VALPARAISO – Porter Regional Hospital will offer the following support groups in January: Beyond the Baby Blues Support Group Porter Regional Hospital has teamed with local organization Beyond the Baby Blues to offer mothers faced with post-partum depression, anxiety or another perinatal mood disorders with peer support, encouragement and understanding. The group meets on the last Wednesday […]
MICHIGAN CITY – The Economic Development Corporation Michigan City, Indiana (EDCMC) recently elected its 2017 officers at a regular Board of Directors meeting in December. Rick Dekker, CEO of Dekker Vacuum Technologies, Inc., was elected as Chair of the EDCMC Board. Bill Hackney, Publisher of The News Dispatch was elected as Vice Chair for the
LAGRANGE – Forest River, a full-line manufacturer of recreational and commercial vehicles, announced plans today to expand its operations to LaGrange, creating up to 425 new jobs by 2019 and marking another milestone for Indiana’s RV industry, which produces 80 percent of the world’s RVs. “If you see an RV on the road, chances are
MERRILLVILLE — Lakeshore Public Media’s TV division, Lakeshore Public Television, announced it will be ending its broadcast of its Lakeshore Kids channel as PBS is set to launch its own PBS KIDS channel nationally on January 16, 2017. Earlier this year, PBS announced that it was going to launch a new 24/7 children’s channel, PBS
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Project Outreach and Prevention on Youth Violence (POP) Foundation, a nonprofit group, founded by Dr. Michael McGee and Dr. Reuben Rutland, partnered with Methodist Hospitals to assist the homeless and low-income veterans at NWI Veterans Village in Gary, IN. Dr. Reuben Rutland shared POP Foundation’s mission with the group, brunch was served by local students,
HAMMOND and WESTVILLE – Purdue University Northwest is introducing two, redesigned master’s degree concentrations—in Instructional Technology and Educational Administration—during the 2017 spring semester beginning in January. The master’s degree program in Education (M.S. Ed.) with a concentration in Instructional Technology is designed to provide students a practical, authentic experience that encourages growth in skills, theory,
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PORTAGE – Ratner Steel Supply Company announced plans today to expand its operations at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor in Portage, creating up to 37 new jobs by 2019. “Once companies choose to hire Hoosiers, they’ll almost always want to hire more,” said Governor Mike Pence. “After picking Indiana for a new facility in 2012,
MUNSTER – SpaPointe aesthetician Holli Zabek, facilitator for the Cancer Resource Centre’s Look Good Feel Better program, is the recipient of the American Cancer Society’s Sunrise Award for outstanding service. The award is presented to those who provide “emotional support and spirit-lifting services” to cancer patients. Look Good Feel Better is a non-medical public service
