NWI Time & Temp 219-933-9000

Mercantile National Bank started the North West Indiana Time and Temperature service in 1978. Harris Bank took over the service after it bought Mercantile, which was based in Hammond. Some time in March 2010 Harris decided they could no longer maintain the service and canceled the number. In April the Times Newspaper received permission from Harris Bank to take over the local 219-933-9000 number,

and restarted the service. Five years later The Times decided not to continue the service. We couldn't stand to see this long time NWI "tradition" die, so we received permission from The Times to take over the number and continue the Time & Temperature tradition! Our plan is to keep the service going as long a there are callers dialing 933-9000! In it's prime (2006) the service received about 3 million phone calls a year, that's over 200,000 calls a month! As of today, 11-2-15, we receive 105,000 calls a month and climbing.