Press Release FORT WAYNE — Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne/Warsaw has joined a statewide effort to address the current personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fort Wayne/Warsaw Campus has begun using its 3D printers to produce more than one thousand face shields. A portion of the face shields will …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Economic Development Corporation provided updates on personal protective equipment manufacturing in Indiana during Gov. Eric Holcomb’s COVD-19 update briefing, April 13. Fifteen Indiana companies have committed to manufacture various PPE items for first responders, medical and other essential personnel, according to Schellinger and IDEC Chief of Staff Luke Bosso. Indiana companies …read more.

FORT WAYNE — Parkview Health has partnered with the community to sew face masks for patients and is now sharing directions for volunteers.  The program is an attempt to conserve personal protective equipment for its clinical staff, Thanks to the overwhelming response from the community, 725 mask-making kits were distributed to volunteers in just three …read more.

[weaver_youtube nj7kbGZUOsQ rel=0] BREMEN — A manufacturer in Bremen is aiding in the production of certain personal protection equipment. Nishikawa Cooper LLC (NISCO) has adapted its facility to produce and distribute polyethylene isolation gowns for first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. NISCO is a supplier of dynamic sealing systems for the automotive industry. The company …read more.

MONOQUET — First responders worked to contain a mobile home fire Friday evening, March 20. At about 5:38 p.m. Leesburg Fire Department responded to a fully engulfed mobile home on fire at 960 West Tippecanoe St. near Monoquet. Assisting agencies included Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory and Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office. The cause of the blaze is …read more.