GARY – Methodist Hospitals in Gary has announced three new management appointments. Tim Diamond has been named chief information officer. He comes to the hospital from La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago where he was chief information officer. Victor Garcia has been named director of critical care and emergency department. Previously he was at Methodist […]
SOUTH BEND – The Downtown South Bend Holiday Pop-Up Shops have been selected and the new shop are beginning the transformation of empty storefronts into stores willed with a variety of merchandise for the holidays. Pop-Up Shop participants do not selected their own space. They have the challenge of transforming what has been given to
SOUTH BEND – The Downtown South Bend Holiday Pop-Up Shop program this year will include a pop-up theater with the opening of Studio 217. The Acting Ensemble will perform a variety of events through December for all ages. It is located at 217 S. Michigan St.l The studio opens at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10,
MISHAWAKA – The Michiana Chapter of the American Marketing Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Windsor Park Conference Center in Mishawaka. Author and consultant Mark Hubbard will be the guest speaker and will talk on executive leadership and management. He is an independent consultant with more than 25 years of
GARY – Promet Energy Partners LLC, a wholesaler of natural gas and electric power, will open an office in Gary. Promet, based in Chicago, opened in 2004 and has become a major energy management company. Promet has $100 million in sales. Its major customer is ArcelorMittal in East Chicago and Burns Harbor.
MERRILLVILLE – Centier Bank has announced a 44 percent increase in its third quarter revenue to $72 million. President and CEO Mike Schrage said the bank has an active residential mortgage market in the quarter and that lower loan delinquencies helped the bank’s bottom line. Centier has assets of $2.13 billion. Schrage said Centier expects
SOUTH BEND – James Seitz has been named president of 1st Source Bank. Most recently he was executive vice president and was responsible for consumer and electronic banking, managing the regional presidents in Indiana and Michigan and consumer lending and mortgage, electronic and mobile banking, branch administration, deposit operations and corporate-wide marketing. He joined 1st
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LAPORTE – First Trust Credit Union has broken ground on an expansion of its LaPorte office on J Street. The office will double in size from 1,700 square feet to 3,125 square feet. The project includes a new façade, additional office space, a larger lobby, an additional drive-through lane, safety deposit boxes and public restrooms.
HAMMOND – The Indiana Welcome Center is accepting entries in its annual Ugly Lamp Contest through Nov. 21. Lamps can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The contest is a tribute to the 1983 film, “A Christmas Story,” in which Mr. Parker wins a leg lamp as a “major award” from a
