Beth Ireland

The school year is starting up again and soon students will be roaming the halls and classrooms. The silence of the summer months turns into a cacophony of sounds with the student’s arrival. But what was happening in the school while students were...

146 years. That’s how long Horizon Bank has been setting records, the latest of which is reaching $5 billion in assets. The first branch opened in 1873 in Michigan City under the name First National Bank. Now, 146 years later and with 76 locations...

At St. Mary Medical Center, care doesn’t just stop when a patient is released from the hospital. Through the Quality Care Coordination program, patients who are at risk for relapses and additional trips back to the hospital are assigned to a Care...

Every family starts with a love story. For Dominik and Emily Meyer, it began 16 years ago, on the day they first met in high school. Forming a connection when his family moved from Virginia to the western Chicago suburb, River Forest, they dated all...

When Frontline Foundations approached NorthShore Health Centers about the possibility of merging, it didn’t take long for CEO, Jan Wilson, to know it would be a good decision. On July 1st, the merging of NorthShore Health Centers with Frontline...

Summer is flying by and before you know it, it will be time to buy the school supplies and get the kids ready to go back to school. But there’s still time to have some fun! We’ve created a list of places and activities around the Region for you...

Kissing Bridges are all over the world. Bridges that were once just ways to connect land to land took on the new moniker of “Kissing bridges” as courting couples found them to be the perfect place for sneaking smooches, away from prying eyes and...

For Jessica Galvin, Hospice Aide at VNA of Northwest Indiana, caring for her hospice patients is personal. It is more than just a job. For Galvin, this is her calling, one in which she takes great care and pride in. “I remember that I'm doing this...

Dedication, service, mystery, memory-keeper; these are just a few of the words you could use to describe 2nd Grade Teacher Karol Kennedy. Born in Gary, Indiana, Kennedy moved around during her childhood, and when she was 15, her family finally ended...