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MERRILLVILLE – Shaver Motors of Merrillville has received the 2011 Joe Krier quality Dealer of the Year award from the Indiana Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Shaver, 5701 Broadway, demonstrated a record of good business decisions, honesty, integrity and civic leadership to earn the award. Owner Mike Shaver Sr. is the third generation of his family

VALPARAISO – United Way of Porter County, in conjunction with the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, will hold a workshop on how to reduce poverty in the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, at Ivy Tech in Valparaiso. The seminar, Bridges Out of Poverty, is based on the book by the

MICHIGAN CITY – The 10th annual Women’s Fair, presented by IU Health LaPorte Hospital, will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Blue Chip Casino’s Stardust Event Center. More than 30 exhibits from regional businesses and organizations will provide goods and information from jewelry to insurance, health and wellness information. Included in

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Great Lakes ports reported an increase in tonnage during the summer, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Throughout the system, tonnage was up 22 million metric tons in August, some 3.5 percent, from last year. The increase was noticed at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, which reported the biggest

MICHIGAN CITY – U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly has announced a grant of $1.3 million to the LaPorte County Economic Development Corp. for infrastructure improvements at the Interstate 94 and U.S. 421 interchange on the south side of Michigan City. The grant was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation, Community, System Preservation Program. By improving

PORTER – Volunteers from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are riding Amtrak’s Wolverine three days a week, presenting information to travelers from Chicago to Detroit about the national park. The volunteers hope to encourage train travelers to visit the area they zip through each day. Amtrak is working with the park in what it calls The