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
A new fellowship program is launched to draw young remote workers to Indiana and create a sense of community.... Read More
State and local officials are set to make an economic development announcement today in Kokomo. Few details are available, but executives from global auto manufacturing giant Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) will be on hand along with Governor Eric Holcomb.... 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
Fort Wayne-based scrap metals recycler MetalX is expanding its operations in northeast Indiana... Read More
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle has named Matt Martin its new executive director.... 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
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. is providing more insight into a United Kingdom-based e-waste recycling company's planned $340 million investment in Fort Wayne. Exurban USA says it will establish its first U.S. operations in the Allen County city and create up to 200 jobs by the end of 2026.... Read More
A variety of issues is causing some people who are considering building a home to pause those plans. The Builder’s Association of Greater Indianapolis says there was a 24% decrease in single-family permits in April, compared to the same period a year ago.... Read More
Penske Entertainment Corp. has acquired the Speedway Monogramming property across from the main entrance to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on West 16th Street. IMS officials tell our partners at the Indianapolis Business Journal the deal allows Penske, which owns IMS, to think about what the track's "front door" looks like.... Read More
An investigation is underway at the Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill in East Chicago after an explosion at a slag pit. ... 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
While the eyes of the world will be on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend’s 106th running of the Indy 500, the Town of Speedway expects to attract some added attention as well as it shows off a transformed Main Street to out of town visitors. More than $500 million in private and public sector investment over the past 15 years has transformed Speedway into a town that community leaders say is about more than a day in May. ... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools has named two Teacher of the Year winners for 2022. The district says it is the first time there have been two winners representing the elementary school and secondary school categories.... Read More
A Carmel man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. U.S. Attorney Clifford Johnson's office says George McKown and a partner defrauded investors of more than $5 million.... Read More
Governor Eric Holcomb will be on the world stage this next week, at locations 4,500 miles apart, carrying a message of Indiana’s role in the global economy. The governor’s office says Holcomb was invited to take part the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, before returning to Indianapolis to host the first-ever Indiana Global Economic Summit.... 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
More than two dozen countries, represented by senior level economic and trade ministers and ambassadors, will be represented at the first ever Indiana Global Economic Summit ... Read More
