MERRILLVILLE – Centier Bank has announced mid-year earnings of $11.1 million for the first six months of the year, compared to $5.5 million last year. The bank reported significant improvement in loan delinquencies and reduced loan losses are expected to continue through 2012. Centier also announced it will expand its mortgage services in Lafayette and […]
Ladies, Grow Your Business SBA can help with the financing for launch or expansion. Restaurants, dental offices, funeral homes, personnel staffing agencies, health and beauty spas, clinical testing laboratories – what do they have in common? These Indiana companies are owned by women and they all have received SBA guaranteed business loans from their financial
GARY – Charter School of Dunes has begun work on a $13 million building in Gary’s Miller area. The school is expected to open in time for the 2013-14 school year. This year is the 10th anniversary of Charter School of the Dunes, which is at 860 N. Lake St. It has 450
SOUTH BEND – AM General is one of six companies vying to build a new light tactical vehicle for the Defense Department. Each will receive $65 million to build 22 prototypes of the BRV-O, Blast Resistant. Vehicle-Off Road. The prototypes will be presented to the Defense Department on Aug. 24 for testing by the Army
MERRILLVILLE – Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is marking its 100th anniversary this year. “Much of our success over the past 100 years stems from the customers we’ve had the privilege of serving and the strong partnership we have forged with communities,” said Jimmy Staton, president and CEO. In 1912, Calumet Electric Co. was incorporated
MERRILLVILLE – The Legacy Foundation has announced the promotion of Barry C. Tyler to program officer. Tyler will be responsible for grass-roots administration, statistical record keeping and reporting, public relations, and providing support for the initiatives of Legacy Foundation. “Barry is a great asset to Legacy, but more importantly he is a great asset to
LAPORTE – The LaPorte Hospital Foundation’s 11th annual Tour de LaPorte bike, run, walks to benefit local cancer patients will be Saturday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Aug. 26 at Soldiers Memorial Park in LaPorte. Proceeds will directly benefit Indiana University Health LaPorte and Starke hospitals’ patients with cancer in need of financial assistance. Last year,
CHESTERTON – The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District and NIPSCO are working together to create a green renewable power source for South Shore commuter trains. NIPSCO will buy six weeks of renewable energy certificates for the south Shore which guarantee that renewable energy from solar and wind has been purchased in an amount equal to
MERRILLVILLE – VIA Marketing has been honored with a 2012 APEX Award of Excellence for creative work for the design and layout of Griffith Public Schools newsletter. “The Griffith Schools newsletter had been a two-color project,” said Julie Olthoff, president of VIA Marketing. “Current print technology allows us to produce a full-color newsletter for a
MISHAWAKA – North American Composites Co., a division of Interplastic Corp., has announced it will locate its Midwestern headquarters in Mishawaka. Work has begun on a 50,000-square-foot building it acquired on 12th Street. The company, which is based in Minnesota, will spend $600,000 on the building and an additional $650,000 on equipment. North American Composites
