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U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, and Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, have sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury, asking for the nation’s owned and operated steel industry to be preserved.
“We write to express our belief that a strong, domestically owned and operated American steel industry is vital to our national security,” said the letter to Secretary Scott Bessent. “If American steel production does not remain robust in peacetime, we risk unreliable supplies of critical steel products to the military in wartime.”
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is now taking a second look at Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. It has been a protracted saga that has resulted in big promises, barbed threats, extensive litigation and bipartisan political opposition.
United Steelworkers Local 1010, which represents steelworkers at the Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor Works in East Chicago, lost 10 members since President James Thomas was hired on in 1999.
"Those were 10 members who walked through those gates just like all of us do," Thomas said at a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at USW Local 1010 in Hammond's Hessville neighborhood Monday. "Those were 10 people who had families and goals, dreams and plans for the weekend who tragically were never able to walk back out."
Lake Station and federal officials marked the completion of a $1.8 million sewage lift station replacement on Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along with city officials joined together to celebrate the completion of the Crossroads Lift Station, at 1398 Ripley St., that will add pumping capacity to the Lake Station Sanitary District during heavy rain events.
A groundbreaking was held for the Tolleston Opportunity Campus, a transformative community hub developed through a partnership between the City of Gary, Crossroads YMCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, and Methodist Hospitals. The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation announced an additional $5 million commitment, bringing their total investment in the project to $15 million.
The ceremonial first shovels of dirt marked the official start of construction on the state-of-the-art facility that will serve thousands of residents across Northwest Indiana.
Community leaders, partners, and residents gathered recently to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Tolleston Opportunity Campus, a transformative community hub developed through an unprecedented partnership between the City of Gary, Crossroads YMCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, and Methodist Hospitals. During the ceremony, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation announced an additional $5 million commitment, bringing their total investment in the project to $15 million.
Officials broke ground on Gary's Tolleston Opportunity Campus on Wednesday. It's a collaboration involving the city of Gary, Crossroads YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, and Methodist Hospitals.
Mayor Eddie Melton said it will be an epicenter for families, where kids can dream big and parents can feel supported. "This is a catalytic project that will spark true change, not just in Tolleston, but throughout the entire city of Gary," Melton said.
More than 70 years ago, the Boys and Girls Clubs opened their doors to Gary, creating the Steel City Boys Club.
Now, the organization and various community partners are ready for the next pages in the group’s story in Gary.
“We have a rich history of our commitment to the community and the kids throughout the area,” said Mike Jessen, president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana. “The impact of our club on the thousands of club kids, their families and the community at-large is immeasurable.”
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan is hosting a series of town hall-style events Thursday to listen to the needs of Northwest Indiana residents and update them on what he's accomplished on their behalf in the U.S. House.
The Highland Democrat plans to participate in three community forums at locations in Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties.
Ground was ceremonially broken Wednesday for a major utility project in Hebron’s Snake Flats neighborhood, a month after actual construction began.
Grimmer Construction, of Highland, is replacing ancient cast iron four-inch water mains with PVC pipe. The project includes 3,800 feet of eight-inch diameter pipe and 5,100 feet of six-inch pipe.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is handling federal funding for the project. The town provided not only the 25% cash match for the project but also an additional $2.7 million to include two bid options beyond the base bid.