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Veterans who need help should call

Definition of a veteran: A veteran, whether active duty, honorably discharged, retired, National Guard or Reserve is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a “blank check” made payable to the “United States of America” for an amount…

First Midwest Bank buys NorStates

First Midwest Bank, which is closing branches in Lowell, Chesterton, Gary, East Chicago and Calumet City this year, completed its acquisition of Waukegan-based NorStates Bank for $91 million, growing its market presence along suburban Chicago’s tony no…