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A historic barn that once housed elephants and tigers from well-known circuses and now is home to the International Circus Hall of Fame museum is in need of emergency repairs.... Read More

Indianapolis is this week hosting the 2022 NCAA Convention, and it is there that the entire membership will vote on several key matters.... Read More

A bill introduced at the Statehouse aims to create a statewide sports and tourism bid fund that would be used to help attract big events to Indiana. Senate Bill 245 says the find would be administered by the Indiana Destination Development Corp. and managed by the Indiana Sports Corp.... Read More

A north central Indiana recreational vehicle manufacturer has relocated from Russiaville to Kokomo. The Kokomo Tribune reports Stellhorn Camping and RV Center has invested more than $1 million to renovate the former Kingsway Sports Academy in Kokomo with plans to add about a dozen jobs.... Read More

The Indiana Corn Marketing Council has selected Missouri-based Catalyxx Inc. as a winner of its 2022 Research Grant Program. The organization says Catalyxx, which provides sustainable solutions for producing renewable chemicals for biofuels, fits within its mission to develop new markets for Indiana-grown corn.... Read More

Arkansas-based ABF Freight is looking to add drivers and warehouse staff for its facility in Whitestown. The logistics company is hosting a two-day hiring event on Tuesday and Wednesday.... Read More

Columbia City-based Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. has expanded its operations with an office in Colorado and a team in Wisconsin. The company did not disclose how much it is investing in the expansion.... Read More

A developer is moving ahead with a $20 million project on a site overlooking the Wabash River that will become a northern Indiana city’s largest housing development in decades.... Read More

Manchester University in northern Indiana launched the country's first pharmacogenomics program in 2016 and just five years later, the program has grown tenfold. The master's degree program, which began with just eight students, involves the study of the influence of a person's genetics in how they respond to medications. Dr. David Kisor, director of pharmacogenomics at Manchester, says the program has found global appeal and led to more programs being developed across the country.... Read More

Fort Wayne-based health technology startup Xillum says it has raised a $1.1 million seed round of investment. ... Read More

Two student-led startups at Indiana University have been selected to benefit from the Shoebox Fund, an investment fund that supports student innovation at IU... Read More

The town of St. John is looking to create a riverfront district designation. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the proposed district would be located in the town's main commercial district from 109th Avenue to 96th Avenue.... Read More

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $340 million contract to Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis. The contract calls for the production of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for the U.S. Army.... Read More

A northern Indiana county is looking to spend some of its federal COVID-19 relief money to open a county morgue.... Read More

In his State of the State address last week, Governor Eric Holcomb touted the state’s low unemployment, a big and blooming budget surplus and record economic development numbers in a speech Ball State economist Mike Hicks believes reflects an economy that is keeping pace with the nation’s recovery from the pandemic. ... Read More

Spiceland-based Draper Inc. has announced the sale of its Swedish subsidiary. The company says Draper Europe AB, which manufactures projection screens, awnings and window coverings, will now operate under the ownership of its current management team.... Read More

Sony DADC is cutting about 100 workers at a western Indiana plant that began cranking out compact discs in the 1980s and will move all the plant's gaming and disc manufacturing to Austria.... Read More

Economic development officials in La Porte have launched a new program to help job seekers who are struggling with childcare... Read More

AgriNovus Indiana Chief Executive Officer Mitch Frazier says over the past two years, the entire world focused on the food supply chain as it faced multiple challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More

Purdue University Fort Wayne is investing nearly $1 million, including a $500,000 gift from the Don Wood Foundation, to update robotic and manufacturing technology in its school of polytechnic. The university says its a "transformational opportunity" that will help increase its graduates who join the fields of robotics, advanced manufacturing, and machining.... Read More