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Finalists announced for Influential Women of Northwest Indiana Awards

CROWN POINT | The Influential Women of Northwest Indiana Awards Banquet is set for May 23 at Avalon Manor in Merrillville, and finalists were recently announced for the annual event.

Influential Women of Northwest Indiana Awards honors success

CROWN POINT | Limited tickets and sponsorship opportunities remain for the Influential Women of Northwest Indiana Awards, which will take place on May 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

11 receive Leaders as Heroes awards at LNI-sponsored event

Keith Kirkpatrick, president/CEO of Leadership Northwest Indiana, speaks Friday at the organization's second annual Leaders as Heroes South Shore Leadership Awards at Avalon Manor in Hobart. Eleven “unsung heroes” were honored.

11 receive Leaders as Heroes awards at LNI-sponsored event

Rebecca Reiner, Daniel Timm and Connie Rudd rock out to introduction music as they and other finalists are introduced Friday at the Leadership Northwest Indiana awards banquet at Avalon Manor in Hobart. Reiner was honored as one of 11 "unsung heroes."

Leaders as Heroes awards to recognize NWI residents

Leadership Northwest Indiana will honor 22 Northwest Indiana residents and recognize 11 of them with Leaders as Heroes awards on Friday at Avalon Manor in Hobart.

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Innovation event set for April 18

HOBART | The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, as part of Ivy Tech Northwest's Gerald I. Lamkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, will host an evening of out-of-the-box thinking April 18.

NWI Parkinson’s Association to Hold Symposium April 20

HOBART | The NWI Parkinson’s Association will host its fifth annual Educational Symposium Saturday, April 20 at Avalon Manor, 3550 U.S. 30. Registration begins at 8:15 am. The program ends about 2:30 pm.

Workforce Summit highlights local jobs in demand

HOBART | Engineering is a field “starving for candidates” and joins manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and health care as the occupations in demand in the region in the next 10 years, according to the newly-released Northwest Indiana State of the Workforce Report.

Workforce summit focuses on preparing youth for success

HOBART | The Northwest Indiana Workforce Board will host a workforce summit on March 20.

Full course fundraiser: NWI Meals on Wheels hosts 12th annual Dine with Chefs gala

HOBART | James Donovan, president of Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana, still finds the numbers associated with his nonprofit organization staggering.

Rick Santorum rallies 1,005 at pro-life Women’s Center fundraiser

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the annual Celebrating Life dinner sponsored by The Women's Center of Northwest Indiana Thursday in Merrillville.

Rick Santorum rallies 1,005 at pro-life Women’s Center fundraiser

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum spoke at the annual Celebrating Life dinner sponsored by The Women's Center of Northwest Indiana on Thursday at Avalon Manor in Merrillville.

Cedar Lake teen honored as Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year

Kqueire Johnson, center, receives the Lake Station Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year Award on Wednesday from interim Director Michael Baird. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana hosted their annual Youth of the Year Award dinner at Avalon Manor in Hobart.

Cedar Lake teen honored as Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year

Katherine Hamer, center, is announced as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana Youth of the Year during an awards dinner Wednesday at Avalon Manor in Hobart. Other Youth of the Year candidates included Jordan Jefferson, from left, Jaylan Robinson, Zaniqua Patterson and Kqueire Johnson.

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HOBART | Katherine Hamer, center, is hugged by contest judge Marcia Gorelick, left, after Hamer was announced as the The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana 2013 Youth of the Year during an awards dinner at Avalon Manor in Hobart on Wednesday, February 27, 2013.