Fishers set to open 60-acre park
Flat Fork Creek Park features a 50-foot sledding hill, nature trails, a two-mile mountain bike course, a fishing pond and three tree houses. It is set to open Dec. 3.
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PROXY CORNER: Celadon Group Inc.
Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc. provides long-haul, regional, local, intermodal, temperature-controlled, flatbed and expedited freight services across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Indiana Wesleyan, Ivy Tech to transfer some class credits
Students at Ivy Tech Community College’s early childhood education program can now move seamlessly into the same subject area at Indiana Wesleyan University under an agreement reached by the schools. Through this program, all credits from Ivy Tech would transfer to Indiana Wesleyan, said Sally Ingles, dean of Wesleyan’s School of Educational Leadership within the […]
Lebanon OKs 32 percent bump in wastewater bills
The increase, which takes effect Jan. 1, marks the first time the utility has hiked wastewater rates since 2005.
Lilly Endowment unleashes $100M in Indiana arts, cultural grants
Fourteen not-for-profits will receive funding, including $10 million each for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Zoo.
Milhaus plans to add 250 workers through expansion
Milhaus, parent of several real estate-related companies, is best-known for its local apartment projects, including Artistry, Circa, Maxwell, Mozzo and Penn Circle.
Federal grant to help integrate primary care, mental health
Centerstone, which provides mental health services across southern Indiana, received $1.6 million to integrate primary care and mental health in Bloomington and surrounding Monroe County.
Little Star autism-therapy center to open second Lafayette outpost
The Carmel-based provider of applied behavior analysis therapy said its existing Lafayette facility is at capacity and it expects more demand next year.
EDITORIAL: Encouraging start for LGBT debate
We still believe that simply adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the civil rights law makes the most sense. But it is with cautious optimism that we welcome a proposal from Senate Republicans that goes further than we expected.
Veteran jeweler Thrapp retiring, closing shop
Gary Thrapp will wind down operations at his north-side store at 56th and Illinois streets with a going-out-of-business sale starting Thursday.
Anderson auto-parts plant lands $5M in state incentives
NTN Driveshaft Inc. has been offered $5 million in state incentives to build an $87 million plant in Anderson that is expected to employ more than 500 people, state officials announced Tuesday.
Widow of former Colts owner Bob Irsay dies at 65
Nancy Clifford Irsay built a career in advertising and marketing before turning her attention to philanthropic pursuits and running an equestrian business after marrying Bob Irsay in 1989.
Indy-area home deals duck for seventh straight month
Pending sales of existing homes in the metro area fell 15.3 percent last month compared with October 2014, according to F.C. Tucker Co. Sale prices rose against shrinking inventory.
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Bankruptcies Kid Glove Service Inc., 2525 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 12A, 46219, chapter 7 liquidation, liabilities: $322,029; assets: $199,840. Corporate Philanthropy Katz Sapper & Miller LLP volunteers helped prepare Jameson Camp for the winter. Indiana Pacers forward Lavoy Allen will provide turkeys to over 100 needy families as the Pacers begin their annual “Season of […]
Frankfort bank CEO dies after battle with cancer
Karen Miller, CEO of The Farmers Bank of Frankfort, died Nov. 6 after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 60.
PROXY CORNER: Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. designs and manufactures commercial and military fully automatic transmissions and hybrid-propulsion systems for transit buses.
EDITORIAL: Others must fill Amos Brown void
Indiana needs that advocacy to come from a group of black leaders—men and women with diverse thoughts and ideas about solving problems in our communities.
Agency opens solar park on 16 acres in Pendleton
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency has opened its ninth solar park—this one in Pendleton—and is now producing a total of 13 megawatts of power using solar in the state. “IMPA welcomed the opportunity to expand our power supply and bring the benefits of renewable energy to Pendleton,” said Raj Rao, president and CEO of IMPA, […]
State gets federal grant to add ethanol pumps
The state announced it has received new federal support for the final development of 110 ethanol pumps. The Indiana Office of Energy Development said the state will receive $895,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership grant.It will be combined with an investment from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council. The state, […]
IPL named ‘outstanding midsize utility’
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. was awarded PA Consulting Group’s 2015 ReliabilityOne award for being an outstanding midsize utility. All similar-size utilities operating in North America were eligible for the award. IPL’s selection was based on system reliability statistics that measure the frequency and duration of customer outages. “We are proud of our track record […]