PORTAGE – The Northwest Indiana Forum has elected new board members for 2011. New directors are Ron Bush of DRD; Rob Crookston of Microbac Labs; and Andrew Fox of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad. Directors elected to continue on the board are George Douglas of North Coast Distributing; Tom […]
CHESTERTON – Even though construction of the new Porter hospital at U.S. 6 and Indiana 49 south of Chesterton is far from complete, other development in the area has begun. Porter County Commissioners are considering a request to rezone 110 acres west of the site for a commercial, office and residential development. The
MUNSTER – The Northwest Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council has moved to a new location at 550 Superior Ave., Suite B, in Munster, said President Chris Hernandez. Previously, the council was located at 6415 Kennedy Ave., in Hammond. For information about the move, contact the council at (219) 924-5100 or visit
SOUTH BEND – The 30th anniversary of Center for Hospice Care is being marked with publication of a commemorative cookbook of favorite recipes of many of the patients served by the staff. “Sweet Memories” is available for $26.50 through the web site, www.CenterforHospice.org. Families were encouraged to include a photo along with brief
Indianapolis- Heartland Truly Moving Pictures is now accepting high school film entries for the upcoming 2011 film festival. The competition is open to all high school students nationally. Film submissions will have similar judging criteria as those submitting to the Heartland Film Festival based on technical merit, artistic excellance and representing the positive values of life. The theme for this years student film competion is “courage.” For further
CROWN POINT – St. Anthony Medical Center is now offering patients the da Vinci Surgical System. DaVinci consists of a robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Sister hospitals St. Anthony Memorial in Michigan City and St. Margaret Mercy in Hammond and Dyer already offer da Vinci.
SOUTH BEND – Its small size belies its importance to economic development in South Bend. An analytical laboratory only 847 square feet in size is now open in Notre Dame’s Innovation Park. The lab can be leased by the hour or by the day by businesses. And along with the lab, tenants have
PORTER – The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore had a record 2,165,605 visitors in 2010, according to statistics released by the National Park Service. That was an 11.8 percent increase in visitors from 2009. “Surveys show that about 80 percent of the park’s visitors are not from the local area. That means some 1.6 million
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels has named Bruce Lemmon as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction. He replaces Ed Buss, who left the post to take over as head of the Florida Department of Corrections. Lemmon has been with the DOC since 1976. He was most recently superintendent of the Putnamville Correctional
VALPARAISO – Northcoast Distributing has announced it plans to move to a new and larger location on the south side of Valparaiso. The new location is on 35 acres on Indiana 49, south of U.S. 30 across from the Porter County Jail and the Porter County Fairgrounds. Once the move is complete,
