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Former Priority Health president named CEO at Illinois dental plan
Grand Rapids Business Journal - Michigan
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July 10, 2025
Praveen Thadani, the former president at Priority Health in Grand Rapids who stepped down in May, now leads Delta Dental of Illinois. A Chicago-area native, Thadani joined Naperville, Ill.-based Delta Dental of Illinois as CEO, effective June 30....
Indiana Walmart sells Hoosier Lottery Cash4Life ticket worth $1,000 weekly for life
WDRB - Kentucky
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July 8, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Hoosier Lottery Cash4Life® ticket worth $1,000 a week was sold last week at a Walmart in Corydon, Indiana. The ticket for the Hoosier Lottery July 4 Cash4Life® drawing matched all five numbers to win the game's second...
State, local officials strive for improvement in health rankings
The Herald Bulletin - Indiana
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July 10, 2025
ANDERSON — Last year, Indiana’s infant mortality rate dipped to 6.2 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in a century. But local health officials maintain there is still more work to be done to lift the county from its position near the bottom of the...
Health Tips and Resources as You Prepare Kids for School
Indianapolis Recorder
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July 8, 2025
With some schools starting near the end of this month and others at the start of August, you know the time has come to begin preparing your kids for a healthy fall. Luckily, tips and resources are available to take some of the stress, time and...
Indiana Silver Alert canceled for 89-year-old missing in Posey County
WISH 8 - Indiana
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July 8, 2025
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (WISH) — An Indiana Silver Alert was issued Monday night and canceled a few hours later for an 89-year-old woman missing from Indiana’s southwesternmost county. There was no immediately word on whether Lola Davis was found safe....
US Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana among top states for cover crop adoption
Yahoo News
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Hoosier farmers planted about 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers – cover crops and small grains, like wheat – this spring. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Hoosier farmers planted about 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers –...
OPINION | Op-Ed: 'Brain drain' is hurting Indiana
Evansville Courier & Press - Indiana
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Every May, thousands of graduating students walk across the stage at Indiana colleges and universities, degrees in hand, ready to join the workforce and begin their careers. But in recent years, too many of them are walking out of Indiana to begin...
Beacon Health System grows with addition of Ascension hospitals
Chief Healthcare Executive
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July 9, 2025
Beacon Health System may be based in South Bend, Indiana, but the organization is now gaining a greater foothold into Michigan. The health system completed a deal this month to acquire Ascension Southwest Michigan. With the transaction, Beacon has...
Office vacancy rates dropping in Indianapolis market, need for amenities increasing
WRTV - Indiana
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July 10, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — On Wednesday afternoon Kenny Compton is detailing a clients car. "I can go to their office, pick up their keys, clean it, fix it and bring it back for a small fee," said Compton. Compton owns Auto Spa, a car detailing service...
IUP, Wayne health centers sign agreement
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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HONESDALE, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers and Wayne Memorial Hospital formalized a new clinical training agreement Tuesday for the school’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. “By working...
Indiana Pacers executive confirms Tyrese Haliburton won’t play next year as he recovers from torn Achilles
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 8, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers won’t be rushing guard Tyrese Haliburton back to the court next season as he recovers from a torn right Achilles tendon. Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard said Monday in a news conference...
Rensselaer doctor traded drugs for sex, Indiana AG alleges in petition
Journal and Courier - Indiana
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is petitioning to suspend the controlled substance prescribing license of Dr. Patrick Sheets. The petition follows an FBI raid on Sheets' practice and complaints alleging he prescribed to known addicts, engaged...
July 10 - New leader at Aging & In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana
Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly - Indiana
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FORT WAYNE — Aging & In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana (AIHS), the state and federally designated Area Agency on Aging and Aging & Disability Resource Center for nine counties in NE Indiana and partner in PACE of Northeast Indiana, announced...
Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton to miss entire 2025-26 season
WNDU - Indiana
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July 7, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss the entire 2025-26 season after surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon. The news comes as no surprise, as Achilles injuries typically have a lengthy recovery...
Indiana family's cat found alive days after devastating fire
FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois
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It's a story of survival. A cat survived a devastating fire to make it back to its family in Indiana. MERRILLVILLE, Ind. - One Northwest Indiana family is picking up the pieces after a fire tore through their apartment building in late June,...
Indiana Leads the Way on Apprenticeships for High Schoolers
Governing
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July 8, 2025
ELKHART, Ind. — Ever since Ty Zartman was little, people told him he had to go to college to be successful. “It was engraved on my brain,” he said. But despite earning straight A’s, qualifying for the National Honor Society, being voted prom king...
Weekly Recap: 14 Health Press Releases You Need to See
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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A roundup of the most newsworthy healthcare press releases from PR Newswire this week, including AI-powered dream reconstruction, veterans' health at the Indy 500 and the first generic version of Tasigna®. NEW YORK, May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
Marian University starts renovating former VA hospital into education center
WRTV - Indiana
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July 9, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — The nearly 100-year-old Larue Carter Veterans Administration hospital has sat empty near Marian University's campus for nearly a decade. The university is now transforming it into a place for healthy minds. WRTV Marian University...
Indianapolis Kroger workers demand strike action after rejecting UFCW sellout agreement by 75 percent
World Socialist Web Site
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July 8, 2025
A Kroger store is shown Friday, March 1, 2024, in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. [AP Photo/John Raby]On May 31, more than 75 percent of Indianapolis Kroger workers voted down a tentative contract agreement negotiated by the United Food and Commercial...
Indiana Silver Alert issued for 89-year-old missing in Posey County
WISH 8 - Indiana
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July 8, 2025
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (WISH) — An Indiana Silver Alert was issued Monday night for an 89-year-old woman missing from Indiana’s southwesternmost county. The Posey County Sheriff’s Department believes Lola Davis, who is from the city of Mount Vernon,...