La Porte Hospital earns Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation
La Porte Hospital has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation from The Joint Commission, renewing the hospital’s accreditation for the next three years. For this accreditation process, surveyors noted particular areas where the hospital excelled, including the pharmacy’s quality improvement data analysis process and their Tech Med History Program that helps with medication reconciliation, as well as the emergency department’s commendation for having a storage system in Read more…
Porter County hiring Full Time Truck Driver/Laborer
Porter County is now hiring for the position of Full Time Truck Driver/Laborer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The successful applicant will serve as Truck Driver/Laborer for the Highway Department, responsible for operating various trucks, tools and equipment in clearing and maintaining county roads and right-of-ways. Please submit your resume to Rhonda Young either by email ([email protected]) or fax (219-465-3362). Read more…
Michigan City announces mosquito adulticiding schedule
The City of Michigan City is announcing that mosquito adulticiding (spraying for adult mosquito control) is scheduled for today or Thursday, July 27th (weather determining and permitting.) When spraying occurs, it will commence at dusk and continue through the night until finished. The city asks the public to be alert when they see trucks with flashing lights and a spraying ULV machine, and to please give them plenty of room. Read more…
August Lunch with the League details announced
For their August Lunch with the League, the League of Women Voters of LaPorte County will present Steve Bernth, Director of the Youth Service Bureau, a not-for-profit organization serving La Porte County. YSB has recently developed an informational program on human trafficking in LaPorte County and NW Indiana, and Steve will update us on what is being done about this problem. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, August 8th, Read more…
Roadwork update
INDOT announced that U.S. 20 and the viaduct between Marvel Lane and South Race Street in New Carlisle opened to traffic Tuesday. Despite extensive preliminary planning, unexpected delays halted the project back in May and June. Since resolving the delays, INDOT has worked 7 days a week, 12-18 hours a day to expedite the project and open the road for the citizens of New Carlisle. This project included resurfacing U.S. Read more…
- Three-year-old twins drown in backyard pool on Long Island
boggy22/iStock/Thinkstock(MELVILLE, N.Y.) — Three-year-old twin boys died after drowning in their backyard pool on Long Island Wednesday morning, police said. Suffolk County Police said officers responded to the tragic incident in Melville, New York, at about 8:40 a.m. ET after a woman called 911 reporting that she pulled her three-year-old son from her home’s pool and that he was not breathing. The mother began to perform CPR on him, police Read more…
Positive day on Wall Street as AT&T reports stronger than expected profits
tarabird/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Communications stocks climbed on Wednesday as the major indices on Wall Street all ended higher. But health stocks weren’t as lucky. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a close of 21,711.01 — gaining 97.58 on the day. The Nasdaq jumped 10.57 for the session, ending the day at 6,422.75, while the S&P 500 inched up to 2,477.83 — a gain of 0.7. Crude oil prices jumped Read more…
North Korea could test another ICBM as early as Wednesday night, US official says
PeterHermesFurian/iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea could test another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as early as Wednesday night, according to a U.S. official. If the regime launches an ICBM, it will be the 11th ballistic missile test this year and the first since the nation’s historic Fourth of July ICBM test. U.S. officials have suspected a test could occur on July 27 to mark the North Korean holiday known as Read more…
Senate measure to repeal Obamacare fails
Credit: Architect of the Capitol(WASHINGTON) — With the failure Wednesday afternoon of the 2015 House bill that would just repeal the Affordable Care Act, Congress’ two best chances to scrap Obamacare in one fell swoop dissipated before senators’ eyes. That amendment, which also contained a provision to delay the implementation of a repeal by two years to allow lawmakers to come up with a replacement system, failed 45-55, with seven Read more…
Mariah Carey gifts us the first trailer for Christmas flick, "The Star"
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — It’s only fitting that Mariah Carey, the unofficial “Queen of Christmas,” would be involved in a new Christmas-themed film. On her Twitter page Wednesday, Mariah debuted the new trailer for The Star, an animated flick that explores the story of the first Christmas — from the animals’ perspective. Mariah won’t be voicing any of the characters, but her new single, also called “The Star,” will be featured in the film. Read more…
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