Business

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Silver Birch of Muncie, located at 2500 West Kilgore, is now open for residents. Silver Birch of Muncie is a new 55-and-over affordable assisted living residential community with a combined total of 119 studio and one bedroom apartments. Mellissa Carpenter is the administrator of Silver Birch of Muncie. She says affordable assisted living is a new concept for Muncie and Delaware County. “Because Silver Birch of Muncie is considered to be an affordable assisted living community, there are two qualifiers,” she said. “For the tax credit portion, an individual resident must have a gross income of less…

By: Marc Ransford— Muncie, IN— The Innovate WithIN Pitch Competition will host one of its nine regional competitions on March 9 in Muncie, Indiana, at the Ball State Alumni Center. The top 10 high school entrepreneurs from around Delaware County, Indiana, who made it through round one of the competition, are invited to compete in front of panel of judges from their region. One team or innovator from each region will be selected to compete in the state competition on April 9 at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis. The pitch competition, sponsored by Ball State University, the Indiana Economic…

By: Paige Clary Waters— Eaton, IN – Brian Waters, funeral director with Pitman-Richman and Waters Funeral Homes, recently earned the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CSFP), by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. Brian is the second of only two funeral directors working in Delaware County to receive this designation and the first funeral director working in Blackford County. Only 1670 of the 34,427 funeral directors across the country have undertaken and completed the rigorous certification requirements. To earn the CFSP designation, Brian completed a 180-hour program of continuing education and service, earning credit hours by taking distance…

By: Mike Rhodes— The Horizon Convention Center hosted the 2018 Purdue Extension Midwest Women in Agriculture Conference on February 20-22. Approximately 175 women attended the conference as well as an additional 90 8th-12th graders who attended during the Young Ladies in Agriculture portion of the conference. Attendees came from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois. Dr. Jason Henderson, a nationally recognized expert in agriculture and rural issues was a keynote speaker for the February 21st luncheon session. He is associate dean in the Purdue University College of Agriculture and director of Purdue Extension. Kelly Heckaman from Warsaw, IN was the conference chair….

By: Dave Heeter, CEO— Muncie, IN—MutualBank is proud to announce and be acknowledged as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana. This program, created by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group is in their thirteenth year with this being MutualBank’s first time making the prestigious list. “We are honored to be named one of Indiana’s Best Places to Work,” says Dorothy Douglass, Vice President of Human Resources. “MutualBank employs over 425 employees throughout the state and for them to identify Mutual as a top employer speaks volumes.” According to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, this…

By: Beasley & Gilkison— Muncie, IN—Divorce laws vary widely between states. In order to file for divorce, one of the spouses must meet the state’s residency requirement. In Indiana, that timeframe is six months. (Across the nation, it varies from zero days to more than one year.) Some believe you must divorce in the state that sanctified the marriage. This is untrue. An Indiana court may dissolve any marriage formed and recognized by another state. Indiana is a so-called “no-fault” divorce state, which means a party need only prove that irreconcilable differences exist in order to obtain a judicial order…

Software and services provider to the healthcare, ARM and government markets will accept award May 3 in Indianapolis Muncie, IN– Ontario Systems, a leading software provider to the healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), accounts receivable management (ARM) and government (GOV) markets, announced it has been named to the 13th annual list of the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, its fourth placement on that list in as many years. The company continues to credit its staff and You-Powered Talent Credo for the honor. “When your business is based on intellectual capital, culture takes on…