CHICAGO — The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host the 17th Annual Grand Chefs Gala on Friday, January 31 at Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, 200 N. Columbus Drive. In an exciting, Oscars-style presentation, the Gala will recognize the city’s culinary elite with the Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence. This year’s event will include a special […]
LA PORTE — Indiana is experiencing an early and severe flu season. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, influenza activity is continuing to increase in the United States. The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) was 3.0% above the national baseline. It is for this reason that IU Health will be
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama Administration announced it is expanding the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Initiative to include Gary, IN; Brownsville, TX; Flint, MI; Macon, GA; Rockford, IL; St. Louis, MO; and Rocky Mount, NC. President Obama established SC2 in 2011 as an innovative and flexible program designed to strengthen local capacity, coordinate federal
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MERRILLVILLE — Providers of products and services targeted to homeowners are invited to participate in the Home & Lifestyle Shows sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Northwest Indiana. Show dates are March 7-9 for the Porter County Show and April 5-6 for the Lake County Show. Events will be held at the Porter County
HAMMOND — The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority celebrated their 30 years of existence throughout 2013. In addition to the award winning 30 Stops in 30 Days campaign, which brought the South Shore CVA to 30 different partners in five counties, the South Shore CVA supported local festivals and events as well as played
LaPorte native making plans for environmentally friendly development. by Heidi Prescott Wieneke Paul Boardman acknowledges there are some important details about the multipurpose sports and entertainment venue he is planning in Northwest Indiana that have not yet been announced. He has not revealed the site on which Duneland Arena would be located, for instance, or
Karen Freeman-Wilson, mayor, Gary, Ind. has been appointed vice chair of the National League of Cities (NLC) 2014 Public Safety & Crime Prevention Steering Committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving crime prevention, corrections, substance abuse, municipal fire policy, juvenile justice, disaster preparedness and relief, homeland
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue is launching a pilot program this week to help acclimate new international undergraduate students and create more opportunities for Purdue students to develop individual friendships with students from different cultures. Winter Welcome, which ran Wednesday to Sunday (Jan. 8-12), was part of the new Multinational Integration Xchange (MIX) program offered by
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KENDALLVILLE — Wolfpack Chassis, a manufacturer and developer of chassis and chassis related components for the recreational vehicle, manufactured housing, and specialty chassis markets, has announced the completion of a $625,000 round of financing with participation by Elevate Ventures. The company has now raised over $1.4 million in capital since its inception, roughly $230,000 of
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue Extension‘s annual Indiana Horticultural Congress will be Jan. 21-23 in Indianapolis with sessions designed to meet the needs of fruit, vegetable, wine, organics and specialty crop growers and marketers in Indiana and surrounding states. There also will be special daylong sessions Jan. 21 on agritourism, food safety, vegetable farming and apple
