Hancock County weighing plans for new $30M fairgrounds
The Hancock County project is proposed for more than 200 acres of county-owned farmland along U.S. 40 just east of Greenfield.
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DINING: The Mug stresses local ingredients in traditional drive-in fare
It looks like just another roadside burger joint. In fact, not too long ago, it was another roadside burger joint.
Stanley Black & Decker plans 136-job expansion in Greenfield
The company plans to invest $7.7 million in its Greenfield factory, which will lift production to an estimated 1.2 million power tools annually.
Electric utilities battle over annexing territories
Municipal-owned utilities are trying to fend off an attack on a state law that allows them to expand their territories through annexation. Rural electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities say they’re losing big customers.
Research firm Covance to be acquired in $6.1 billion deal
Covance manages clinical trials for drugmakers including locally-based Eli Lilly and Co. It employs about 1,500 workers in Indianapolis and Greenfield.
Cumberland eyes pavilion for markets, festivals
Town officials are eyeing a $1 million project to turn the former Schreiber Lumber pavilion near Carroll Road into a trailhead to host farmers markets, festivals, fundraisers and more.
Couple revamps old roadside motel into apartments
The Kaiden, a 13-unit hotel just off the National Road between Indianapolis and Greenfield, has been reborn as an apartment building called The Village.
Antiques shop liquidation expected to draw big crowd
Red Ribbon Antiques, which opened its doors on Main Street in 1989, will open them one final time Sept. 6 to liquidate the inventory Gloria Holloway established over her 25-year business career.
Lilly to pay dearly for Novartis animal health biz
Wall Street analysts raised their eyebrows at the hefty price Eli Lilly and Co. will pay to acquire Novartis Animal Health, when compared to the value of the biggest player in the field.
University Loft’s founder now building electric cars
The founder of University Loft Co., one of the nation’s biggest suppliers of college dorm room and military base furniture, is now venturing into the world of alternative transportation.
Greenfield Mayor Pasco, 66, dies after cancer fight
Greenfield Mayor Dick Pasco, who had been suffering liver problems since soon before his 2011 election, had decided against further treatment, his family said.
Lauth acquires new apartment property in Greenfield
The local developer’s purchase of the complex is part of a shift within the company to complement its traditional development business with acquired properties.
Greenfield chamber seeks funds to preserve historic building
Less than 50 years after Hancock County was established in 1828, the building that now houses the Greater Greenfield Chamber of Commerce went up on the corner of State and South streets.
Greenfield plant transforms waste into fertilizer
Spring gardeners, lawn manicurists and nursery folk of all varieties on the hunt for cheap fertilizer this planting season need look no farther than the Greenfield's wastewater treatment facility.
Two neighboring utilities united by fiber in Hancock County
Unusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
Greenfield gun seller, others seeing run on guns
Gun enthusiasts are snapping up weapons faster than they can be replenished. And applications for gun permits spiked sharply toward the end of 2012.
Funding cuts may pull plug on school broadcasting
In August, Greenfield city officials decided to drastically slash funds for Greenfield-Central High School's broadcasting program. The future of the programs remains in a state of limbo for the 2013-14 school year and beyond.
Irving Materials acquires northern Indiana competitor
Greenfield-based Irving Materials Inc.’s purchase of Rock Industries in Peru brings its total number of mining operations in Indiana to 18. Rock Industries operates quarries in Peru and Plymouth.
Covance plans $150M expansion, 465 jobs in Greenfield
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
Mobile video game trailer rolls into central Indiana
Startup Game Guru 2 U is providing entertainment for about 10 events a month, but hopes to triple its business.