleeves and work next to his employees, grinding, deburring and inspecting our products,” Suth
The Kibble Kitchen Pet Pantry’s third annual PAWS for Homeless Animals event has been in the planning phase for several months now, and it all comes to fruition Aug. 23 at Festival Park in Hobart. On that day, there will be more than 70 vendors of all types occupying the park. Tents offering various types
Community Garden Volunteer Opportunity Join United Way of LaPorte County in the LaPorte Community Garden (Corner of Jefferson and Jackson Street in LaPorte, Indiana) from 10am-Noon as we recycle the bricks in the garden space. These bricks will be used for an artistic sculpture in the garden! Join in the community garden! LaPorte County LOCAL Food
Auditions for the Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus‘ 2014-2015 concert season will take place on August 22 and September 9 at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Previous choral experience is recommended. Vocal range, aural abilities, rhythmic comprehension and sight reading will be tested; no prepared vocal selection is required.
Ball State economist Michael Hicks says Indiana’s economy is picking up steam as nearly 5,500 manufacturing jobs were added last month. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported today that unemployment for July was at 5.9 percent, the same as the previous month. The nation’s unemployment rate is 6.2 percent. Indiana added nearly 10,000 private
The South Bend Museum of Art’s Fall session of once-a-week art classes start the week of September 8, 2014. Adult classes offer a variety of daytime and evening options. Drawing classes are offered for beginners to advanced students. Discover the luminosity and ease of soft pastel or choose from three watercolor classes–each with a different
Businesses that had been on the sidelines are ready to expand or relocate and the region is ready. by Heidi Prescott Wieneke When Urschel Laboratories decided it needed to construct a new corporate campus with a manufacturing plant, the Valparaiso-based company embarked on an extensive search for a location. Urschel needed to find the right
HAMMOND — Members of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) recently donated time and labor to the rebuilding of the Hammond Chiefs dugout, which was damaged by a storm in the summer of 2013. The dugout is located at Riverside Park in Hammond. The Hammond Chiefs contacted John Winarski, IKORCC Business Representative, with the
