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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The publisher of The South Bend Tribune is selling its publishing division to New York-based GateHouse Media to focus on its broadband and cloud services businesses. Schurz Communications, a privately held communications company and publisher of 20 regional newspapers, which includes The South Bend Tribune and seven other publications in Indiana, as well as other
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The new Save-A-Lot supermarket at South Haven Square could be open for business by late March. That’s according to Schererville-based Latitude Commercial, which represented the building owner in the lease transaction, which was announced in November. Save-A-Lot, a Missouri-based discount supermarket chain, will occupy about 18,500 square feet of the former Al’s Supermarket at the
With industry experts forecasting U.S. vehicle sales to reach close to 17 million units in 2019, ArcelorMittal, a major supplier of automotive steel, has reason to be optimistic for the new year. The company said the outlook for the automotive market in North America remains strong in 2019, though it is anticipating some drop in
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Valparaiso University will host the annual Northwestern Indiana Science and Engineering Fair on Feb. 23 in the Harre Union Ballroom. Students in grades 6 through 12 from schools in Porter, Lake, LaPorte, Starke, Jasper, Pulaski and Newton counties will participate and compete for many awards and more than $5,000 in cash prizes, including scholarships to
The Indiana Manufacturers Association recently elected the organization’s 2019 executive committee and named Mike Lunsford of Dart Controls Inc. in Zionsville its board chairman. Lunsford is president of Dart Controls and is involved in sales management, marketing, research, product development, operations, and general management of the business. Dart is a privately held firm, which designs,
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Mark Sander was named president of Illinois-based First Midwest Bancorp. Sander also serves as chief operating officer and as a director of the company. He also will continue his roles as president, chief operating officer and director of First Midwest Bank. “Mark’s appointment is a natural extension of the important role he has played over
Bruce Kettler, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, was appointed chairman of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s plant agriculture and pesticide regulation committee. NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association that represents the departments of agriculture in all 50 states and four U.S. territories, and has six standing committees. Kettler will
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Walter Clements has been named associate dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Clements, also a teaching professor of finance at Notre Dame, will oversee all non-degree and degree programs offered by Mendoza’s Stayer Center for Executive Education, including its Executive MBA programs in South Bend and Chicago, the Master of
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