A free COVID-19 testing site is opening in Pulaski County today. It’s located at the Star City Community Center at 2550 East Key Street, according to the Pulaski County Incident Management Team. The testing site will be operated by OptumServe Health Services in partnership with the Indiana Department of Health.
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North Judson-San Pierre School Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin is hopeful that in-person learning will be able to resume for all grade levels on January 5. The junior/senior high school is using virtual learning for the last week of the semester.
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Whether the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation should use excess bond proceeds from its elementary project to upgrade the bus garage will be the topic of a public hearing during tonight’s school board meeting. A bus garage replacement project was put on hold earlier this year, after bids came in higher than expected.
Continue readingThe COVID-19 emergency has prompted all in-person jury trials in Indiana to be suspended until March 1. The order was handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court Monday.
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Indiana’s first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given to front line health care workers in Fort Wayne Monday. A physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, patient care tech, and environmental services tech at Parkview Health got the initial shot shortly after noon, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
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Efforts continue to make it easier for Hoosiers in need of long-term care to get it at home. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s goal is to get the right care to the right individual at the right place at the right time, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dan Rusyniak.
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Another Marshall County resident has died from COVID-19, while another 51 have tested positive. The death occurred on December 3. The county’s totals now stand at 61 deaths and 3,973 cases, according to Sunday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
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Three more Marshall County residents have died while positive for COVID-19. All three deaths occurred on Friday, according to Saturday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. Sixty Marshall County residents have now died as a result of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
Continue readingIndiana business associations are voicing their support for Governor Holcomb’s restrictions on social gatherings, while also touting their track record of keeping Hoosiers safe.
Continue readingAnother Starke County resident has died while positive for COVID-19. That brings the county’s total COVID-19 death count up to 29, according to Friday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. It’s one of 71 new deaths reported statewide, bringing the state total to 6,373.
Continue readingIndiana’s contact tracers may be asking fewer questions, but it doesn’t mean the state is giving up on the process. During Wednesday’s press conference, State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said switching to the shorter questionnaire led to a big increase in the number of people contact tracers were able to reach.
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Indiana’s tighter COVID-19 restrictions officially take effect Sunday. The new executive order from Governor Eric Holcomb removes the option for local health departments to allow gatherings larger than 50 people in counties coded orange and 25 people in counties coded red.
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The LaPorte Utility Billing Office is once again open for drive-thru service. The office closed Monday when employees had to be sent for COVID-19 testing, following a positive case. Now, the city says an employee is returning to work after testing negative.
Continue readingMarshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties all had double-digit increases in the number of COVID-19 cases Thursday. Marshall County reported another 60 cases, according to Thursday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the total to 3,789.
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The Culver Community Schools Corporation has gotten a waiver related to how the schools track the amount of time students spend learning. The Indiana State Board of Education voted 10-to-zero Wednesday to waive the 180-day requirement for Culver Community Schools and allow the corporation to track student learning by instructional minutes, instead.
Continue readingThe North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation continues to report more COVID-19 cases. In a Facebook post Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin said two junior/senior high school staff members and one elementary school student have tested positive.
Continue readingGovernor Holcomb is tightening restrictions on social gatherings. Starting this weekend, event organizers will no longer be allowed to seek permission to hold events larger than the limits outlined in the state’s county metrics. That’s 50 people in counties coded orange and 25 people in counties coded red.
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Pulaski County will soon be testing its jail inmates for COVID-19. Sheriff Jeff Richwine told the county commissioners Monday that his department has gotten some rapid tests from the Indiana Department of Correction, and now the jailers are being trained how to use them.
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