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Also on today's calendar: The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet and 10 more events.
Today's riddle: Why should you never iron a 4-leaf colver? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Wolf Lake Site Emerges as Leading Candidate for Potential Chicago Bears Stadium (greatnews.life) — A proposed Chicago Bears stadium at Wolf Lake could bring major attention, visitors, and investment directly to Hammond's lakefront. Local tourism leaders are using national coverage to showcase Hammond's waterfront, transit access, and growing role as a gateway to Northwest Indiana's visitor economy.
2. Shafkat Islam - CERIAS (purdue.edu) — A Purdue University Northwest assistant professor based at the Hammond campus is leading research on trustworthy, secure AI systems and cybersecurity. His work and recent awards highlight the advanced tech expertise being developed right in Hammond, offering local students and businesses access to cutting-edge knowledge and potential collaborations.
3. Lawmakers, residents demand answers for northwest Indiana power outages (wishtv.com) — State lawmakers are grilling NIPSCO over August storms that left Hammond and other Northwest Indiana communities without power for up to two weeks. Residents and officials want stronger communication, emergency planning, and staffing so Hammond customers aren't left in the dark that long again.
4. Florida Chamber Names Pritzker 'Runner-Up Economic Developer' as Illinois Loses People, Businesses (illinoisreview.com) — An Illinois-focused political piece notes that the Chicago Bears are now concentrating their stadium search on Hammond as part of a broader trend of businesses eyeing moves out of Illinois. For Hammond residents, that could mean growing momentum behind a cross-border stadium project with big regional implications.
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