MICHIGAN CITY – The Unity Foundation of LaPorte County has announced two recipients of Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships. The scholarships provide full tuition to an Indiana college or university of their choice along with an annual $900 stipend for books and equipment. Recipients are Brittany Belkiewitz of LaPorte High School and Mitchell Orzech of Michigan […]
GARY – Mereivelyn Stuber has been named president of the Northwest Indiana Patient Safety Coalition. She currently is patient safety officer for Methodist Hospitals in Gary. Stuber has been with Methodist for 23 years. The coalition is made up of representatives of area health care systems and academic institutions and provides a forum for area
MUNSTER – Peoples Bank reported first quarter net income of $1.4 million, up 15.5 percent from $1.2 million one year ago. Earnings were 48 cents per share, up from 41 cents last year. While net income was down to $5.9 million, income from fees and services rose to $1.6 million. Peoples has $668.5 million in
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp, the parent company for Horizon Bank, announced a record quarterly profit of $4.6 million, up 79 percent from one year ago. President and CEO Craig Dwight said the bank had $988.6 million in loans at the end of March, up from $179 million the previous year. Dwight said Horizon purchased
KNOX – Selected Furniture LLC will open a distribution and manufacturing plant in Knox. The company announced it was closing is distribution center in Chicago and manufacturing operation in China and combining both into an operation in Knox. Selected Furniture will spend $1 million to buy, renovate and equip a 201,000 square foot building. The
The economy is coming back to life. Is the region’s workforce prepared to cash in on the opportunities? by Shari Held With the negative press the economy has generated over the last few years, it’s easy to overlook the positives Northwest Indiana has to offer – the Dunes, the casinos, the steel mills, a great
SOUTH BEND – 1st Source Corp. has announced that its first quarter income was $11.72 million, up by more than 10 percent from $10.61 million one year ago. Chairman and CEO Christopher Murphy said that expenses were down in the quarter while loan loss provisions for unchanged for the quarter. He said 1st Source Bank’s
FAIR OAKS – Fair Oaks Farms is converting its entire fleet of delivery trucks to run on renewable fuel made from cow manure. The dairy farm with more than 25,000 head of cattle on its Newton County farm plans to convert the waste generated there into a usable bio-fuel. Fair Oaks has a fleet of
HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will hold its annual Tourism Week Luncheon at the Indiana Welcome Center starting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9. Tickets are $35 per person. RSVPs will be taken until Wednesday, May 2 at (219) 554-2229. The keynote address will be given by David Fitzsimmons, a
HAMMOND – Northwest Indiana hosted some 300 basketball teams over the weekend for the Adidas Girls Hoosier Hardwood Classic and the Chicago Hoops Spring Show. The Adidas Girls Hoosier Hardwood Classic featured 96 teams from across the country and the Chicago Hoops Spring Showdown attracted some 200 teams. Hotel rooms throughout the region were booked
