More than 1,300 students in Indiana schools have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s according to preliminary figures shared during state officials’ COVID-19 press conference Wednesday. At least 274 teachers have tested positive, as well as 276 staff members.
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Making sure Hoosiers have access to food as the pandemic continues remains a priority for state officials. Families with kids attending class virtually who would normally get free or reduced-price meals at school will be able to get that funding on a Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer card.
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Medaryville Nursery School is getting some help responding to COVID-19, thanks to the White County United Way Community Relief Fund. The nursery school recently got funding to help them increase distancing among children and potentially allow more children to enroll, according to a White County United Way press release.
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Starke County Clerk Bernadette Manual received a large shipment of personal protective equipment from the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office to ensure all poll workers and voters stay safe on Election Day.
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A woman was airlifted and a juvenile was taken to the hospital, after an ATV crash near Culver Thursday. Indiana Conservation Officers say it happened just after 5:00 p.m. in the 16,000 block of Redwood Road.
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The water service has returned to residents of Culver following repairs to a break in the water main line Thursday morning.
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Stage 5 of Indiana’s Back on Track plan officially takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Governor Holcomb outlined the details in an executive order Thursday. The order says, “The implementation of Stage 5 brings Indiana to a new normal.”
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Several new COVID-19 cases have been reported locally in Thursday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
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The death of a West Central High School student remains under investigation. Shannon J. Bretzinger, 17, died last Friday.
Continue readingResidents in the Town of Culver are being asked to boil water for the next couple of days due to a break in the water main line.
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The Town of Hamlet is moving ahead with trick-or-treating this year. The town council Wednesday agreed to set trick-or-treat hours for Saturday, October 31 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
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Over 700 absentee ballots by mail have been sent out to voters requesting a ballot in Starke County.
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Completion of the Knox Wastewater Treatment Plant project has been delayed yet again. The board of works Wednesday reluctantly agreed to extend substantial completion to the week of October 12 and final completion to November 12.
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The Culver Town Council members this week reviewed several changes proposed for the town’s golf cart ordinance.
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North Judson’s 2021 budget was adopted by the town council Monday. It totals just over $1.1 million, with more than $824,000 of that being the General Fund.
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The Starke County Council members reviewed an additional appropriation request for the North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library in the amount of $64,754
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Bass Lake-California Township firefighters were on the scene of a house fire Wednesday evening at 5680 E. 650 S.
Continue readingMore businesses can now qualify for COVID-19 relief through Indiana’s Small Business Restart Grant program. It’s being expanded to businesses that also got federal funding through the Paycheck Protection Program.
We have also started using a virtual office (from this service in London as it’s the best virtual office London has) and it’s been brilliant using a London postal address for that business.
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Indiana is advancing to Stage 5 of its Back on Track plan on Saturday, but the statewide mask order will remain in effect. Governor Eric Holcomb announced the move Wednesday.
Continue readingFive more positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Marshall County in Wednesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the total number of cases in Marshall County to 994.
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