radioNOVO News for Lewistown: August 13, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/13/26          MIFFLIN COUNTY'S CONFIRMED MEASLES COUNT HAS REACHED SIX, UP FROM JUST A SINGLE CASE LATE LAST MONTH. THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO CASES STATEWIDE, WITH FIFTY-SEVEN ADDED IN JUST THE PAST WEEK AND THIRTY-EIGHT HOSPITALIZATIONS. GEISINGER HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM THE LOCAL CASES WERE IN UNVACCINATED PATIENTS, AS STATE OFFICIALS WARN THE OUTBREAK IS CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE.          GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL HAS EARNED A TOP FIVE-STAR RATING IN A NATIONWIDE EVALUATION BY FORBES, PLACING IT AMONG THE HIGHEST-RANKED MEDICAL FACILITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. EVALUATED ALONGSIDE 54-HUNDRED FACILITIES ACROSS FOUR KEY METRICS......... INCLUDING PATIENT OUTCOMES AND EXPERIENCE........... ONLY 259 NATIONWIDE ACHIEVED FIVE STARS. THREE OTHER REGIONAL GEISINGER CAMPUSES ALSO EARNED TOP HONORS.          METZLER FOREST PRODUCTS IN MIFFLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED NEARLY 130-THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA'S AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM. THE STATE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A NEW SYSTEM TO CONVERT FOREST WASTE INTO THERMAL ENERGY AND CARBON PRODUCTS. THE AWARD IS PART OF A 9.7-MILLION-DOLLAR STATEWIDE INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY THE SHAPIRO-DAVIS ADMINISTRATION DURING AG PROGRESS DAYS.