The North Judson Mint Festival is hoping to make a comeback this year. Festival President Donna Henry told the town council last week that while there’s no guarantee that large-scale events will be allowed come June, organizers had have begun holding planning meetings.
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Winamac Town Hall has officially reopened to the public. The town council approved the reopening Monday, at the recommendation of Council President Tom Murray.
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Eight more people in Marshall County have tested positive with COVID-19, while there were no new cases reported in Starke County or in Pulaski County in Tuesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
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Indiana is reporting its smallest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases in six months. Another 480 cases were reported in Monday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the state’s total to almost 668,000.
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New COVID-19 cases are in the single digits in local counties. Marshall County had five new cases for a total of 5,456, according to Sunday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. Pulaski County had two new cases for a new total of 1,078. Starke County added one more case, pushing the total to 1,900.
Continue readingA year after Indiana reported its first COVID-19 case, the number of Hoosiers fully vaccinated against the virus has now surpassed the number of cases. Almost 678,000 Hoosiers are now considered fully vaccinated, according to Saturday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. More than 1.1 million have gotten at least one dose.
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Today marks one year since Indiana reported its first case of COVID-19. It was on the morning of Friday, March 6, 2020 when state officials announced that a Marion County resident who had recently traveled to Boston had tested positive for the coronavirus. A week later, schools began to close, and a couple weeks after that, Indiana was under a stay-at-home order.
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Governor Eric Holcomb got his COVID-19 vaccine Friday. The governor joined a number of other elected officials in getting the shot at the drive-through mass vaccination site set up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Continue readingNew COVID-19 cases continue to be reported in Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties. Marshall County had another nine, while Starke and Pulaski counties each had two, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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While some states are lifting their mask mandates, Governor Holcomb wants Indiana to continue on its current path. “In regards to Texas and Mississippi . . . good on them,” Holcomb said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference. “They’ve got great leaders. But I’m looking at very local information. I’m very Indiana-centric about this, and I’m really happy about the path that we’re on to get to that light at the end of the tunnel.”
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Health officials want to vaccinate people as soon as possible, but some Hoosiers remain hesitant. “We are in a race between the vaccine and the variants, and we want the vaccine to win,” Indiana Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference.
Continue readingNearly 20 additional people in the tri-county area have tested positive with COVID-19, according to Thursday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
Continue readingIndiana teachers will soon be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but how exactly they’ll be able to do that is complicated. “We received word from the federal government that they were going to provide doses to the federal pharmacy program for teachers to become prioritized across the country, obviously, including here in the State of Indiana,” Governor Holcomb said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference.
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Indiana has expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to any Hoosier age 50 and older. Governor Holcomb announced the expansion during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
Continue readingMarshall County and Pulaski County are in the blue category on the state’s County Metrics Map while Starke County is in the yellow category.
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The OptumServe COVID 19 Testing site in Star City will remain open until at least the end of the month, even though it isn’t seeing much use. Pulaski County Incident Management Team Liaison Nathan Origer told the county commissioners Monday that the Indiana Department of Health wants it to stay open for now.
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The City of Knox is cautiously moving ahead with plans for summer events. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last week that he’s booked two bands for July’s Fun Day in the Park, while Magic Bus will perform the night before, thanks to a grant from the Rural Indiana Performance Fund.
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Pulaski Memorial Hospital has updated its visitor restrictions. Visitors will be screened for fever and other COVID-19 symptoms, and they must be identified by the patient or the patient’s health representative. General visiting hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Continue readingThe Indiana Department of Health has expanded the COVID-19 eligibility to Hoosiers 55 to 59. Residents ages 55 and older can make an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine by visiting https://ourshot.in.gov or by calling 211.
Continue readingOver one million Hoosiers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since it became available in late December.
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