SEPT. 19-25, 2025
Just as Hoosier farmers are firing up their combines for the fall harvest, ag giant Corteva Agriscience is reportedly mulling a split of its seed and pesticide businesses. Daniel Lee reports that the move could alter the company’s presence in Indianapolis, as well as the state’s agriculture industry. Also in this week’s paper, Mickey Shuey has the latest on the fate of the planned redevelopment of downtown’s Gold Building. And Dave Lindquist turns up the volume on the latest concept from the family restaurant firm that launched Clancy’s and Grindstone Charley’s.
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Potential breakup of Corteva plants kernel of uncertainty
Ag giant Corteva Agriscience is reportedly mulling a split of its seed and pesticide businesses, a move that could alter the company’s presence in Indianapolis as well as the state’s agriculture industry.
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City bailout keeps plan alive for Gold Building
A city commission is backing the Hogsett administration’s effort to salvage the long-planned redevelopment of the Gold Building downtown, which for months has been hampered by financial challenges that nearly derailed it.
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Tom Dickey takes the reins at Rebar Development
Dickey joined Rebar last year after eight years with Carmel-based Hageman Group.
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Clancy’s to build on 60 years of restaurant operations with high-fidelity listening bar
The company that launched Indiana hamburger chain Clancy’s and casual dining concept Grindstone Charley’s is planning a restaurant in Noblesville next year that is inspired by Japanese kissa lounges known for catering to audiophiles since the 1950s.
Read MoreLilly brain health campaign aims to ward off dementia
Eli Lilly and Co. this month launched a public awareness campaign called Brain Health Matters, which features actress Julianne Moore urging people to be proactive as they age to lower their risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
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Derek Schultz: Despite a raft of unexpected setbacks, the Fever have lived off grit, spirit
On paper, they looked like contenders, but, on the court, they rarely were dominant.
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‘Power Up’ initiative seeks to boost employee upskilling efforts
Using $10 million appropriated by the Legislature, the state’s Office of Commerce says it will provide grants to employers to offer training with the goal of building skills to match the needs of their open positions.
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Owners of east-side industrial park seeking $8.8M tax break on $125M expansion
The project would fill out the rest of the available land in Thunderbird Commerce Park, which is situated on the former site of the Ford Visteon Plant.
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Eli Lilly to build $5B plant in Virginia—first of 4 U.S. sites to be named this year
Indianapolis-based Lilly said the new plant would create more than 650 jobs in Virginia for engineers, scientists, operations personnel and lab technicians, as well as 1,800 construction jobs.
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Fishers 2026 budget proposal includes funding for new city positions, raises
The budget proposal presented by Mayor Scott Fadness to the Fishers City Council for next year also contains funding for seven road projects, including multiple roundabouts.
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Carmel-based Splenda maker Heartland Food acquires Slimfast US brand
Slimfast, founded in 1977, is known for its once-popular line of meal-replacement shakes, but the brand has struggled with the emergence of new weight-loss pharmaceuticals.
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Carmel estate of late Colts owner Jim Irsay sold for $11.75M
The 9.4-acre property was listed July 30 for $12 million and a sale was pending five days later. The property bordering Crooked Stick Golf Club features a 25,843-square-foot main residence and a 2,700-square-foot guest house.
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How Indy-area businesses use AI to train employees
The Carmel-based company, Murray Mentor, has created a voice-in-the-ear AI program that allows novice factory employees to tap the expertise of some of the most-seasoned employees—even if those employees retired long ago.
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Indianapolis-based health-tech company GeoH lands $30M investment
GeoH offers a software platform that home care agencies can use for things like billing, staff scheduling, payroll and analytics, as well as a handful of other services.
Read MoreChetrice Romero: When cyber disasters strike, leadership matters most
Nation-state cyber activity continues to escalate, targeting not just federal agencies or Fortune 500 companies but also small to midsize organizations that form the backbone of Indiana’s economy.
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Editorial: Young men are skipping college, and that’s a problem for all of us
In 2023, state data shows that just 45% of Indiana’s male high school graduates went directly into a college program, compared with 58% of females.
Read MoreNate Feltman: We must teach civility
The past five years have seen more than three times as many politically motivated attacks on public figures as occurred in the previous 25 years.
