GARY – Chicago restaurant management veteran Jack Strode and family have reopened the Miller Bakery Café. Strode has managed iconic Chicago restaurants including Smith and Wollensky, Rosebud Prime and the Cheesecake Factory. He is also the third generation of his family to grow up along the shores of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Strode saw a unique […]
SOUTH BEND – 1st Source Bank has been ranked in the top 15th percentile of community banks by Seifried & Brew LLC, a community bank risk management firm. 1st Source was selected from among banks with assets between $100 million and $5 billion. According to Seifried & Brew, 1st Source “demonstrated exemplary performance of
Speedboat events bring thousands to LaPorte County shores. by Rick A. Richards A warm, sunny day, the roar of powerful engines and the thrill of speed is all a race fan needs. But this racing isn’t taking place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s happening just offshore from Michigan City on Lake Michigan, and this
SOUTH BEND – The accounting firm of Kruggel, Lawton & Company has announced that Erin Heldstab has been hired as marketing director. Heldstab will develop and oversee core marketing communication functions of the firm. Heldstab has over nine years of marketing communication experience. A large part of her career was spent as manager of communication
MERRILLVILLE – Tranco Industrial Services has been honored with the Safety Recognition Award from the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable. The company received the honor at the Annual CAF/NWIBRT Construction Awards Banquet at Avalon Manor. Bill Lucaitis, President of Tranco Industrial Services, said it was an honor for his company to accept the accolade. “It shows
MICHIGAN CITY – Morse + Harris Marketing was recently recognized for excellence in marketing communications for work it produced for Methodist Hospitals in Gary and Metro Recycling in Griffith. Of nearly 4,000 entries, the agency received a Silver Award in the 30th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards for a physician recruitment brochure it created on behalf
MUNSTER – Citizens Financial Services, which operates Citizens Financial Bank, has been acquired by First Merchants Corp. of Muncie, Ind. Shareholders of Citizens will receive .65 shares of First Merchants common stock for each share of Citizens stock. The deal is worth $115 million. The merged operation will have assets of more than $5 billion
INDIANAPOLIS – Kelly Schwedland has been named entrepreneur-in-residence for Northwest Indiana by Elevate Ventures. Schwedland has experience in manufacturing, information technology, financial, business services and other business sector and is responsible for advising clients and helping them to strengthen their operations. He is a graduate of Indiana University Kelley School of Business and received an
