The Indiana Hospital Association recently recognized Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City, Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Dyer and Hammond and Franciscan Healthcare-Munster for their efforts to reduce instances of patient harm by 40 percent and readmissions by 20 percent, during the past three years. The recognition is based on the results of a national campaign called Partnership […]

HAMMOND — Holladay Properties is pleased to announce its newest commercial office building project to be located in Hammond ,Ind. at the South East quadrant of I-94 and Kennedy Avenue within the Ox Bow Landing development.  The project will comprise of a four-story, 60,000 square foot Class A office building offering tremendous access and visibility via I-94. Just three

Sally A. Ramirez has joined Methodist Hospitals as Director of Compensation and Benefits.  Sally served as Corporate Director of Compensation and Benefits at Majestic Star Casino. She holds a B.S. Degree from Purdue University and is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management.

STAR PLAZA THEATRE and PS PRODUCTIONS present TWEEN STARS LIVE! January 25, 2015 at NOON Starring the favorite and biggest stars from Disney and Nickelodeon. This highly interactive family variety show features 90 minutes of surprise-filled pure family fun for all ages! Wild and wacky entertainment and a chance to interact with your favorite TV stars.

COLUMBUS — The Healthcare Colloquium, a Battelle company, announces that Elkhart General Hospital has achieved the designation of being named an Accredited Heart Failure Center. “The leadership team at Elkhart General Hospital did an amazing job coming together to demonstrate their broad capacity serving patients with heart failure,” says James Stoodt, Senior Vice President, Member

GARY — The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana in cooperation with NIPSCO will be hosting two food distributions to help feed 1,000 northwest Indiana families this holiday. The annual distributions, Hope for the Holidays will be held on Saturday, December 13th (9:30am to 12:30pm) at Portage High School and Saturday, December 20th (9:30am to 12:30pm)

Winter Art Classes begin January 12th, 2015 Express Your Creative Side! Learn to paint, draw or operate a pottery wheel.  We have classes for kids & adults at our locations in Munster, Crown Point and Hammond. Special Winter Workshops include: Paper Marbling, Canvas Cuisine, D.I.Y. Galaxy Shoes,  Frozen – Queen Elsa Wand & Crown, Birch