DYER – Amtrak service on the Hoosier State, which stops in Dyer four times a week, could end in 2013 if Amtrak and state transportation officials can’t reach an agreement on a funding subsidy. The Hoosier State runs between Chicago and Indianapolis. In 201, 2,439 people got on or off an Amtrak train in Dyer. …
SOUTH BEND – Beacon Health System, which includes Elkhart General Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend, have received the 2012 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award. Both hospitals were among the top 5 percent of all U.S. hospitals in patient safety. The study finds that Medicare patients at Patient Safety Excellence Award hospitals were 48 …
For a growing number of students, cyberspace is the classroom. by Rick A. Richards The landscape of traditional four-year colleges in Indiana hasn’t changed all that much in the last half century. The same universities that were around then are here today. But that doesn’t mean the higher education landscape hasn’t changed. There are more …
The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is pleased to announce the Class of 2012 – winners of this year’s E-Day Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards. “This group of small business entrepreneurs represents the very best of Northwest Indiana,” said Lorri Feldt, regional director of the NWI SBDC. “We are honored to recognize them for following their …
VALPARAISO – The Mental Health Alliance, comprised of Mental Health America of Porter County, Porter-Starke Services and the Porter-Starke Services Foundation, honored several people for their work. They include Judge Kim Hall of Starke County Circuit Court with Aled P. Davies Award for Public Policy on Health; Charles Johnson of the Aliveness Project with the …
MISHAWAKA – IronWorks, a 17,000-square-foot office building erected in 2008 in Mishawaka now has its first tenant. The accounting firm H.J. Umbaugh and Associates has signed a least for the entire third floor in the building. H.J. Umbaugh will move its 15 employees in Plymouth to the space, which has 4,790 square feet. The move …
MICHIGAN CITY – Lakeshore Foods Corp. has announced it will open in the Jewel-Osco building in Michigan City. Jewel is withdrawing from Michigan City and closed its store on Oct. 8. Lakeshore Foods operates five Al’s Supermarkets in Michigan City, LaPorte and South Haven, and Barney’s Market in New Buffalo, Mich. President Gil Pontius said …
GRIFFITH – The Griffith-Merrillville Airport has received a $63,900 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to help it support planning and development efforts. U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, made the announcement and said the grant will help in construction of a parallel taxiway and improve drainage at the airport. The airport has two 4,900-foot runways. …
BURNS HARBOR – Traditions, the state’s first green-certified apartment complex, has opened. The complex was developed by In Good Company and is part of The Village, an award-winning, green housing development. Michael Sakich, managing partner of In Good Company, said the complex received green certification from the National Association of Home Builders. The complex has …
SOUTH BEND – The monthly Wednesday Wine Walk in downtown South Bend will include a celebration of craft beers with an Oktoberfest from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. The event, hosted by the Downtown Dining Alliance, includes nine restaurants. Participating will be Cafe Navarre featuring Bell’s Brewery of Kalamazoo, Mich.; East Bank Emporium …
