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hhgregg opens a store in Highland

HIGHLAND – Electronics retailer hhgregg has opened a 25,000-square-foot store in former Borders bookstore in the Highland Grove shopping center. In addition to electronics, the store also sells appliances. The opening in Highland is one of 14 stores recently opened by hhgregg in the Chicago area. One of those stores was in Hobart.     …

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Save the Dunes holds annual meeting

MICHIGAN CITY – During the annual meeting of the Save the Dunes Council, long-time board member Charlotte Read announced her retirement. She was the organization’s first executive director. “Charlotte Read is a legend in the environmental community in Northwest Indiana,” said Executive Director Nicole Barker. “She and her husband Herb have accomplished more for the …

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Scott Olthoff joins Berglund Construction

CHESTERTON – Scott Olthoff has joined Berglund Construction as a project executive. “We are excited to welcome Scott aboard and help lead us into new market sectors,” said Fred Berglund, president of Berglund Construction. “He is a proven relationship builder, which fits the culture and business model here at Berglund Construction.” Olthoff has managed a …

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Purdue, IU team in fight against cancer

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Oncological Sciences Center and Indiana University will share a National Institutes of Health grant to launch a cancer advocacy network and advance research for systems-engineering principles to cancer prevention and treatment. The $500,000 grant will be used through the joint Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. It will fund a …

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62 Purdue Calumet students get grants

HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has awarded $20,640 in grants to support 62 undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Research Grant Program provides funding for student researchers to help them gain insight about their anticipated career. Biological Sciences – Ryan Mihalic, Hammond, and Amy Poortinga, Dyer, $1,889; Yu-pin Chiao, Taipei, China, $500; and Carolyn Brunt, Highland, $422. …

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Purdue Calumet receives $5,000 grant

HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet’s Educational Talent Search program has received a $5,000 grant from the UPS Foundation to provide services to help bridge the educational opportunity gap for first generation and low-income students. “We are pleased to be a recipient of the UPS grant,” said Melvyn Harding, director of educational talent search at PUC. …

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United Way honors union chief

GRIFFITH – Ray Kasmark, district manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697, has been honored by the Lake Area United Way for his contributions to the organization. “Ray is deeply committed to working families throughout the state and to United way’s mission of advancing the common good so everyone can live a …

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