HAMMOND – More than 400 participants are expected to take part in Leon’s Triathlon Sunday, June 5, at Wolf Lake Park in Hammond. The event includes a 1.5K swim, a 40K bicycle ride and a 10K run. The swim portion will be in Wolf Lake while the bicycle section of the race will be on […]
CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony-Crown Point’s Sports Medicine Institute recently gave back to the community by donating to Crown Point High School the proceeds from an enhanced student physicals program. Some 300 middle school and high school student-athletes received physicals at the high school from a volunteer team of doctors, physical therapists and athletic
WEST LAFAYETTE – The Purdue University Society of Professional Engineers recently shattered the Guinness World Record for the largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 244-step juggernaut that destroys the planet several times over before restoring hope and growing a flower. The “time machine” traces world history from the Big Bang to an apocalypse triggered by
Music and visual arts on the bill across the region. by John Cain The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Kirk Muspratt have announced the 2011 South Shore Summer Music Festival. The two-week festival begins July 15 in Hammond and concludes on July 30 in Crown Point. Free concerts by the Northwest Indiana Symphony
And while you’re at it, Buy Northwest Indiana. The recent Great Recession has revealed the strong impact the global economy has on the United States, and more specifically our region’s economy. Within the past five years, many companies within the office-products industry have increased their private-label brand items that are primarily manufactured outside the United
MUNSTER – Citizens Financial Bank has received one of three Community Partner Awards from the Hammond-Munster Corps of the Salvation Army. “We are honored and proud to accept this Community Partner Award from the Salvation Army,” said Thomas F. Prisby, chairman and CEO. “Citizens has been serving families and businesses in Northwest Indiana for more
CEDAR LAKE – Team members of UglyChristmasSweaterParty.com have been named Innovators of the Month by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. The group promotes and distributes ugly Christmas sweaters. The group started with an investment of $45 and in the past two years has recorded sales of $100,000. The team – former college classmates
KENTLAND – Newton County Commissioner Russell Collins Jr., has been named an Innovator of the Month by the Gerald I. Lamkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center of Ivy Tech Community College. Collins, who has been in office for 22 years, was cited for his collaborative approach to government. He also is president of the Newton County
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Steve Luecke has announced a special fitness challenge to the community that encourages residents to become more fit by taking part in the city’s annual Sunburst Races June 3-4. “The city of South Bend remains committed to the health and wellness of all employees and dependents,” said Leucke. “Through our Health
HAMMOND – Northern Indiana Public Service Co., Methodist Hospitals, the City of Hammond and the American Heart Association are teaming up to facilitate CPR training for seventh and eighth graders in four schools. NIPSCO is providing $30,000 for 1,000 American Heart Association CPR Anytime kits that will be used in the classroom. Training will be
