WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central will host a free basic weather spotter training class at 4:30 p.m. on March 14 in Room 02 of the Library-Student-Faculty Building. The LaPorte County Emergency Management Office and LaPorte County Skywarn, along with the National Weather Service, will conduct the training session. The two-hour class is open to […]
By Kathy Sipple In December President Obama announced a $4 billion initiative to increase the energy efficiency of buildings over the next two years. “Upgrading the energy efficiency of America’s buildings is one of the fastest, easiest and cheapest ways to save money, cut down on harmful pollution, and create good jobs right now,” Obama said
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LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital clinicians, fitness staff and heart failure nurses will hold the second heart failure awareness event at Al’s East Supermarket from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. The hospital and Al’s teamed up to educate residents who suffer from heart conditions on reducing sodium in their
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Redevelopment Commission has approved an agreement that will convert the former Gates Automotive Campus in downtown into a Veteran’s Administration clinic. The agreement calls for the city to pay $1.9 million for 13 parcels of property and $1.4 million to prepare the building and grounds for the VA. Over
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The St. Lawrence Seaway closed for the 2011 shipping season on Dec. 30 when the westbound vessel Algona Spirit reached Lake Ontario at 7:54 a.m. after leaving the locks on the St. Lawrence River. It was open for 284 days in 2011, beating the record set in 2006 by one day. Tonnage
SOUTH BEND – The St. Mary’s College Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative will offer the SPARK entrepreneurship training program. The 11-week program runs from Feb. 14 to April 26 at the college and is aimed at under resourced, high potential women entrepreneurs. Those interested in taking part must apply in person at a screening from 9 a.m.
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central will participate in the state College Goal Sunday for college-bound students and their families from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 in PNC’s Technology Building, Room 265. College Goal Sunday is a 23-year-old program that provides free financial aid information and assistance to all Indiana students seeking admission to
VALPARAISO – Cardiac Electrophysiologist Mark Dixon is the first in Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area to implant the Unity Quadra TM Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CT-D) and Quartel Left Ventricular Quadripolar Pacing Lead. The new technology developed by St. Jude Medical offers additional pacing options which can reduce the need for re-operation to reposition
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MICHIGAN CITY – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City has received support from the public and the state in its fight against breast cancer. Laura and Vic Gerhardt, owners of Chesterton-based Above Board Construction, presented the hospital with a $5,888 donation. Their “Power of Pink” effort is augmented by a company truck that has been painted
GARY – Sandra Hall Smith of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs has accepted the position of assistant director of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (C.U.R.E.) at Indiana University Northwest. C.U.R.E.’s mission is to cultivate grassroots projects and see them through. “I thought if I worked at a university I
