Chicago-based solar energy development company Ranger Power is planning to build a solar farm on nearly 2,000 acres east of the Howard County town of Greentown. The Kokomo Tribune reports Ranger Power, which originally announced the project in 2020, is the second company with plans to convert agriculture land in the county into solar energy harvesters.... Read More
Our partners at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute will today host a job fair. The station says the event, which will be held at the new Terre Haute Convention Center, is expected to feature 40 employers hiring for more than 2,000 jobs throughout the Wabash Valley.... Read More
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Indiana Inc. has donated more than $700,000 to the Ivy Tech Foundation. The Indianapolis-based nonprofit says the gift will fund a $520,000 Endowed Scholarship to support students who have experienced the death of one or both parents before the age of 18 or who have experienced the death of a spouse.... Read More
New Jersey-based Aramsco Inc. has acquired Retailers Supply in New Albany, a janitorial supplies and equipment distributor. The deal is Aramsco's ninth acquisition over the last three years.... Read More
Knox County is working with several other southwest Indiana counties to better understand the region's supply and demand for childcare. Knox County Indiana Economic Development says it has joined the Southern Indiana Gateway region to support the effort.... Read More
Indiana State University has received a $200,000 gift that will establish the Tim and Bobbie O’Neill Online MBA Scholarship. The university says there will be 25 O’Neill Scholars each year, each of whom will receive $1,000 scholarships.... Read More
Taylor University has received an anonymous $3 million gift for the university's new academic building, which will house its film & media and entrepreneurship programs. The university says cumulative fundraising already exceeds $26 million for the fiscal year, the highest in the school’s history.... Read More
The Indiana University School of Nursing is expanding enrollment across the school's three main campuses. IU says the expansion, which now includes its Bloomington campus, is an effort to offset the state's nursing shortage.... Read More
IU Ventures, the early-stage venture and angel investment arm of Indiana University, has named three recipients of its annual Spirit of Venture Award. IU says the award winners are individuals who "continue to contribute to the university’s expanding entrepreneurial ecosystem."... Read More
Purdue University Global is expanding its professional flight program by partnering with regional flight schools. The university says the joint venture with AeroGuard Flight Training Center, which has locations in Arizona, Texas and Florida, will help students earn certificates and ratings in instrument, commercial, multi-engine and certified flight instructor.... Read More
