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Belstra Milling Company in DeMotte, Hoosier Bat in Valparaiso, Toyota Material Handling Heavy Duty in East Chicago and Vermette Machine Company Inc. are all vying in the competition the public

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Amid a rise in the Omicron variant and COVID-19 infections, another big-box store in Northwest Indiana is taking the rare step of temporarily shuttering for a deep clean and sanitization.

Great Lakes steel production rose by 17,000 tons last week, though steel output dipped nationally, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

BP agreed to pay $512,450 in penalties and implement more pollution controls at the BP Whiting Refinery after reaching a settlement with environmental groups that sued over repeated air violations

Great Lakes steel production ticked up by 1,000 tons last week, while U.S. steel mills rose back over 85% capacity utilization, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Between 3:45 p.m. and 5 p.m. multiple funnel clouds were reported throughout LaPorte County, said Meteorologist Jeff Logsdon of the National Weather Service.

Rieth-Riley Construction Co. in Gary won a national award for its work on the Indiana Toll Road. The National Asphalt Pavement Association, a Maryland-based trade association for the construction industry, awarded Rieth-Riley a 2020 Quality in Construction Award for excellence in the construction of asphalt pavement. The honor recognized Rieth-Rileys work on the Indiana Toll Road in Hammond last year. As part of the PUSH 2.0 project, the construction firm milled, treated and repaved 86 lane mil...

VALPARAISO — Valparaiso University has filed a lawsuit challenging the citys recent approval of a parking variance sought by a developer as part of a plan to convert what had been dedicated student housing to affordable rental units. "The University has been prejudiced by the Decision in that, as an adjacent landowner, Eastgates Petition threatens the safety, accessibility, and impairment of the area," according to the suit targeting the citys Board of Zoning Appeals and Eastgate Investmen...