PORTER – The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore had a record 2,165,605 visitors in 2010, according to statistics released by the National Park Service. That was an 11.8 percent increase in visitors from 2009. “Surveys show that about 80 percent of the park’s visitors are not from the local area. That means some 1.6 million […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels has named Bruce Lemmon as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction. He replaces Ed Buss, who left the post to take over as head of the Florida Department of Corrections. Lemmon has been with the DOC since 1976. He was most recently superintendent of the Putnamville Correctional
VALPARAISO – Northcoast Distributing has announced it plans to move to a new and larger location on the south side of Valparaiso. The new location is on 35 acres on Indiana 49, south of U.S. 30 across from the Porter County Jail and the Porter County Fairgrounds. Once the move is complete,
CROWN POINT – The first Innovators Café of 2011 will feature WorkingWell Occupational Healthcare, the world’s first freestanding occupational health provider to receive International Organization of Standardization certification. It will be held starting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at Franciscan Point, the new outpatient health care complex operated by St. Anthony Medical
HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Association has announced the winners in its annual Ugly Lamp and Tree contest conducted as a part of its annual “A Christmas Story Comes Home” event. Ugly Lamp winners were Michelle Johnston and Katie Noojin of Griffith for their foot lamp. The tree contest
MICHIGAN CITY – ThermoSafe Brands has announced it will close its manufacturing plant in the Michigan City Enterprise Center by the end of 2011, putting 100 people out of work. Tegrant Inc. of DeKalb, Ill., which owns ThermoSafe, recently completed an evaluation of the “company’s footprint” with a view to making its production
VALPARAISO – Porter Health systems is participating in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Program. It has a goal of improving the quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular illness. The guidelines of the program address acute stroke
MISHAWAKA – Mark Murray has been named 2011 chairman of the board for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Murray is president/CEO of Center for Hospice Care in Mishawaka. NHPCO has 52,000 members and is the oldest and largest organization representing hospice and palliative care programs. Murray has been on the
CROWN POINT – St. Anthony Medical Center’s Emergency Department ranks among the top 10 percentile in the nation for patient service and satisfaction according to survey by Press Ganey of South Bend. In the third quarter, Press Ganey, which works with more than 10,000 health care organizations nationwide, St. Anthony ranked in the
VALPARAISO – Theresa Valade, CEO of Success Trek, was the only author from Northwest Indiana invited to contribute to the book, “The Gratitude Project: 365 Days of Gratitude.” On Dec. 15, the book became an Amazon No. 1 bestseller in the Health, Mind and Body – Self Help category. “Writing for the
