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
MISHAWAKA – Mark Murray, president and CEO at Center for Hospice Care, has announced the hiring Amber Burger as CHC’s third full-time medical director. Burger is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and has completed a one-year Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Ohio State University Medical Center. She has experience in the
KNOX – Teresa Sickmiller is the new clinical dietician at Indiana University Health Starke Hospital. In the 20 years she has been in the field, Sickmiller has seen the effects of obesity and diabetes. “I’m really worried if these two, one a condition and the other a disease, are not brought under control we are
