PORTAGE – The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission has announced it will consider proposals for a new office. NIRPC has been in Portage since 1993, but its 20-year lease on its current office at 6100 Southport Road expires this year. Before moving to Portage, NIRPC was based in Highland. NIRPC, which funnels federal transportation funds […]
HIGHLAND – Christenson Chevrolet has completed work on a 17,000-square-foot addition at its dealership on Indianapolis Boulevard. The project includes an upgrade of the used car showroom and service department. The effort was brought about when General Motors, the parent company for Chevrolet, urged its dealerships to create a more modern look. Christenson Chevrolet has
MERRILLVILLE – IV Diagnostics has announced plans to merge its cancer detection efforts with Wisconsin-based StableBody Technologies. The two companies are working on ways to create an early detection of circulating cancer cells in blood. IV Diagnostics is based at the Northwest Indiana Purdue Technology Center and StableBody is based at the University of Wisconsin
MISHAWAKA – St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and OB/GYN Associates of Northern Indiana (OBNI), a division of Allied Physicians of Michiana, LCC, have joined forces to offer maternal-child services to Michiana, with the recent launch of the OB Hospitalist Program at the Mishawaka Campus. Offered through The Family Birthplace, this specialized program consists of board-certified
VALPARAISO – Porter Health Care System has named EMS Office Manager Darcy Jackson as its 2013 Associate of the Year. Jackson began her career at Porter in 2002. As office manager, she is responsible for the operation and day-to-day business of the EMS division. Jackson’s director said she is committed to her co-workers, always available
VALPARAISO – Porter Health Care System has named Cathy Pera, director of IMCU and the Progressive Care Unit, as Porter’s Clinical Manager-of-the-Year, and Tracey Knapp, director of Porter Physician Group, as Porter’s Non-Clinical Manager-of-the-Year. “Cathy and Tracey are first-class leaders and exemplify our organization’s core values and caring culture,” said Porter Health Care System CEO
VALPARAISO – Ideas in Motion Media has partnered with My Mobile Fans to develop and launch two new mobile apps to share positive news in Northwest Indiana, highlighting the positive, community-focused content on PortageLife.com and LaPorteCountyLife.com, available through the Apple iTunes and Google Play app stores. The mobile applications, developed on the My Mobile Fans
SOUTH BEND – Gibson was recently named as one of the 2013 Best Places to Work in Indiana. This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best places of employment in Indiana, benefiting the state’s economy, its workforce, and businesses. To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill
Struggling to Transform Your Business to Survive and Thrive? Putting the right people at the helm has launched many high-profile, highly successful turnarounds, from Jack Welch in his early days at GE to Meg Whitman at eBay. But companies don’t have to fire the entire C-suite to put “new” leadership in place, says Barbara Trautlein,
Founders of Dyer-based NorthStar360 Business Solutions Rick and Susan Riddering met with Dr. Roger Allen, co-founder of the Center for Organizational Design at the annual 360 Solutions Learning Conference earlier this month in Dallas, TX. The three served as presenters at the conference and met to discuss the latest trends and best practices in training
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