CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point has announced it is adding an open magnetic resonance imaging system which will be the only one of its kind in Lake and Porter counties. Installation of the Oasis, the Hitachi company’s open MRI, will begin soon at St. Anthony’s Outpatient Health Complex. Unlike closed units, the …
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System’s Healthy Woman program will present “Healthy Lifestyles: Do They Really Impact Your Health?” Dr. Michael Mirochna said the program will provide positive lifestyle changes that can make a difference in your life. The program is free and will be offered at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, and at noon on …
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central has received accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. A six-member HLC team visited Purdue North Central in April for three days to examine all aspect of the university. “The team found the self study document to be outstanding. It was …
SOUTH BEND – Regina Emberton of C.B. Richard Ellis/Bradley has been accepted into the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Emberton is vice president of brokerage services at CBRE and recently became a member of the leading professional commercial and industrial real estate association. “Regina’s presence in the commercial real estate industry qualified her for …
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central will offer public showings of the film, “The Conspirator” are part of the university Odyssey Arts and Cultural Events Series. Co-sponsoring the series is the Michigan City Public Library. The film will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at the library and at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, …
MICHIGAN CITY – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital has opened its 38,000-square-foot LifeWorks Business Park on the south side of Michigan City. The medical facility offers on-site medical services and is part of a larger project planned by owner Holladay Properties. Other additions include retailers, a restaurant, pharmaceutical services and other medical offices. LifeWorks provides …
CROWN POINT – Four area universities have joined together to support the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center’s mission to encourage growth and development of the region’s businesses. The four universities are Indiana University Northwest, Ivy Tech Community College, Purdue University Calumet and Purdue University North Central. “Under the umbrella of our university partners we …
LAPORTE – IU Health Occupational Services has announced that Saligrama Ranganath has joined the facility as a staff physician. Ranganath will work in the Valparaiso office. Most recently he was medical director at the Honda plant in Greensburg, Ind. He completed his residency at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and at Meharry Medical College in …
Cities pursue creative efforts for revitalization. by Rick A. Richards Northwest Indiana downtowns were once retail hubs. But with the development of regional shopping malls and strip shopping centers over the past two generations, downtowns across the region have changed. Left behind are empty storefronts and vacant parking lots. In recent years, however, those downtown …
MUNSTER – CFS Bancorp Inc., the parent company for Citizens Financial Bank, has declared a quarterly dividend of 1 cent per share of common stock. The dividend will paid on Oct. 28 to shareholders of record on Oct. 7. The dividend is unchanged from the second quarter. Citizens Financial Bank has assets of more than …
