La Porte County Family YMCA Spring Break Camp: April 6 – 10, 2015

La Porte County Family YMCA Spring Break Camp: April 6 – 10, 2015 What better way to spend your Spring Break than at the YMCA Camp? Each Day of camp comes with the perfect amount of activities and fun. Children will get to make new friends, play exciting games and participate in a structured and nurturing...

Read More

Nominations for Ned E. Kalb 2015 Community Leadership Award Now Being Accepted

Nominations for Ned E. Kalb 2015 Community Leadership Award Now Being Accepted Ned Kalb was a true leader in La Porte County for many years. He passed away on Nov. 19, 2011, and a county award was instituted to honor and memorialize his life and deeds in La Porte County and beyond. The Ned E. Kalb Community Leadership Award...

Read More

Joiner Fees Waved at La Porte County Family YMCA until January 16, 2015

Joiner Fees Waved at La Porte County Family YMCA until January 16, 2015 We want to help you achieve your health and wellness goals and 2015 into get things off to a good start, we are WAIVING THE JOINERS FEE, from January 2nd to January 16th. Stop by our La Porte, Long Beach or Ivy Tech branches to sign up for your...

Read More

St. Mary Medical Center Welcomes Director of Human Resources

St. Mary Medical Center Welcomes Director of Human Resources St. Mary Medical Center announced Sharron Catania as the new Director of Human Resources. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Purdue University, West Lafayette and is a Certified Employee Benefit Specialists with more than 25...

Read More

Jim Kintzele Honored for 20 Years of Services to Michigan City Area Schools

Jim Kintzele Honored for 20 Years of Services to Michigan City Area Schools The Michigan City Area Schools Board of Trustees recognized Mr. Jim Kintzele, Sr. for more than 20 years of distinguished service as a School Board Member and Officer, during their meeting on Tuesday, December 16th. MCAS Superintendent Dr. Barbara...

Read More

La Porte County Family YMCA to Bring its Mission to Michigan City

La Porte County Family YMCA to Bring its Mission to Michigan City Here's some exciting news for La Porte County: the La Porte County Family YMCA is planning to expand beginning in January 2015! On Tuesday December 16, the Michigan City Board of School Trustees voted on whether to allow the Y to rent space from the...

Read More

South Central Junior Riley Popplewell Named an IBCA Player of the Week

South Central Junior Riley Popplewell Named an IBCA Player of the Week Princeton ace Young also scores 57 points in a game en route to IBCA/Subway accolades An eye-popping 57-point performance, a pair of triple-double efforts and school-record 42-point outburst are among the achievements by those recognized in this...

Read More

Porter Health Care System Celebrates National Patient Transport Week, December 12, 2014

Porter Health Care System Celebrates National Patient Transport Week, December 12, 2014 Porter Health Care System recently celebrated National Patient Transport Week by recognizing the hard work of hospital-based transporters as they keep the facility in motion, transferring patients to where they need to be. “Porter’s Transport...

Read More

Food Chain Giant Serves Up Generosity to St. Clare Health Clinic

Food Chain Giant Serves Up Generosity to St. Clare Health Clinic Joe Kolavo, vice president of perishable operations at Highland-based SVT LLC, recently presented a check for $4,000 to Dorothea Doolin, nurse practitioner at St. Clare Health Clinic in Crown Point, to assist with the clinic’s mission of offering...

Read More