SOUTH BEND – A Subway restaurant has opened at Memorial Hospital. It will be inside the hospitals cafeteria and offer visitors and staff another dining option for lunch and dinner. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Memorial is the first hospital in northern Indiana to open a Subway on its campus. “I am excited […]
MERRILLVILLE – The Regional Development Co. held its annual meeting recently at Gamba’s Ristorante in Merrillville. The meeting, the RDC reported that its fiscal year ended with 32 approved loans for $11.7 million. The loans helped produce $33.6 million in project dollars in leveraged investment and created 224 jobs. “We have seen great growth in
GARY – Methodist Hospitals has received the Get With the Guidelines – Heart Failure Silver Quality Achievement award from the American Heart Association. The award signifies that Methodist has reached a goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent compliance for one year to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Steve Leucke has announced that South Bend is more than two-thirds of the way to acquiring the properties it needs to expand Ignition Park. Of 150 parcels targets for acquisition along the north side of Indiana Avenue between Franklin Street and Prairie Avenue, the city has acquired 104 parcels, including one
MICHIGAN CITY – Figment Creative Group in Michigan is marking its 15th anniversary this year. President Polly Liebig said the communications, marketing and web design company has offices in Michigan City and Sedona, Ariz. Liebig said Figment Creative Group is a certified woman business enterprise formed in 1995. She has 30 years of advertising, marketing
MERRILLVILLE – View Outdoor Advertising, a subsidiary of Whiteco Industries, has acquired Outdoor One, a Michigan City billboard company. View Outdoor currently has 525 information boards in the Chicago area. The acquisition of Outdoor One includes 26 new information board locations in LaPorte and St. Joseph counties, including locations on Interstate 94, the Indiana Toll
VALPARAISO – Community Healthcare System has announced it will begin construction on an $18 million Valparaiso Health Center of St. Mary Medical Center. The 55,000-square-foot center will be built at Indiana 49 and Burlington Beach Road. St. Mary’s already operates Valparaiso Primary Care and Innovative Women’s Health. When the center opens, it will have 50
HAMMOND – Becky Manis has been named executive director of the Challenger Learning Center, 2300 173rd Ave. She will be responsible for promoting the center as an educational destination for corporate and school groups. She also will be responsible for selling its educational programs to schools, children’s groups, private events, civic and corporate groups. Manis
SOUTH BEND – Terry Ford has joined Gibson Insurance as a client executive in the property and casualty practice. He specializes in identifying and addressing the strategic, business and hazard risk exposures of clients. Most recently, Ford was vice president of CoLiance Risk Advisors LLC in Indianapolis. Ford is a graduate of Xavier University and
BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArcelorMittal announced its third quarter profits fell 50 percent compared to one year ago. The decline was attributed to an uncertain economy. Net income was $659 million, down from $1.4 billion one year ago. Steel shipments rose to 23.2 million tons. ArcelorMittal operates mills in East Chicago and Burns Harbor in Northwest
