VALPARAISO – Retailers Gordman’s and Hobby Lobby have announced plans to build in Valparaiso in the Vale Shopping Center on the city’s north side. Gordman’s plans a 50,000-square-foot store with construction to begin at the end of January, and Hobby Lobby plans a 57,000-square-foot store with construction to begin in the spring.
HAMMOND – The sculptors responsible for the creation of the Flick statue, as well as the Orville Redenbacher statue in Valparaiso, will present other works while educating visitors on the bronze statue making process during the Explore the South Shore: Art & Culture event at the Indiana Welcome Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
MERRILLVILLE – The Sun-Times Media Group, which owns the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana, has announced it is closing some of its suburban Chicago newsrooms. A final decision on which offices will be closed hasn’t been announced, but the Post-Tribune in Merrillville could be one of them. The Sun-Times Media Group is looking to cuts costs
LAPORTE – Monosol has received a 10-year tax abatement from the LaPorte City Council, enabling it to move ahead with a $39 million expansion in the Thomas Rose Industrial Park. The project includes a $5 million investment in a new 50,000-square-foot building and $34 million in new equipment. Monosol moved to the industrial park in
MUNSTER – Citizens Financial Bank’s board of directors has announced a quarterly dividend of one cent per share, payable on Jan. 25 to shareholders of record on Jan. 4. The dividend was unchanged from the third quarter. CFS Bancorp, the parent company for Citizens Financial, has assets of $1.1 billion.
CHESTERTON – Urschel Laboratories will move headquarters and manufacturing from Valparaiso to Coffee Creek Center in Chesterton. The move to a 160-acre campus includes a 350,000-square-foot manufacturing building. Urschel manufactures a variety of cutting devices for the food processing industry around the world. When the project is completed in 2015, there will be 300 employees
LAPORTE – When Family Nurse Practitioner Kimberley Mendez received her Master’s of Science in Nursing with a family practice specialty, she started looking for a place to practice to fit her philosophy of what medicine should be. She found it in North Judson, where she will share office space with Dr. Curtis Bejes, as part
MISHAWAKA – Mark Murray, president and CEO at Center for Hospice Care, has announced the hiring Amber Burger as CHC’s third full-time medical director. Burger is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and has completed a one-year Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Ohio State University Medical Center. She has experience in the
KNOX – Teresa Sickmiller is the new clinical dietician at Indiana University Health Starke Hospital. In the 20 years she has been in the field, Sickmiller has seen the effects of obesity and diabetes. “I’m really worried if these two, one a condition and the other a disease, are not brought under control we are
EAST CHICAGO – Ameristar Casinos, which operates a casino and hotel in East Chicago, has been acquired by Pinnacle Entertainment of Las Vegas. The deal is worth $869 million. Part of the deal calls for Pinnacle to take over $1.9 billion in Ameristar debt. Once complete, Pinnacle will operate 17 hotels and casinos in the
