PORTAGE – Patrick B. McEuen has joined the law firm of Rhame and Elwood in Portage, where he will concentrate on personal injury and civil litigation. McEuen graduated from Hobart High School, Wabash College and Indiana University School of Law. He is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and has practiced law in […]
MICHIGAN CITY – Federal Mogul officials have announced that the company will close its Michigan City windshield wiper facility by the end of this year, putting 100 people out of work. The company is moving the operation to a plant it operates in Juarez, Mexico. Spokesman Jim Burke said the move will provide Federal Mogul
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority has agreed to provide a matching grant of $100,000 to help maintain complementary para-transit services formerly provided by the Regional Bus Authority. The emergency request comes from a coalition including the Gary Public Transit Corp., North Township and the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission.
VALPARAISO – Ellen DeMartinis has been named interim president and CEO of Opportunity Enterprises following the resignation of Bill Trowbridge. DeMartinis was most recently vice president and chief operating officer. She has been with Opportunity Enterprises for 19 years. The organization’s board of directors said a national search has begun to find a replacement for
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider, has reached an agreement to acquire BrightPoint Inc., of Indianapolis, a provider of lifecycle services to the wireless industry. Ingram Micro will acquire the outstanding shares of BrightPoint common stock for $9 a share. The deal is worth $840
The timing of business valuation is important. When a business owner divorces in Indiana, the business is most often inventoried as a marital asset, and must be valued for purposes of equitable distribution between husband and wife. The date of valuation can be a critical issue. Indiana uses the date of filing as the date
“Glee” meets the symphony, sculptors hit the street. by John Cain Top-level local talent! Smash Broadway hits! Popular contemporary songs! The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Kirk Muspratt present “South Shore Glee!” on Thursday evening, May 17, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville. Featuring talent galore from area schools,
Largest estate gift funds St. Joseph’s College scholarships. by Michael Puente For two years beginning in 2008, Maureen Egan provided vital information about St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer to a complete stranger. She had no idea what this person was going to do with the information or to whom they were going to pass the
LAPORTE – The LaPorte Hospital Foundation’s 11th annual Tour de LaPorte bike, run and walk event to benefit local cancer patients will be Saturday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Aug. 26, at Soldiers Memorial Park. Proceeds benefit Indiana University Health LaPorte and Starke hospitals patients. Last year, the 1,088 participants in Tour de LaPorte raised more
SOUTH BEND – Results of a study by Visit South Bend-Mishawaka shows that tourism in St. Joseph County in 2011 was worth $408 million. While home football weekends for the University of Notre Dame are among the major attractions for visitors – some $60 million – the study showed that June, July and August were
