MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp, the parent company for Horizon Bank in Michigan City, has acquired Heartland Bancshares Inc. in Franklin. It operates Heartland Community Bank. The agreement calls for Horizon to issue 0.54 shares of common stock for each share of Heartland common stock. Horizon’s price per share is $18 and Heartlands was $9.72. […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Supriyo Datta, the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, has been named one of 66 new members and 10 foreign associates named to the National Academy of Engineering. He has been at Purdue since 1981 and since 1985 he has focused on current flow in nanoscale
SOUTH BEND – Robert J. Konopa, a partner at Tuesley Hall Konopa, has been named to the 2012 Indiana Super Lawyers list as one of the top attorneys in the state. Only 5 percent of the state’s lawyers are selected each year. Konopa was chosen for his work in civil litigation defense, personal injury plaintiffs
VALPARAISO – The new law firm Fletcher & Fletcher LLC has opened in downtown Valparaiso. The firm will specialize in estate planning, corporate law and mediation. Partners in the firm are R. Timothy Fletcher, Wendy A. Fletcher and Stephen J. Sullivan. The office will be at 2005 Valparaiso St.
VALPARAISO – The vacant Task Force Tips building in Evans Avenue will soon be home to Paul Wurth Inc., which is moving its operation and 13 employees from Portage. Paul Wurth is based in Luxembourg and designs facilities for the steel industry around the world. It also services equipment in area mills. The company opened
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso University will build a 15,000-square-foot welcome center near its U.S. 30 entrance, thanks to a $5 million gift from an anonymous donor. President Mark Heckler said the center will include historic displays from the university. He said it will be a place where the community and potential students can visit to learn
HOBART – The 13th annual South Shore Clean Cities meeting in Hobart recently focused on alternative fuels as a way to reduce the region’s use of fossil fuels. Carl Lisek, executive director of the organization, said the group helped its members replace 340,000 gallons of gasoline with alternative fuels and cut greenhouse gases by two
SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame has signed an agreement with St. Patrick’s County Park to build a $1 million research facility on 28 acres of land. The university will lease the property for $1 a year for 49 years. The research center will be part of Notre Dame’s Environmental Change Initiative and
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central’s tax accounting students will offer free assistance to the public in preparing federal and state income tax returns. Help is available from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays through March 31, except for March 10. Appointments are required and all work will be done in Room 171 in
CHESTERTON – The Façade Committee of the Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce, has announced a third year of façade grants will be available in 2012. Funding is through the Duneland Economic Development Co. Applications are available at the chamber and are due by 4 p.m. on Feb. 28. Thus far, the committee has awarded more than
