Economic development officials are proposing a $300 million reservoir on the White River about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis that would be a catalyst for new investments and jobs and would include marinas, boat docks and restaurants.
Warner Bodies Inc., a 74-year-old Noblesville manufacturer with 50 employees, expects to add about 150 workers after moving to Elwood.
Efforts by Anderson officials to annex land to create an economic development corridor could be thwarted by a request from property owners who want to become part of the town of Lapel instead.
A wide-ranging gambling bill designed to protect Indiana casinos from border-state competition would allow live table games at two central Indiana racinos.
Keihin North America Inc. plans to relocate between 130 and 175 management, engineering and development jobs to the Flagship Enterprise Center.
The leaders of 18 central Indiana cities and towns have formed a group that intends to address regional concerns, starting with a proposed $1.3 billion, 10-year mass transit plan.
Howard Gwinn worked as a teacher and a Chicago-based pharmacist before opening shop at Fifth Street and Madison Avenue in Anderson in 1932. The drugstore he founded was a neighborhood fixture until closing Wednesday night.
The town 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis was approved for the state’s branch of Main Street, a project of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, aimed at helping communities revitalize their downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts.
Construction crews are hustling to beat a Dec. 31 deadline to get 125 turbines in operation for a wind farm that is eventually planned to reach into four central Indiana counties.
Most of the 158 acres that made up the Yule Golf Club in Alexandria was sold in an October auction for nearly $1 million to Yorktown farmer Dale Rinker, who is seeking city permission to use it for agriculture.
The Anderson City Council voted 8-1 Monday night to approve a 2013 budget that cuts nine firefighter and three police officer positions. That's down from the 29 total jobs in those departments that Mayor Kevin Smith initially proposed.
The Lindberg Road Church of Christ in Anderson has filed for bankruptcy protection because of a failed plan to finance construction on its properties. The plan involved buying life insurance on elderly members, with the intent to sell the policies later on the secondary market.
Circuit Judge Dennis Carroll said in a 27-page ruling Tuesday said that Indiana law gives municipalities the right to lay off employees because of economic conditions.
Hy-Pro Filtration plans a $10.5 million construction project for its new facility and will move more than 100 employees from Fishers to Anderson next year.
Mayor Kevin Smith has proposed a new city budget that cuts seven police officer and 20 firefighter positions.
Central Indiana’s two racetrack-casinos may consolidate under a single owner after Indianapolis-based Centaur Holdings LLC submitted a winning bid of at least $500 million for Indiana Grand Casino in Shelbyville.
The Swiss company hasn't decided where in the United States it will put a new production line. If it chooses Anderson, employment at the plant would increase from 660 to about 760.
Officials in Anderson filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court this past week challenging portions of the Fire Department contract that prohibit the city from reducing the department's staff or salaries or putting firefighters on furloughs.
Leaders of a central Indiana city are trying to persuade Nestle to pick it for a new production line at an existing plant that could add about 100 jobs.
With a new Indianapolis Colts coach and quarterback on the field, Anderson officials expect to see an increase in training camp attendance this season that will help boost tourism in Madison County all year.
