LAPORTE – LaPorte Firefighters IAFF Local 363 recently completed sales of pink T-shirts to raise money for breast cancer awareness. Proceeds were donated to the LaPorte Hospital Foundation. Maria Fruth, vice president and chief operating officer of the foundation, and Dr. Hester J.W. Muller, supervising radiologist, accepted the check from firefighters at Station 2. “We […]
VALPARAISO – Guy Olympidis, president and CEO of Family Express Inc., has announced plans to build three new convenience stores in Lake County. Olympidis founded Family Express 40 years. Today, his company has 57 outlets across Northwest and central Indiana. Seven of those stores are in Lake County. Family Express has invested $8 million in
MISHAWAKA – The Mishawaka City Council has approved plans for a 104-unit upscale apartment complex. Known as Toscana Park, the units will rent for between $1,000 and $1,600 a month and are aimed at people who have recently moved to the community or those who have just sold a house and need a place to
SOUTH BEND – The 25-story Chase Tower in downtown South Bend, the region’s tallest building, could receive major improvements if the South Bend City Council signs off in a proposal that includes $5.7 million from the city. The building has been in receivership for nearly a year. It has just 22 tenants, most of whom
HAMMOND – The legendary Jackson 5, the Nobel Laureates, and the Medal of Honor recipients from Northwest Indiana will be inducted on the South Shore Wall of Legends starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority in Hammond. The Wall of LEGENDS is sponsored by the Whiting Business
The benefit of the 2012 Super Bowl will be felt statewide. by Rick A. Richards Back in 2008, when Indianapolis was bidding to host the 2012 Super Bowl, an economic-impact study by Ball State University showed Indiana would benefit by at least $250 million. Under the right conditions, the impact could surpass $400 million,
Pop Art and pops for the holidays. by John Cain South Shore Arts is pleased to present American Pop, a traveling exhibition from the University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum. The exhibition features more than 60 works from key figures in the Pop Art movement, including Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Red Grooms, James
MERRILLVILLE – Regional Mental Health Center has received the only recent HUD grant to an Indiana agency to provide supportive housing for disabled people. The three year grants include a $2.9 million capital advance and $159,900 rental subsidy. Robert Krumwied, chief executive officer of Regional Mental Health Center, said the agency plans to build a
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp, the parent company of Horizon Bank, has announced a stock split that will be distributed Friday, Dec. 9. Each shareholder will receive an additional half share of their common stock. The price paid for fractional shares will be based on the five-day average closing price. The split will increase Horizon’s
MERRILLVILLE – The Sierra Club issued a statement praising Northern Indiana Public Service Co. for its effort to develop clean energy programs. NIPSCO has asked the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to allow it to create a feed-in tariff program that allows customers that install wind and solar generation systems to sell electricity they generate to
