CROWN POINT – St. Clare Health Clinic is seeking donations of nonperishable food items, paper goods, including toilet paper; laundry detergent and personal care products such as deodorant, shampoo and soap; for its food pantry. The stocks at the pantry are nearly depleted because of increase demand. The clinic, which is operated by Franciscan St. […]
SOUTH BEND – The Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Council of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine has announced that the ultrasound practice of Memorial Maternal Fetal Medicine has been re-accredited. All facets of Memorial’s practice were assessed, including the training and qualification of physicians and sonographers; equipment maintenance documentation, storage and record keeping practices; policies
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte and Starke hospitals will hold a Day of Service Friday, May 18, to build 25 frames for 25 homes being built by Habitat for Humanity. Work will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at Starke Hospital and from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the parking lot near Meridian
MUNSTER – Peoples Bank reported first quarter net income of $1.4 million, up 15.5 percent from $1.2 million one year ago. Earnings were 48 cents per share, up from 41 cents last year. While net income was down to $5.9 million, income from fees and services rose to $1.6 million. Peoples has $668.5 million in
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp, the parent company for Horizon Bank, announced a record quarterly profit of $4.6 million, up 79 percent from one year ago. President and CEO Craig Dwight said the bank had $988.6 million in loans at the end of March, up from $179 million the previous year. Dwight said Horizon purchased
SOUTH BEND – 1st Source Corp. has announced that its first quarter income was $11.72 million, up by more than 10 percent from $10.61 million one year ago. Chairman and CEO Christopher Murphy said that expenses were down in the quarter while loan loss provisions for unchanged for the quarter. He said 1st Source Bank’s
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A team of Purdue University Calumet engineering students placed third in the College Division of the recent international NASA Great Moonbuggy Race. Benjamin Moul of Hart, Mich., and Maria Frebis of Murfreesboro, Tenn., drove Purdue Calumet’s buggy, completing the course in four minutes and 32 second. A team from the University of
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GARY – Armstrong AeroMod, which specializes in installing in-flight communications systems, will open an operation at Gary/Chicago International Airport. The company, based in Itasca, Ill., will operate an avionics test center in a hangar owned by the Gary Jet Center. The company also is talking about a possible technology partnership with Purdue University and the
HAMMOND – More than 40 Purdue University Calumet student research projects that advance cutting edge technology will be displayed at the university’s CIVS Student Research Showcase on Thursday, April 26. The free presentation is 1 to 3 p.m. in Purdue Calumet’s Center for Innovation through Visualizationa dn Simulation in the Powers Computer Education Building. The
