SOUTH BEND – Old National Bank, based in Evansville, has expanded in northern Indiana, acquiring 24 offices from the Bank of America in South Bend, Elkhart and southern Michigan. Old National already has four offices in South Bend, Granger and Elkhart. The acquisition includes four offices in Indiana and 20 in southern Michigan, a state […]
MERRILLVILLE – A former Osco Drugs store at 61st Avenue and Broadway in Gary will soon become a Community HealthNet clinic. Work on the $600,000 project has begun it is expected to be completed soon. HealthNet will have nine exam rooms and provide primary care, pediatric care, obstetrics services and provide other health needs. HealthNet
HOBART – Local Chick-fil-A restaurant owner Tyler Carter, View Outdoor Advertising and the cow of the hour gathered Jan. 10 to divulge what the infamous bovines have been up to. The Merrillville advertising company announced its participation in Chick-fil-A’s award-winning marketing campaign featuring the cows urging people to “Eat Mor Chikin.” The campaign began in
VALPARAISO – Century 21 Alliance Group has announced the top listing agent for December and the agents with the most closings in 2012. The top listing agent in December was Denise O’Connor, and Natalie and Diane Worstell of the Worstell Group closed the most deals in 2012, with Linda Fillippo second. The agents were presented
GARY – Fitch Ratings, one of the three major credit rating agencies, has upgraded Methodist Hospitals bond issues to BBB from BBB-. The upgrade is the second such move by the ratings agency in the past 12 months. The ratings agency cited Methodist’s sustained operating performance in making this latest upgrade, including strong profit margin,
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Pete Buttigieg has announced that South Bend has been selected as one of nine communities in the United States to participate in the Code for America Fellowship Program in 2013. The others are: Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oakland, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Calif., Summit County, Ohio (Akron), and New
KNOX – Indiana University Health Starke Hospital, along with area partners, will hold a community program to end drug abuse in Starke County. President David Hyatt said the effort will focus on crystal meth usage. Currently, Starke County is the ninth largest producer of the drug in Indiana, with heroin and prescription pill abuse increasing
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health has released a new free smartphone application that makes adding healthier habits to your daily routine easy. The “My Healthy Habits” smartphone app is an American Heart Association/Listen to Your Heart initiative supported by IU Health The app is loaded with features to turn positive behaviors into daily habits. Some
MUNSTER – Citizens Financial Bank’s board of directors has announced a quarterly dividend of one cent per share, payable on Jan. 25 to shareholders of record on Jan. 4. The dividend was unchanged from the third quarter. CFS Bancorp, the parent company for Citizens Financial, has assets of $1.1 billion.
LAPORTE – When Family Nurse Practitioner Kimberley Mendez received her Master’s of Science in Nursing with a family practice specialty, she started looking for a place to practice to fit her philosophy of what medicine should be. She found it in North Judson, where she will share office space with Dr. Curtis Bejes, as part
