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It was a Day of Community Service for employees from IU Health Starke Hospital Friday at Wythogan Park in Knox.
Approximately 50 volunteers from the hospital took four hours to install exercise equipment at the park as a way to help residents get moving and improve wellness.
The volunteers will be meeting in Wythogan Park at Pavilion #2 at noon on Friday to pick up brush and to paint railing in the park.
You are invited to take part in a walking challenge in Starke County this summer.
The Moving Starke County Forward Committee, Purdue Extension in Starke County and IU Health Starke Hospital are sponsoring this challenge to help improve health in Starke County.
Volunteers will be at Wythogan Park in Knox on Friday, May 17 to expand and enhance trails and green spaces. Those participating will be meeting at Pavilion #2 and will assist in the project from noon to 4 p.m. CT.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller will be the keynote speaker during the drug symposium today at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center in Knox beginning at 9 a.m.
IU Health Starke Hospital has partnered with the Moving Starke County Forward Coalition to present this drug symposium to address the abuse of methamphetamine and prescription drugs in Starke County. Zoeller is taking a more aggressive role in the issue and assisting in finding solutions.
Zoeller will be giving a presentation and will answer questions. A local panel of presenters will also share information. Small group discussions will be held in order to gather ideas for innovative ways to curb the drug issues in the county.
In partnership with the Moving Starke County Forward Coalition, IU Health Starke Hospital is looking to address a community crisis through a Drug Abuse Symposium in downtown Knox. The problem of illegal drug abuse, including that of methamphetamine and prescription drugs, is a problem that affects numerous communities throughout Indiana and the nation, and these organizations are looking to make a difference.
Starke County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel were called to a three vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon.
The driver of a vehicle was traveling north of Knox and attempted to turning left into a driveway on U.S. 35 just south of State Road 8 west. The car behind that vehicle slowed and waited for the vehicle to turn when a third vehicle and rear-ended the second vehicle. The second vehicle then hit the vehicle turning left.
A Knox woman who reportedly jumped out of a moving car has died.
23-year-old Alicia Husband of Knox was a passenger in a vehicle when witnesses say she jumped from the vehicle as it approached the intersection of State Road 8 and 600 East yesterday afternoon. She was traveling with her husband, Donald Husband, 31, of Knox.
She was taken to IU Health Starke Hospital and airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. She was pronounced dead today shortly after noon.
Julie Butus
“What we want to do it get people up and moving,” said Butus. “We want them to get out and walk, run, jog, and bike and we will have a contest from Memorial Day to Labor Day.”
The National Doctor’s Day was first celebrated in 1991, and it is a day set aside to recognize the work of doctors.
Wednesday’s celebration at IU Health Starke Hospital was an opportunity for colleagues and friends to say “thank you” for the services provided to area residents.
IU Health Starke Hospital Interim President Jared Beasley
IU Health Starke Hospital has named a new interim president. Jared Beasley will take over next month for standing President David Hyatt, who is transferring to a new position at Jay County Hospital in Portland, Ind. Beasley has served as vice president of clinical and diagnostic services at IU Health LaPorte Hospital since last June. He previously worked as the emergency department director at partner IU Health Goshen Hospital for six years. Beasley earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Goshen College, a bachelor of science in economics and business administration from Manchester College and a master in business administration from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Read the rest of this entry »
A Monterey woman was injured in a single vehicle accident Wednesday night.
Starke County Sheriff’s Department emergency personnel found that the driver, whose name was not released, was driving westbound on County Road 625 South, southeast of Bass Lake. When she approached 700 East, she applied her brakes but was not able to stop. She slid through the intersection and hit a utility pole.
