LAPORTE – The Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators has chosen Camp Summit Boot Camp to receive the 2011 Performance-based Standards Barbara Allen-Hagen Award for extraordinary improvement to facility quality of life and operations. “Many factors have contributed to our success with PbS standards,” said Superintendent Cecil Davis. “Foremost, Camp Summit is blessed with many highly […]
CRANE, Ind. – The latest number from the U.S. Defense Department shows spending in Indiana is $4.4 billion and contributed 56,000 jobs to the state. Most of the jobs are at Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex. Other spending is directed to major contractors, including $1.1 billion to AM
VALPARAISO – In Touch Pharmaceuticals has announced an expansion that will add 50 jobs. The company, based in the Eastport Centre, plans to construct a new building with the help of a five-year tax abatement from the city that is worth $100,000. The expansion is expected to increase sale to $30 million. Currently, In Touch
GARY – The site of the former John Stewart Memorial Settlement House at 15th Avenue and Massachusetts Street will become an urban farm for Gary. The property is owned by the Christ United Methodist Church. Development at the property will use recycled steel, brick and limestone from the original house and small wind turbines to
GARY – One year after the death of Hazel Witte, founder of the Methodist Hospitals School of Nursing Museum, it will be dedicated in her honor. The dedication at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, will officially rename it the Hazel Witte School of Nursing Museum. The dedication will take place at the Gary Campus
Youth sports bring big business to Northwest Indiana. by Rick A. Richards There are countless basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds and soccer fields in Northwest Indiana. Consider that once school is out for the summer, nearly all of them are busy. For Northwest Indiana, youth athletic competition translates into a healthy bottom line for
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that federal spending in Indiana last year declined. Federal spending was down in nine states while it rose in 41 states. In 2010, federal spending was $58.6 billion, compared to $61.3 billion in 2009. The decline in Indiana was the first since 1994. The reason
LISLE, Ill. – SunCoke Energy Inc. has increased its ownership staked in East Chicago’s Indiana Harbor Coke Co. With a $34 million investment, SunCoke acquired an additional 19 percent of Indiana Harbor Coke Co., bringing its total ownership stake in the East Chicago company to 85 percent. Indiana Coke has an annual capacity of 1.2
The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center (NWI SBDC) announces the winners for the 20th Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence, or E-Day, Awards. The 20th annual event includes a day-long Leadership Symposium, the E-Day Awards Luncheon during which the winners will be recognized, and a cocktail reception to wrap up the day. Mitch Lowe, president of DVD
SOUTH BEND – South Bend Regional Airport has received a $750,000 grant to establish low-cost westbound service. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant is being matched by a $475,000 grant from the airport, state and city. The grant also was back by Frontier Airlines, which is expected to establish service from South Bend to its
