Winter Wellness: Staying Active During Cold Weather
Community members are invited to an educational session about winter wellness featuring Exercise Physiologist Libby Brown from the LKH Health and Wellness Center.
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Parkview Health seeks feedback on area health needs
Parkview Health is launching a Community Health Needs Assessment, a survey that uses public feedback to identify priorities for resources, education and programming. Anyone residing in the Parkview service area is encouraged to take the survey, available online here.
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Girl Coalition Of Indiana And Girl Scouts Urge Action To Address Needs Of Hoosier Girls
As Indiana strives to remove gender barriers and create access for girls across all races and socio-economic levels, communities must have a proper understanding of the challenges girls encounter.
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Annual Wellness Fair Comes to the Parkview Warsaw YMCA
The K21 Health Foundation will support the Kosciusko Community YMCA once again as the organization hosts the Kosciusko Community Wellness Fair. This annual event provides free health screenings and services to the public.
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Indiana kids have academic success with healthier eyes
Notebooks, writing tools and laptops are standard supplies on a parent’s back-to-school shopping list. But one important appointment that can easily be overlooked in the back-to-school frenzy is a child’s eye exam.
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Beacon Announces Construction Of Mishawaka Outpatient Center
Beacon Health System will begin construction this summer on a new $21.7 million outpatient center, strategically located on the northeast corner of Lincoln Way East and Church Street in downtown Mishawaka, across from the Mishawaka Public Library.
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New Local Health Initiatives Taking Shape Across Indiana As Novel State Funding Becomes Available
Local health officials across Indiana are gearing up to receive their share of a historic wave of state funding meant to increase disease prevention efforts and improve Hoosiers’ overall well-being.
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Food And Nutrition: Please Drink Your Water
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS Extension Educator Health & Human Sciences, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — It has been hot and humid for several days, but I am not going to complain because I know the weather will change – we live in the Midwest. I think it … Read More
Health Officials Offer Tips To Protect Hoosiers From Heat
INDIANAPOLIS — With dangerous heat and humidity in Indiana’s forecast this weekend, state health officials are offering tips to help keep Hoosiers safe amid the rising temperatures. “These hot conditions can be a dangerous time for Hoosiers,” said State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams, MD, MPH. “If you’re going … Read More
Clean Waters Partnership Steering Committee To Meet
By EILEEN OAKS Outreach And Marketing Specialist, The Watershed Foundation WARSAW — The Clean Waters Partnership steering committee will be meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce, 523 S. Buffalo St. Warsaw. The steering committee is working on developing a watershed … Read More
Time To Toss It? How To Handle Holiday Leftovers
INDIANAPOLIS — If your family doesn’t polish off that 20-pound turkey, pot of sweet potatoes, and the half-dozen pies your guests brought, you can just pop the leftovers in the fridge and eat them all week, right? Not quite.
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Food And Nutrition Column: Turkey Cooking
By MARY ANN LIENHART-CROSS Elkhart County Extension Educator, Health and Human Sciences I am working at working ahead and this time I am a little ahead with turkey cooking information. In my opinion there is just nothing like roasted turkey. I am not sure if it is made … Read More
October Marks The Start Of Flu Season
State health officials are urging Indiana residents to get their flu vaccinations to protect themselves from influenza this season.
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Anytime Fitness Offers Free Fitness Consultations
By ABBY RAMER General Manager, Anytime Fitness WARSAW — Fall is the time of year when young people head back to school and families get back to their routines – including their health and fitness routines, which may have slipped or changed during the summer. Fitness industry analysts say as … Read More
Pesticide Spray Affecting Livelihood in Kosciusko
Dear Editor, This is in response to the Aug. 1 article in ‘the PAPER’ titled “Kosciusko’s aerial applicators stay busy following rains, flooding” concerning the aerial spraying of crops and the increase of it in this area. Not all of us are happy about this. Many people in … Read More
Hospice Supports Both Patients And Caregivers
By KIM NANCE Business Development Director, Kosciusko Home Care And Hospice Mary Riehle lived her life caring and encouraging others. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and was the caregiver for her parents at the end of their lives. David Riehle, her husband of 50 years … Read More