INDIANAPOLIS – The Matt Breman Memorial 5K Run & Walk to End Child Abuse will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 23, starting at Buggs Temple in downtown Indianapolis. The entry fee is $20 per person and $40 for families. Commemorative water bottles are available for $10. Matt Bremen was an avid […]
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System is using Donate Life Month in April to celebrate its Silver Award for organ donation performance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award denotes Porter as a Health and Human Services’ 2010 Medal of Honor hospital, only of only four in Indiana to receive
CEDAR LAKE – Dushan Nikolovski, director of Purdue University Calumet’s Center for Entrepreneurship Success, is the guest speaker for eEngaging NWI Business Women, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at the Lighthouse Restaurant, 7501 Constitution Ave., Cedar Lake. He will speak about entrepreneurial opportunities and resources in Northwest Indiana. eEngaging
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration will host an hour-long webinar designed to help business owners make the right decisions to maneuver through the economic recovery. Among the questions that will be addressed are “How does a business owner take positive steps to ensure that his or her business remains resilient through
MERRILLVILLE – The Adidas Hardwood Challenge Basketball Tournament will be April 16 and 17 at the Fieldhouse in Merrillville. The challenge is sanctioned by the NCAA and more than 100 Division 1 college coaches will be in attendance. More than 100 girls’ basketball teams from across the nation will compete. Games start
HAMMOND – More than a dozen South Shore attractions will gather for the inaugural Explore the South Shore event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Indiana Welcome Center. The Indiana Welcome Center is at the Interstate 94 and Kennedy Avenue interchange in Hammond. The first 500 families
PORTAGE – When Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. and Graycor Blasting Co. Inc. open in Portage later this year, the companies expect to become more active with key labor and business groups in the region. “While we have been active in these group for many years, being right there in Portage now, vs. an
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and the City of Hammond will partner in the development of an outdoor sports complex to serve the university’s athletics program and city activities. The complex will be at Dowling Park in the Hessville neighborhood, about a mile from the PUC campus. When fully developed, it will have
HOBART – The City of Hobart and the Legacy Foundation have announced receipt of a $100,000 grant from the Maria Reiner Senior Citizens Fund to establish a senior center inside the former Hobart Middle School near Fourth and New streets. The 8,300-square-foot Maria Reiner Center will be open to Hobart resident and non-residents
SOUTH BEND – The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph County has completed its purchase of the former Sunshine Clubhouse, part of the Madison Center complex near downtown. The 12,000-square-foot building will become the Society’s administrative offices and provide space for programs, meetings, retreats, liturgies, training and social functions. The
