WASHINGTON, D.C. – The St. Lawrence Seaway closed for the 2011 shipping season on Dec. 30 when the westbound vessel Algona Spirit reached Lake Ontario at 7:54 a.m. after leaving the locks on the St. Lawrence River. It was open for 284 days in 2011, beating the record set in 2006 by one day. Tonnage …
SOUTH BEND – The St. Mary’s College Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative will offer the SPARK entrepreneurship training program. The 11-week program runs from Feb. 14 to April 26 at the college and is aimed at under resourced, high potential women entrepreneurs. Those interested in taking part must apply in person at a screening from 9 a.m. …
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central will participate in the state College Goal Sunday for college-bound students and their families from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 in PNC’s Technology Building, Room 265. College Goal Sunday is a 23-year-old program that provides free financial aid information and assistance to all Indiana students seeking admission to …
VALPARAISO – Cardiac Electrophysiologist Mark Dixon is the first in Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area to implant the Unity Quadra TM Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CT-D) and Quartel Left Ventricular Quadripolar Pacing Lead. The new technology developed by St. Jude Medical offers additional pacing options which can reduce the need for re-operation to reposition …
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MICHIGAN CITY – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City has received support from the public and the state in its fight against breast cancer. Laura and Vic Gerhardt, owners of Chesterton-based Above Board Construction, presented the hospital with a $5,888 donation. Their “Power of Pink” effort is augmented by a company truck that has been painted …
GARY – Sandra Hall Smith of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs has accepted the position of assistant director of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (C.U.R.E.) at Indiana University Northwest. C.U.R.E.’s mission is to cultivate grassroots projects and see them through. “I thought if I worked at a university I …
RENSSELAER – ConAgra Foods is expanding its Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn operation in Rensselaer. The company said it will invest $15.6 million over the next two year, creating an additional 24 jobs. Part of the expansion includes $175,000 in tax credits to ConAgra from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. Additionally, Rensselaer and the Jasper County …
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp has announced fourth quarter income was up 23 percent compared to one year ago to $3.5 million. For the year, Horizon posted earnings of $12.8 million. “Achieving record assets and net income and concurrently growing loans and deposits and reducing Horizon’s loan loss provision in a recessionary economy was a …
GARY – Ian McFadden, president and CEO of Methodist Hospitals, has been named Outstanding Chair by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for chairing the 2011 Northwest Indiana Walk to Cure Diabetes. More than 1,500 workers representing corporations, families, schools and other organizations took part in the 12th annual Walk to Cure Diabetes last October at …
MERRILLVILLE – Business executives and nonprofit corporations can now partner with a new tenant in the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana to receive scientific, data-driven research to create and achieve organizational goals. Saqui Research LLC was founded in 2007 by Ursula Saqui to help organizations reach their goals using research-based information. “We focus on …
