Interra honors employee milestones
TekModo taps Finn for business development
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend-Elkhart Region has been named a 21st Century Talent Region by Indiana Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo.
ELKHART — An Elkhart RV maker has been cited by the state for safety violations found during an inspection last year.
SOUTH BEND — At the annual meeting of the Indiana District of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), 1st Source Bank received the “Gold Level Award” in the Community Lender category for the seventh year in a row.
Mawhorter named partner at Kruggel Lawton
McDonald’s restaurants and Ivy Tech Community College are launching an alliance to make college more affordable and offer training for those new to the workforce that will be shared at more than 300 McDonald’s locations in Indiana and 18 Ivy Tech campuses with 40 sites.
GOSHEN — An international auto parts maker with a Goshen presence for 30 years expects to almost double its sales to $118 million thanks to several new contracts.
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GOSHEN — An Austrian auto parts maker plans to expand its Goshen factory with a $26 million production line.
ELKHART — Eastlake Athletic Club, a family-owned network of fitness centers that owns and operates FitStop24, is celebrating the opening of FitStop24 Old 20 West in Elkhart.
MERRILLVILLE — Centier Bank has announced a $30,000 community donation to the American Cancer Society.
ELKHART — January is the month to make resolutions and grand declarations about changing our lives for the New Year. The Elkhart Community Career Center can be a part of helping residents achieve those grand life changes.
Arkos Design expands
If you need a car, the most frugal option is to buy one that’s 2 to 3 years old, pay cash and drive it until the wheels fall off.
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Robots haven’t replaced warehouse workers yet, but they’re here – and they need some human supervision.
Brock Grain promotes Homme
ELKHART — The Martin's Super Market on Jackson Boulevard will close in mid-February despite reports it would remain open until a new grocery next door is finished.
GOSHEN — A metal-forming startup that will reuse the former Chassix plant in Bristol plans to get started with a bond of up to $40 million.
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ELKHART — Local investors are proposing to build apartments on a contaminated site on West Beardsley Avenue but need approval from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
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ELKHART — The saga of the former Alick's property between the St. Joseph and Elkhart rivers has reached a point of no return.
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ELKHART — The FAA has agreed to invest an additional $5.9 million in the Elkhart Municipal Airport between 2020 and 2025, city offiicials said this week.
MIDDLEBURY — Serious safety violations found at Winnebago in Middlebury resulted in $15,000 in proposed penalties.
Elkhart County continues to show steady population growth, the result of positive economic circumstances as well as efforts to make the area an attractive place to live, observers say.
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ELKHART — The city’s newest apartment complex is open for business.
ELKHART — A restaurant in Elkhart is one of the Top 100 Restaurants in the U.S. for 2019, according to the online reservation service OpenTable.
Tourism in recent years has had a growing economic impact in Elkhart County, according to the latest report released by the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau, a trend officials believe will continue.
Artisan in Elkhart has been listed by OpenTable among the Top 100 restaurants in the U.S.
WVPE announces staff changes
ELKHART — The board of directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation has announced the names of those who will be inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame in August as the Class of 2020.
ELKHART — Granger-based investment company Wait Industries LLC announced on Thursday plans to invest $3 million in its Elkhart plant.
GOSHEN — City officials expected to hear plans Tuesday for a $30 million, 120-unit assisted-living facility on the north side of town.
Lippert Components promotes Ford
ELKHART — A fast-growing volunteer service program launched by Lippert Components Inc. is making a move to Community Foundation of Elkhart County.
ELKHART — The Transportation Council of the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Transportation Breakfast on Friday, Dec. 13. This year’s presentation will focus on U.S. 31 and the economic impact its continued improvements will have on our region and the state.
ELKHART — In his new book “King of the Road: The History of Thor Industries,” Jeffrey L. Rodengen lays out in a highly readable style the origins, growth, failures and success of what has become the world’s largest RV manufacturer. If you think business books – and business history books in …
MERRILLVILLE — Reaction to a rate hike for NIPSCO electric customers has been mixed, with consumer advocates saying the increase puts an unfair burden on residential customers and small businesses while the utility says its rates are in line with national averages.
Alliance RV names marketing VP
ELKHART — Before Elkhart even had its own municipal government, it had a funeral home that is still around.
ELKHART — Celebrating Elkhart’s status as “Home of the Thor Industries Elkhart Riverwalk Grand Prix,” Mayor Tim Neese and Thor’s director of community engagement, Rick Schutt, met on Thursday at one of the city’s new signs with that exact text.
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ELKHART — An expanding River District development project involving a new supermarket and 173 residential units will receive a $1.75 million loan from the City of Elkhart.
SOUTH BEND — Trevor Noah, comedian and host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social news website Reddit, will be part of Idea Week 2020, an annual gathering celebrating entrepreneurs, innovation and the incubation…
GOSHEN — The Goshen Common Council has cleared the way for a new gas station and restaurant in the West Goshen neighborhood.
SOUTH BEND — A judge will hear arguments this month over whether a bank can recover a $1.5 million overdraft from Interlogic Outsourcing Inc. despite bankruptcy protection.
ELKHART — American Technology Components Inc. is recognizing an ongoing employee initiative to support fellow employees and the community.
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ELKHART — Steven L. Rorie has joined jj Babbitt Co. as president effective Dec. 2. The announcement came from Rocco (Rocky) Giglio, retiring president and CEO.
ELKHART — LCI Industries has announced that its Dutch subsidiary, LCI Industries B.V., has entered into an agreement to acquire Polyplastic Group B.V., a manufacturer of acrylic window and door products headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
ELKHART — An Elkhart metal company denies responsibility in response to a worker’s claim that he lost four fingers to a machine.
At a recent training, Keith Johnson, Purdue Extension’s forage specialist, warned Extension Educators from around Indiana that the 2019 spring harvested forage crops are lower than normal in quality and, without proper supplements, there could be serious consequences to animal health.
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ELKHART — RV shipments were down 10.5% in October compared to the same month in 2018, according to the RV Industry Association.
ELKHART — It’s a dog-eat-dog world.
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