MERRILLVILLE – An Israel-based company, ommyx, Ltd., has opened an office at the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana. The company helps municipalities with water management, hazardous situation, floods and wastewater treatment. The company was founded in 2007 by Alon Shwartz and Aviv Peled. Information is provided by ommyx through computer software connected with treatment […]
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center has received a $3,000 grant from the Lake County Retired Teachers Association. The Challenger Learning Center has provided educational programs to more than 15,000 students and adults annually with simulated sky voyages and moon base operations. The Lake County Retired Teachers Association donates money to various charities that focus
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MICHIGAN CITY – Kris Pate has been named executive director of the United Way of LaPorte County. She takes over from Bill Hanna, who resigned in December. Pate is a native of LaPorte County but has spent the past five years in Pittsburgh. She previously worked at Dunebrook, a child abuse advocacy center in LaPorte
PORTAGE – Glenmount Global Solutions recently completed a flare gas pulpit control room for ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor Works in East Chicago. The control room was shipped in four loads to East Chicago. Each oversized truck took 90 minutes to travel the 21 miles from Portage. Once at ArcelorMittal, the units were unloaded and are being
MICHIGAN CITY – The LaPorte County Cooperative Extension Service of Purdue University is hosting Moms Together, a program that offers a safe atmosphere where pregnant or parenting youth and young adults can share experiences, support one another and build self-confidence to be a good mother. The program offers resources, hands-on parenting activities, health and safety
PORTAGE – Porter Health will hold a grand opening of its Shoreline Surgery Center at the Portage Hospital, 3630 Willowcreek Road, from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, April 12. “The $2.5 million expansion of Shoreline Surgery Center is complete and we are very happy with the outcome and additional amenities offered to our patients and physicians,” said
MICHIGAN CITY – Morse & Co. Advertising Communication has received the Gold 2011 Go Green Advertising Award for its online magazine, “TheBeachCoast.com.” The Go Green Awards is a national competition that recognizes outstanding creativity while being environmentally conscious.
CROWN POINT – Thomas Ference has been named an Innovator of the Month for March by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. Ference is president and CEO of Human Resource Mining and Distribution, a consulting business that collects innovative ideas from HR professionals from around the world to help companies identify weaknesses and unmet
GARY – Latrice Edwards, a professional makeup artist, has been named an Innovator of the Month for March by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. Edwards uses her skills on movie sets like “Public Enemy” and television shows like “Boss,” but she also uses her skills to provide personal service to people who cannot
WHITING – William Halliar, founder of the annual Race for the Future, has been named an Innovator of the Month for March by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. Halliar is a retired senior project engineer for TTX Co. and holds 21 patents. He created the race to tap into the “ordinary individual” to
