LAPORTE – LaPorte Hospital Foundation head Maria Fruth has been recognized for her lengthy community service. She received the Liberty Bell Award from the American Bar Association. “We are so very proud of the way Maria has led the Foundation over the past 16-plus years,” said board president Liz Kaminski. Fruth provides overall coordination for […]
PORTAGE – Abonmarche, an engineering, architectural and consulting firm, has announced it is opening an office in Portage. The company is involved in land surveying, marina and waterfront development, community planning, landscaping and other design and engineering project. Abonmarche has offices in South Bend and Fort Wayne, and in Benton Harbor, Manistee and South Haven
PORTAGE – Lakeshore PAWS will take part in the Fegely Middle School vendors event that brings local businesses and organizations together to support the school’s athletic booster group. Pets will be available for adoption from 3-7:30 p.m. Friday, June 8 at the middle school on U.S. 6. Lakeshore PAWS is a volunteer, not-for-profit animal adoption
PORTAGE – MC Industrial has opened an office in Portage to serve clients in Northwest Indiana. The St. Louis-based construction company specializes in projects in the petrochemical, steel and other industrial markets. MC Industrial is currently involved in the BP expansion and at ArcelorMittal. President Tom Felton said the company has worked in Northwest Indiana
VALPARAISO – John Sturgill has been promoted to partner and stockholder for McMahon. The Neenah, Wis., company said Sturgill is manager of the Valparaiso office and has been with the company since 2004. His professionalism and commitment to clients has been responsible for growth in Indiana, said McMahon in a statement.
BREMEN – Bremen Castings Inc. has received the 2011 Partners for Clean Air Award from MACOG, a regional planning group based in South Bend, and NIPSCO. Bremen Castings received the award based on energy savings reported in their Recycling Promotion and Assistance Fund Recycling Market Development Grant. It helped the company install additional melting furnaces
ELKHART – Yoder Oil Company Inc. marked its 75th anniversary with a banquet and mini-trade show that featuring more than 600 participants. Yoder Oil is an independent distributor and marketer of petroleum fuel and lubricant products for farm, automotive, auto racing, construction and industrial use in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The company was founded
WEST LAFAYETTE – Researchers at Purdue University are working with the U.S. Army and neurosurgeons at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to create a new “bioactive” coating for stents used o treat brain aneurisms including those caused by head trauma from bomb blasts. “Stents coated with a bioactive coating might be inserted at the
GARY – Larry Brewer, founder of South Shore Dance Alliance, has been named an Innovator of the Month for May by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. The Dance Alliance trains youngsters from 5 years old through high school in ballet. Brewer created the alliance to give students at the Emerson School of the
PORTAGE – The newly formed Dunes National Park Association has announced a vision its members hope will increase visits and overnight stays to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The centerpiece of the vision is development of a lodge that would itself become a destination for park visitors. The association is based on similar organizations set
