Ball State economist Michael Hicks says that while the U.S. economy added 192,000 jobs last month, its employment growth has been agonizingly slow. Despite additional jobs being created, the national unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. “Today’s job growth numbers reflect a continued slow growth […]

Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, announced that Louis A. Cronmiller and Linda J. McGinnity have joined Centier Bank.  Both are part of Centier’s Mishawaka Banking Team, located at 4215 Edison Lakes Parkway, Suite 100, and serve the Greater South Bend area. Louis A. Cronmiller joins Centier as Assistant Vice President/Branch Manager

CROWN POINT — The Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT) recently gifted the sum of $1000 to the local chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers.  Both non-profit groups are dedicated to safety and the promotion of safe work practices throughout Northwest Indiana. This donation was possible due to the success of the ASSE and

Porter Regional Hospital is the first hospital in northwest Indiana to implant the smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available – it is inserted just beneath the skin through a small incision of less than 1 cm in the upper left side of the chest . The big impact and benefit for patients is that it

Junior Achievement serving La Porte County invites you, your place of work, friends and family to participate in the Seven Peaks – Pass of all Passes fundraiser which will benefit the excellent JA programs in 35 La Porte County Schools.  The JA program could not be possible without the 300 dedicated volunteers and money raised

MISHAWAKA — Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) has announced it will expand its Plymouth campus with a new, state-of-the-art Emergency Department. The new Emergency Department will increase capacity by more than 60 percent, streamline emergency care and increase patient safety and privacy. The new Emergency Department will feature a larger waiting area with a

The Music Village presents Musicians for Michiana. Please join The Music Village for the third concert in the Musicians for Michiana series at The Music Village on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at 2 p.m., all proceeds benefitting The Music Village. What’s not fun about a drum?  SBSO percussionists join with oboist and MFM founder Jennet Ingle and

INDIANAPOLIS — The American Cancer Society announced a commitment today to hire 200 veterans and military spouses in 2014 as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring 500,000 Heroes campaign with Capital One. The American Cancer Society will work with the U.S. Chamber’s Hiring Our Heroes program to help fulfill the commitment over