Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Monday that the nation was at “a fork in the road” in determining the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and warned of “another avoidable surge” of COVID-19 cases as states loosen pandemic-related restrictions. “The apparent leveling off of cases and hospital admissions after the consistent…
The city of South Bend is closing a stretch of Angela Boulevard on Tuesday, March 23. It will remain closed for approximately a week. According to a press release from the city: Starting Tuesday, March 23, Angela Boulevard from Lafayette Boulevard to Michigan Street will be closed to install a new guardrail in this vicinity….
Girls and women who suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding often do so in silence, brushing off their symptoms as normal. Many assume long periods or frequent pad and tampon changes (every 1-2 hours) are just part of being a woman, so they quietly grit through the inconveniences and count down the days until their cycles…
The Board of Trustees of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District will hold an executive session on Monday, March 29 at 10:30 AM Eastern Time. A public session follows at 11:30 AM Eastern. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District operates the South Shore Line with service from Millennium Station in downtown Chicago to the South…
The first case of the more contagious B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant has appeared in Elkhart County. According to the Elkhart County Health Department, the Indiana Department of Health Laboratory notified the county that the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant was collected over the weekend. The variant is from mutations that were first found in the United Kingdom. It…
It’s early Sunday morning. Our clocks “spring forward” an hour even as the position of the Earth relative to the sun barely changed. Thanks for nothing, Daylight Savings Time. Like millions of Americans, I wake up groggy. That grogginess (and grumpiness) spills into Monday and the rest of the week as our internal clocks have…
The Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) will hold its Congressional 2nd District hearing virtually from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesday, March 30. Members of the public are invited to attend. The nine-member commission was formed to demonstrate that redistricting can be done by a diverse and multi-partisan team of Hoosiers in a transparent process…
Starting on Monday morning, pre-K through grade 12 teachers and school staff along with childcare workers are eligible to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in Indiana. The news was made via the Indiana Department of Health’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. The tweet reads: “Pre K-12 staff and childcare workers, thank you for being a constant…
The city of South Bend is closing a stretch of Niles Avenue on Monday for sewer repairs. According to a press release from the city: Beginning Monday, March 15, Niles Avenue from Corby Boulevard to Crescent Avenue will be closed to repair a sewer. Detour routes will be Corby Boulevard and Cedar Street via Hill…
On Thursday night, President Joe Biden delivered his first primetime address to the American people. During the speech, Biden directed states to expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on May 1. He also made the case for the recently-passed stimulus – dubbed the American Rescue Plan – that aims to provide direct…
