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Ryan Rohrman leads the auto dealership group his grandfather started

December 12, 2025
Daniel Bradley

The younger Rohrman, 41, worked his way up through roles as sales manager, used car manager, new car manager and general sales manager before leading his first store about 15 years ago.

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Bills to regulate large water withdrawals in Indiana face uncertain fate

January 16, 2024
Peter Blanchard

The legislation comes in response to a state proposal to withdraw as much as 100 million gallons of water per day from aquifers connected to the Wabash River for the LEAP Research & Innovation District in Boone County.

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Defense firm V2X, analytics startup Ekkobar among 2026 Mira Award winners

April 24, 2026 | Susan OrrSusan Orr

TechPoint announced 17 awards Friday night at its Mira Awards gala in Carmel. The annual awards program recognizes achievements in Indiana’s tech sector.

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SK Hynix project wins key zoning approval after community uproar extends meeting until morning

May 6, 2025 | Cate Charron

The South Korean chip maker’s proposed $3.87 billion manufacturing campus in Indiana is still on track after the West Lafayette City Council approved the request following a 7-hour public meeting.

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Purdue University launches business accelerator program

March 28, 2025 | Susan OrrSusan Orr

The program for Purdue-connected companies offers the university a way to rekindle or establish the startup founders’ Indiana ties.

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Years after fanfare, hospital remains unbuilt

November 1, 2024 | John RussellJohn Russell

But two years after the groundbreaking for an Ascension St. Vincent facility in West Lafayette, the planned $25 million development has little to show for itself. The 7-acre site sits empty, with no indication that anything is coming soon.

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Purdue preparing for SK Hynix arrival

October 18, 2024 | Cate Charron

The university’s leaders are hard at work laying the groundwork to make South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix’s U.S. expansion in West Lafayette a success.

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Purdue gives students leg up in chip-making through summer program

July 26, 2024 | Cate Charron

An intensive, eight-week training program is devoted to the understanding of semiconductors, the crystalline solids that conduct electricity and power computer microchips.

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How the SK Hynix project came together—and another fell apart

April 12, 2024 | Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

The South Korean company’s announcement made waves across Indiana, but so did a decision by Minnesota-based SkyWater Technology to cancel its project at Purdue after not receiving hoped-for federal funding.

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Legislation to regulate huge water withdrawals won’t get a hearing, but farmers could win some protections

January 30, 2024 | Peter Blanchard

Bills inspired to regulate potential plans to withdraw as much as 100 million gallons of water a day from Wabash River aquifers won’t get a hearing in the Indiana House or Senate, but Republican leadership appears open to adding some protections for farmers’ water wells.

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State, Lafayette officials say no action on pipeline without completed study, legislative review

December 19, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has faced pushback for proposing a pipeline that would transport as much as 100 million gallons of water per day from Wabash River aquifers to a massive business development in Lebanon.

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In defiance of IEDC, Tippecanoe County passes ban on large water withdrawals

November 20, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The move comes as the Indiana Economic Development Corp. faces pushback for its exploration of a plan to pump massive sums of water from Wabash River aquifers for a high-tech manufacturing district in Boone County.

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Governor shifts oversight of LEAP water study away from IEDC

November 13, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The move comes as the Indiana Economic Development Corp. faces questions about its plan to tap the Wabash River aquifer and withdraw as much as 100 million gallons per day for an advanced manufacturing district in central Indiana.

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Group forms in opposition to LEAP District water pipeline

November 1, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The group, “Stop the Water Steal,” plans to lead a letter-writing campaign to local and state officials, urging them to stop the pipeline, slow its progress or minimize its impact on community water resources.

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West Lafayette council declares opposition to water pipeline

October 3, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

West Lafayette City Council members expressed a desire for more research from third parties and greater transparency from Indiana Economic Development Corp. officials, who they said have not approached them about the proposed pipeline.

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Lafayette area officials take steps to protect water supply as IEDC considers 35-mile pipeline

October 1, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

Two state lawmakers are drafting legislation that would create a permitting process and require a deeper public review of any effort in the state to pump 10 million gallons or more per day from a community’s aquifer. Meanwhile, the West Lafayette City Council is poised to consider a resolution Monday night opposing the IEDC’s plans.

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Testing shows ‘abundant water’ supply to support LEAP District, state says

September 21, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

Initial findings show that an aquifer connected to the Wabash River contains enough water to support a high-tech manufacturing district in Boone County without depriving the Greater Lafayette region of an adequate water supply, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corp.

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2023 Innovation Issue: Indiana is primed to reshape the agbioscience industry

May 26, 2023 | Susan OrrSusan Orr

The state’s strength in agriculture, plus partners like Purdue University and AgriNovus Indiana, combine to make Indiana a competitive place for generating and attracting ag-related technology and innovation.

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2023 Innovation Issue: Inari aims to boost crop yields through unique gene-editing technology

May 26, 2023 | Taylor Wooten

From a base in West Lafayette at the Purdue Research Park, the company’s scientists are racing to create environmentally friendly, food-insecurity-fighting crops through special genetic technology.

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UPDATE: Citizens Energy to supply water for LEAP District

May 17, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The move by Citizens Energy Group comes amid ongoing recruitment efforts by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to lure companies in high-tech industries to Boone County.

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Purdue professor puts high-tech spin on old-time construction staple

March 10, 2023 | Sam Stall

Luna Lu and her team at Purdue’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering are among a handful of organizations worldwide dabbling in how to commercialize “smart concrete.”

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Lafayette leaders want answers about water usage for IEDC’s Boone County tech park

January 13, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

A group of elected officials, business leaders and community members in the Lafayette area are drafting a letter to the Indiana Economic Development Corp. seeking details about the state’s plans to draw water from the Wabash River aquifer.

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