MUNSTER – Community Hospital has received accreditation from the American College of Radiology and the American Society for Radiation Oncology for its radiation department. The three-year accreditation means the department meets established guidelines for patients care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications, adequacy of equipment, quality control and quality assurance.
GARY – Forest Hayes has been named as the director of the Gary Economic Development Corp. He currently is director of the Gary Commerce Department. Hayes takes over for Tom Collins II, who headed the Gary EDC until last June. Collins is an executive with Luke Oil Co. in Hobart.
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso Partners has announced plans to develop offices in the former McGill Manufacturing building at 259 W. Indiana Ave., in downtown. The proposal encompasses 2,400 square feet and will be home to a law office on the upper floor. Work on the project has been underway since 2008, but the original plans for
WHITING – Northwest Indiana Sports and Entertainment Inc. has organized the inaugural beer fest, “Southern Shores Brew Festival” from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, inside Oil City Stadium. The fest will highlight some of the best beers from Indiana. There also will be live entertainment and food from local vendors. Breweries attending will be Bulldog
CHESTERTON – Duneland Group Inc. has hired 20-year steel and manufacturing industry veteran Gregory J. Koszut to advance service diversification and strengthen current engineering, surveying and development services. Koszut, 43, was most recently Industrial Group Manager for DLZ Industrial LLC in Burns Harbor, where he was the lead manager responsible for all heavy industrial clients.
SOUTH BEND – Sara Zwolski has been named an account manager by Villing & Company in South Bend. She will be responsible for planning and coordinating public relations and social communication initiatives for the agency’s clients. Zwolski is a graduate of St. Mary’s College and was previously marketing assistant for AcuTemp Thermal Systems in Dayton,
MERRILLVILLE – Northern Indiana Public Service Co. employees have pledged $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Indiana. The money will be used to help create a positive environment for youth to learn, develop and grow across the 32 counties served by the utility. The donation is part of a broader company initiative
MICHIGAN CITY – Save the Dunes will mark its 60th anniversary on Oct. 27, and the deadline to register for the gala event is Friday, Oct. 19. The keynote speaker for the anniversary gala is Henry Henderson, director of the Midwest Program of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He will examine the anticipated opportunities and
LAPORTE – Kevin Beres, senior vice president of LaPorte Savings Bank has received a diploma from the Graduate School Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school, sponsored by the 18 state bankers associations comprising the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was established in 1945 to provide bankers with
FORT WAYNE – Vera Bradley Inc.’s board of directors has unanimously elected Karen Kaplan as a director. She is president of Hill Holliday, one of the nation’s largest marketing agencies. She currently is chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of commerce, serves on the board of governors of the Chief Executives Club of Boston and
