Nonprofits interested in learning more about how to better market their organizations may find help through a breakfast learning series presented by the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame’s Nonprofit Breakfast Series, an annual educational program for nonprofit professionals, kicks off Feb. 19 with this year’s series focusing on nonprofit marketing. Organized by the university’s […]
AgriNovus Indiana, the state’s initiative to promote and accelerate the growth of the agbiosciences sector, has added two new members to its board of directors. Alan Tio, CEO, Kosciusko Economic Development Corp., Warsaw and Chris Lowery, senior vice president, Workforce Alignment for Ivy Tech Community College, are the newest board members. As CEO of Kosciusko
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Focusing on one product and refining its production processes has helped JJ Babbitt Co. of Elkhart establish itself in a specialty niche in the music industry. It has been 100 years since Jesse James Babbitt began crafting mouthpieces for saxophones and clarinets in his garage in Elkhart. Now the company is looking toward the future
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Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, parent of The Times of Northwest Indiana, announced Jan. 28 it had purchased the print and digital assets of the Kenosha News and the Lake Geneva Regional News, from United Communications Corp. of Kenosha, Wis. “These two markets fit very nicely into our already strong footprint in Wisconsin,” Kevin Mowbray, president and
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NIPSCO is taking additional steps to move away from traditional power generation to more Earth-friendly green alternatives. Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co., announced Feb. 1 its first phase of plans to transition to renewable energy resources through buying power from three new Indiana wind farms. According to NIPSCO, power generated by these wind farms
Halvor Lines Inc., which operates a terminal in South Bend, was named a 2019 Best Fleet to Drive For in the latest Best Fleets survey by the Truckload Carrier’s Association and CarriersEdge, a provider of driving training and retention services. A total of 20 of the thousands of trucking companies operating in the U.S. earn
Attroney Michael Durham has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s South Bend office as a partner in the firm’s labor and employment department. Durham, who has practiced immigration law for 17 years, was previously with Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. Durham assists businesses and individuals in a variety of immigration services. He advises employers such as hospitals,
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An online multimedia experience, which will be developed by Valparaiso University, will examine how Northwest Indiana changed after the decline of the steel industry. The university’s Welcome Project received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Projects for the Public program. The university project, “Flight Paths: Mapping Our Changing Neighborhoods,” will
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The Small Business Development Center of Northwest Indiana is hosting a free business startup workshop on Feb. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The program will be at the Newton County Government Center, 4117 S 240 W, in Morocco. The SBDC said the workshop is for entrepreneurs in the early stages of business ownership
Increased shipments of steel, coal, soy products and grain through Indiana’s three-port system in 2018 led to a record-setting year for the Ports of Indiana. The Ports of Indiana, which includes the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville and the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon, handled 14.8 million tons of cargo last year, a
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