St. Joseph County Health Department

The St. Joseph County Health Department says the first year of its Community Partnership Program helped kids avoid missing at least 300 class hours because of unexpected urgent needs at at school.

Unity Gardens mostly relies on donations and private grants but county-administered Health First Indiana grants the past two years are expected to drive a record harvest and number of people served this year.

The St. Joseph County Health Department says the cuts were required because it's lost millions of dollars in previously committed state and federal funding this year.

St. Joseph County Commissioners in December announced they were considering moving the health department out of the County-City Building to its own building at Jefferson Boulevard and Eddy Street.

St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Michelle Migliore, a family medicine physician, says middle-aged adults who aren't sure whether they received a booster in childhood should have their doctor test for antibodies.

St. Joseph County health officials are urging residents to be vigilant as tick-borne illnesses continue to be a concern, with Lyme disease cases already reported in 2025.

The former Associates Building has been vacant since the private, for-profit American National University closed its location there in 2019.

Drug overdose rates remain high in St. Joseph County but overdose deaths have fallen sharply.

The county will pay Comcast's marketing arm to produce traditional TV and digital streaming spots promoting the Health Department's Community Health Workers program

School nurses say kids miss critical instruction time because they lack basic items