Press Releases

Community Healthcare System is expanding its medical services by adding a new Immediate Care and medical services center to meet the demand for quality healthcare in Northwest Indiana’s growing communities. The new facility will replace the current...

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) recently gained approval from the Higher Learning Commission to begin offering a Doctor of Technology degree. PNW’s Doctor of Technology, which will be offered through the College of Technology, is the...

The Portage Township School Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 2022-2023 collective bargaining agreement with the Portage Association of Teachers at their Special Board Meeting on Thursday night.  Highlights from this year’s agreement...

When we think of universities as centers of learning, we mostly picture undergraduate and graduate students poring over a pile of books. However, the students are far from the only people on campus learning something new. In partnership with Ivy...

The Urban League of Northwest Indiana continues to make great strides in the areas of Diversity and Inclusion by conducting training and outreach in communities in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties. The organization also takes the time to salute...

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and its Four Winds® Casinos provided the media with a private tour today to view the progress of construction at Four Winds South Bend.  An expansion of the casino resort is underway and the expanded...

Northwest Health – Starke honored two caregivers in September. Dawn Vanderheof, RN is the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Cathy Rudd, certified nursing assistant, is the recipient of the PETALS award for outstanding support...

Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Kelly Hendrickson as Vice President, Mortgage Loan Officer.  Hendrickson has been involved in banking throughout her entire career and is well versed...

Franciscan Physician Network’s Coolspring Health Center is welcoming the addition of two new audiologists, Jackie Fletcher, AuD, and Erin Pluard, AuD. Fletcher and Pluard both received their training at Rush University in Chicago and completed...

Family nurse practitioner Jean Miller, NP-C, has joined the Franciscan Physician Network OBGYN Health Center in Crown Point. Miller earned her master of science in nursing from Purdue University Northwest in Hammond and her bachelor of science in...