Governor Holcomb says he’s happy to leave it up to individual counties to decide on mask mandates. During a press conference Wednesday, Holcomb said the state will continue to make sure local leaders have the information they need to make their own decisions, along with the resources to carry them out.
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Improving Indiana’s public health structure is the goal of a new commission announced by Governor Holcomb Wednesday. Over the next year, the 15-member commission will look at the strengths and weaknesses of the current health system, analyzing funding, staffing challenges, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Indiana Department of Health says someone “improperly accessed” the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing data. Indiana Chief Information Officer Tracy Barnes said in a press release that the data was accessed by a company “that intentionally looks for software vulnerabilities, then reaches out to seek business.”
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A second round of COVID-19 relief is on its way to North Judson businesses. Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe told the town council Monday that checks were sent out to businesses that applied late last week. “That’s been wrapped up and disbursed and everything sent to KIRPC for their reporting,” Rowe said.
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Knox Community Schools’ support staff can expect to get a pay raise in the coming months.
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Eastern Pulaski students will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at school starting next week.
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The number of new COVID-19 cases in Indiana has surpassed 2,000 for the first time since early February. Eight of those cases are among Starke County residents, seven are from Marshall County, and four are from Pulaski County, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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Pulaski County’s health care providers are pleading with residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter to the community this week, Pulaski Memorial Hospital providers said, “Further disease and death are entirely preventable, but because of disinformation, people continue to die of COVID-19.”
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Corporation is trying to make this school year as normal as possible for as long as possible. The first day of school is tomorrow.
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The Pulaski County health officer is encouraging the use of masks in schools. Nathan Origer gave an update on behalf of Dr. Rex Allman and the incident management team during Monday’s county commissioners meeting.
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The Pulaski County Commissioners are expected to appoint a new building inspector and deputy building inspector tonight. Former building inspector Doug Hoover was fired back in May. A resolution appointing an information technology consultant will also be up for approval.
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The City of Knox is looking to stretch its federal COVID-19 money as far as possible. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last week that Knox has gotten the first $400,000 of its American Rescue Plan money.
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Indiana’s public health emergency has been extended until August 30. Governor Eric Holcomb extended his emergency declaration for a 17th time in an executive order Thursday. That will bring the emergency to almost a year-and-a-half.
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Indiana communities can get some help from the state, when it comes to figuring out how to spend their share of federal COVID-19 money, according to Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch.
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The Indiana Department of Health will soon release a more accurate picture of where COVID-19 vaccine recipients live, after about three percent of vaccination records were apparently assigned to the wrong county.
Continue readingThe number of new COVID-19 cases remains relatively low in the local area, but higher in the state as a whole. Marshall County had another three cases, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health, while Starke County had one.
Continue readingIndiana’s number of new COVID-19 cases keeps heading back up. Another 878 cases were reported in Thursday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That’s the biggest single-day increase in two months.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Corporation is making masks optional when students return to class.
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Federal COVID-19 money could bring a new beach house to Bass Lake. The Starke County Park Board wants the county council and commissioners to earmark $1 million of the county’s $4.4 million American Rescue Plan allocation for that purpose.
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Masks will be optional and there will be no virtual option, when North Judson-San Pierre students return to class next month. The school board approved a continuous learning plan Tuesday.
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