State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box is stressing the importance of contact tracing, after reports of COVID-19 spread at a number of parties and family gatherings.
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The Indiana Department of Workforce Development is reporting some positive trends, when it comes to employment. Commissioner Fred Payne reviewed some of the latest numbers during state officials’ COVID-19 briefing Wednesday.
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The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum is offering another chance to take a train ride tomorrow. Ten-mile excursions across the Kankakee River and back leave the North Judson depot at 12:30 and 2:00 p.m.
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The Oregon-Davis School Board approved a reopening plan last week, but Superintendent Bill Bennett says it’s already had to be updated. “We now have a mandatory mask mandate, so that is one part of the plan that will be adjusted,” he explains. “We originally had strongly recommended, so we will now be wearing masks and taking them off when we can adhere to social distancing.”
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A program to help Hoosiers struggling with their rent payments during the pandemic has gotten more than 20,000 applications. Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority Executive Director Jacob Sipe gave an update on the Indiana COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference.
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The Indiana State Department of Health continues to revise its list of COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities. The state has asked facilities to report their historical case data from March 1 through July 14.
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Indiana will remain in Stage 4.5 of Governor Holcomb’s Back on Track plan for another month. Holcomb announced Wednesday that he plans to update his executive order to extend Stage 4.5 through August 27.
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Another Starke County resident has died of COVID-19, according to Wednesday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health.
Continue readingOregon-Davis is delaying the start of the school year by three days. That moves the first day of class to Tuesday, August 11, according to a letter to parents from Superintendent Bill Bennett.
Continue readingTwo more local residents have died from COVID-19, according to the latest report from the Indiana State Department of Health.
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North Judson is moving ahead with efforts to get COVID-19 relief for small businesses. The town council passed a resolution last week allowing officials to apply for $250,000 from the state’s COVID-19 Response Program. That money would then be used to provide grants to local businesses, according to Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe.
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The Starke County Health Department is updating its mask mandate, to bring it in line with the statewide mask order when it comes to schools. Starke County’s mandate took effect last Wednesday, just hours before Governor Holcomb announced his own order.
Continue readingThe Indiana State Department of Health announced Monday that 561 additional people in the state have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The total number of Indiana residents that have tested positive is 62,907.
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Another local event has been canceled, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The City of Knox has announced that the 2020 Fall Bash that had been scheduled for September 19 has been canceled. That includes the fireworks show and the Knox Alumni Reunion.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation is using CARES Act funding to make sure students don’t fall behind during the pandemic. The school board last week approved the hiring of four new staff members with the federal money.
Continue readingThe number of positive COVID-19 cases keeps going up in the state. In Sunday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health, 860 additional residents in the state were found to have been diagnosed with COVID-19 which brings the state cumulative total to 62,372.
Continue readingMarshall County’s positive COVID-19 case numbers hit 700 in Saturday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. That is an increase of five from Friday.
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Pulaski County is moving ahead with efforts to get COVID-19 relief for small businesses. The county commissioners Monday agreed to let the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission proceed with an application for $250,000 from the state’s COVID-19 Response Program.
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Two local groups are bringing the arts to Starke County residents, thanks to Project Support Grants from the Indiana Arts Commission.
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