Read MoreMel Raines: Boom town: Noblesville backed dream for hoops team
It’s a city that doesn’t just talk about growth; it backs it up with action.
Read MorePolina Osherov: Creative economy can solve state’s talent problem
Indiana isn’t short on sparks of “cool.”
Read MoreMark Mayer: If it’s on Amazon, is it actually the real deal?
This personal exercise encapsulates the central problem: Amazon, which increasingly acts as the world’s most important marketplace, is opaque and inaccessible.
Read MoreJalene Hahn: The 4% retirement rule can be supercharged
To arrive at the 4% rate, Bengen studied historical market returns covering 50-year periods beginning in 1926 and ending in 1992.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Owsley showed how art of altruism benefits all
The beneficence of the Ball family has long blessed Muncie.
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First Internet Bank selling $869M loan portfolio
First Internet has never sold off such a large pool of loans in a single transaction, according to Chief Operating Officer Nicole Lorch.
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Adventure park with zip lines planned at Grand Park in Westfield
TreeRunner Adventure Parks plans to operate an aerial adventure park on a five-acre wooded area at the center of Grand Park.
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IBJ’s Feltman to receive alumni award from IU Indianapolis
IBJ Media owner and CEO Nate Feltman will receive the Maynard K. Hine Award on Nov. 20 at the university’s Alumni Leaders Dinner.
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Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith: Death penalty gives voice to those who are silenced
Capital punishment is not vengeance. Rather, it is justice.
Read MoreRep. Bob Morris: If human life is sacred, it must always be sacred
Even if evidence confirms a clear-headed confession, we still have no right to take another human life.
Read MoreJodie English: Death penalty wastes resources, fails as deterrent
Nationally, there is one exoneration for every nine executions, an error rate of 12%. Would Hoosiers board planes if they crashed that often?
Read MoreRep. Jim Lucas: Ensuring the punishment suits the crime
While it is rare to pursue this penalty, that does not mean we should not have the option in particularly despicable and clear cases.
Read MoreChris Daley: Executions waste taxpayer money, survivors’ time
Our system isn’t perfect, and its imperfections carry too high a risk that innocent people will be executed.
Read MoreLiz Houdek: Capital punishment subverts legal system’s credibility
Every dollar wasted on this broken system is a dollar not spent solving the hundreds of murders and sexual assaults that leave victims without justice.
Read MoreDeborah Daniels: Honesty, clarity about America’s past are essential
Revealing the truth demonstrates how far we have come as a nation since the days of slavery.
Read MoreGeorge Gemelas: Indiana needs a complete rethink on solar—and fast
We can’t discard this next-gen energy tech while it’s on the rise globally.
Read MoreCurt Smith: Declaration of Independence merits big birthday bash
Let’s awake, America, from this slumber of ignorance and prepare to celebrate and revere the truly revolutionary declaration that birthed our nation.
Read MoreRep. Ed DeLaney: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
As a legislator, especially one in the minority, you get exposed to the power of fear.
Read MoreJennifer Wagner Chartier: Embracing democracy requires sustained action
Protests and vigils are nothing new. They are evidence of a democratic impulse as old as America itself.
Read MoreBill Taft: Foundations helping to offset government funding cuts
While community foundations typically invest their assets in Wall Street stocks and funds, a growing number are expanding their impact by investing their capital into local economic development.
Read MoreNathan Gotsch: ‘Leadership recession’ also fertile ground for change
Civic revival doesn’t come from caution. It’s often fueled by a new generation willing to take risks.
Read MoreBrad Rateike: Be it barbecue or a job review, give healthy feedback
If someone is willing to step into the arena, they deserve feedback that helps them grow.
Read MoreDr. Richard Feldman: Measles has returned due to failures to immunize
There is no substitute for the measles vaccination, which is 97% effective after full immunization.
Read MoreClaire Fiddian-Green: Can Final Four initiative boost state reading levels?
One of our committee’s priorities is supporting Read to the Final Four, the NCAA’s annual literacy challenge aimed at strengthening literacy skills and fostering a love of reading.
Read MoreJim Shella: Censoring questions about redistricting is spineless
I do not understand an elected leader being afraid to answer the question of the day.
Read MorePierre M. Atlas: Trump inflates impact of tariffs, misstates costs
Every dollar of revenue added to U.S. coffers via tariffs is a dollar spent by an American employer or an American consumer.
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