Inside INdiana Business Radio for the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2025. Ivy Tech Community College is getting a boost for its firefighter training program through a donation from the Indianapolis Fire Department. A Boone County farm receives top honors with a new award from Weaver Popcorn and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Plus, a Granger company showcases the value of hiring older workers.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for Sept. 26, 2025. Noblesville will become home to USA Gymnastics’ headquarters and training center after beating out more than a dozen cities nationwide, though Mayor Chris Jensen says the deal nearly fell apart this summer. Indiana ag leaders signed letters of intent with Taiwan for nearly $6 billion in U.S. corn and soybean purchases over four years. Aer Lingus will expand nonstop Indy-to-Dublin flights in April, while the IEDC approved $131 million for 17 projects to redevelop blighted properties, including the Evansville Field House. Attorney General Todd Rokita has announced a new anti-DEI policy aimed at outside law firms contracting with the state. Also, Muncie-based First Merchants Corp. is acquiring First Savings Financial Group in a $241 million merger.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2025. The University of Southern Indiana has announced a new international internship program in collaboration with a company in Luxembourg. Muncie-based First Merchants Bank is merging with First Savings Bank in Jeffersonville. NIPSCO receives regulatory approval for its subsidiary designed to provide power to data centers. Plus, Sweetwater's GuitarFest returns this weekend, and 17 blight reduction projects throughout the state receive grant funding.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for Sept. 25, 2025. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. board has approved the public release of a forensic audit ordered by Gov. Mike Braun, with details expected next week. NIPSCO has filed plans for a new 2,300-megawatt natural gas power plant in Jennings County to support growing data center demand. U.S. Steel has greenlit about $200 million in improvements at its Gary Works facility as integration with Nippon Steel continues. INPRS officials cautioned lawmakers that paying down liabilities won’t immediately free up dollars, with the teachers’ pre-1996 account still carrying $3.1 billion in unfunded liabilities. Also, Farm Business Farm Management has expanded into Indiana with offices in West Lafayette and Indianapolis, and the Grissom Air Museum will begin a $750,000 expansion next week.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for the afternoon of Sept. 24, 2025. Well Care Community Health in Richmond has announced plans for expansion in the Wayne County city that will allow it to provide more services to the community, including behavioral health. The St. Joseph County Council has postponed a vote on a rezoning proposal for a $12 billion data center near New Carlisle. Plus, RV makers are showcasing their latest products at the RV Dealer Open House in Elkhart.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for Sept. 24, 2025. Monroe County has surpassed $1 billion in capital investment commitments and 900 promised jobs since 2020, according to the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. Science Central in Fort Wayne has named Mandy Mikulski as its new leader as the museum eyes a fresh strategic plan. Melissa Reig has been appointed president and CEO of the Agribusiness Council of Indiana. A federal judge has temporarily halted the U.S. Forest Service’s Houston South project in the Hoosier National Forest, ruling that federal law was violated. And North Vernon has been named Indiana’s 2025 Preserving Main Street community, receiving up to $2 million for downtown revitalization.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for the afternoon of Sept. 23, 2025. Purdue University on Tuesday announced plans for a suborbital space flight with Virgin Galactic that will feature an all-Boilermaker crew conducting research in zero gravity. USA Gymnastics has revealed plans for its new headquarters and training facility at Innovation Mile in Noblesville. Plus, the head of the Evansville Orr Fellowship program talks about the success of the inaugural class.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for Sept. 23, 2025. OrthoLaser has relocated its corporate headquarters from New York to Warsaw, investing $500,000 in a new flagship wellness center. Contractors working on Google’s $2 billion Fort Wayne data center have received state approval to fill 2.5 acres of wetlands as part of the project’s second phase. Purdue’s latest survey shows top-quality farmland in Indiana hitting a record $14,826 per acre. The White House has intervened to block U.S. Steel from halting operations at its Granite City Works in Illinois under terms of Nippon Steel’s acquisition, ensuring continued slab supply while preserving 800 jobs. And Fort Wayne-based Sweetwater has been named a global top 100 inspiring workplace, ranking 12th worldwide.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for the afternoon of Sept. 22, 2025. Officials in South Bend have cut the ribbon on the $12 million Momentum Entrepreneurship Hub. A former Ball State employee who was fired last week after comments made on Facebook about conservative activist Charlie Kirk has filed a federal lawsuit against university President Geoffrey Mearns, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated. Plus, Google receives state approval to fill in a small portion of wetlands in Fort Wayne for its $2 billion data center project.

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Inside INdiana Business Radio for Sept. 22, 2025. Gov. Mike Braun says he supports data centers as part of Indiana’s economic development strategy, but only if they cover their electricity costs and contribute back to the grid. Amazon has opened its long-delayed fulfillment center in Elkhart County, expected to employ about 1,000 people. In Indianapolis, AES Indiana’s proposed 13.5% rate hike has drawn pushback from the City-County Council, which is urging the utility to withdraw the request. Also, the Applied Research Institute has promoted Andrew Kasik to CEO, and Ivy Tech is piloting a partnership with SlateUp to connect students with manufacturing jobs in northern Indiana.

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