The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $450,000 to four Purdue University projects designed to grow Indiana's specialty crop sector. The funding was provided by the United State Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.... Read More
North Manchester-based egg producer MPS Egg Farms has broken ground on a facility that the company says will produce the world’s first carbon-neutral, cage-free eggs for The Kroger Co. ... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College and Louisville-based Baptist Health have announced a $2.5 million partnership. Ivy Tech says the commitment will establish the Baptist Health School of Health Sciences and support renovations of Pfau Hall on its Sellersburg campus.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Powderkeg has unveiled the winners of its 2022 Unvalley Awards. The tech networking platform says the awards "recognize the best startups and tech companies to work for in emerging tech communities beyond Silicon Valley."... Read More
Carmel-based Methodist Sports Medicine has changed its name to Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics. The practice says it underwent a rebranding process to find a name that would highlight its brand promise and position itself for future growth.... Read More
Carmel-based holding company Empowered Ventures has acquired Paramount Plastics Inc., a custom plastics thermoforming company headquartered in Elkhart. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Read More
A sound insulation company headquartered in Pennsylvania has announced plans to close its facility in Granger. In a notice to the state, Molded Acoustical Products of Easton Inc. says the closure will result in the layoffs of 114 employees.... Read More
The town of Speedway recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a Hampton Inn & Suites in the Founders Square Development near I-465 and Crawfordsville Road. The new MHG Hotels six-story structure will offer 129 rooms, 10,000 square feet of conference space and 5,000 square feet of space to include a restaurant and bar.... Read More
Ernie Pyle, a small-town boy from Vermillion County, made a big-time mark on how Americans learned about what was happening on the front lines during World War II.... Read More
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. will Tuesday announce the recipients of funding as part of the $500 million Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative. Seventeen regions representing all 92 counties have presented their regional development plans, for which they could receive up to $50 million.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has inked a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Regor Therapeutics Group, which is co-located in China and Boston. Lilly says as part of the deal, the companies will work together to discover, develop and commercialize novel therapies for metabolic disorders.... Read More
The Indiana University Foundation has named J Thomas Forbes its president and chief executive officer. Forbes has served in the role on an interim basis since former President Dan Smith stepped down last year to return to the IU Kelley School of Business faculty.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will Tuesday host a virtual job fair in partnership with the Indiana Health Care Association and the Indiana Center for Assisted Living. The DWD says the event will involve four long-term care providers looking to fill jobs throughout the state.... Read More
The legal wrangling between Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over.... Read More
La Plaza and Monarca Academy in Indianapolis are planning to announce an anchor partnership for a new public middle school. The organizations say the middle school is inspired by the Latino and immigrant experience.... Read More
The Earlham School of Religion at Earlham College is the recipient of a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in Indianapolis. The school says the funding will help establish a hub that will strengthen congregational leadership.... Read More
The owners of a pre-Civil War building in Mishawaka say the property is for sale, but whoever buys the structure will probably need deep pockets to pay for needed repairs and development of the nearly 170-year-old building. ... Read More
The president of Performance Racing Industry says the return of the PRI Trade Show in downtown Indianapolis was exciting for not just his team, but the city and the entire racing industry. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based F.C. Tucker Co. says the seller’s market continued last month with an increase in both home sales and home prices. The real estate company says half of central Indiana counties saw housing inventory increases in November.... Read More
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has announced 60 finalists for the agency’s “Build Back Better Regional Challenge,” and a central Indiana coalition made the initial cut out of 529 applicants. ... Read More
