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COVID-19 hospitalizations took a noticeable jump up, both statewide and locally, over the course of the past few days amid rising numbers of the illness.

ALBION — One day and for one day only (for the moment), the Noble County Health Department will have one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines available to the public. If you’re not big on needles or just want to get your immunization done in one shot instead of having to come back a month from now, this option is for you. The Noble County Health Department’s vaccine clinic at the Noble County Public Library branch in Albion will have Johnson & Johnson vaccine available on Thursday fro...

1 of 2 A trio of buggies travel along the 400 block of South Van Buren Street in Shipshewana Friday afternoon. The Elkhart County Health Officer is seeking to boost the number of Amish who are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Joseph Weiser | The Goshen News A horse and buggy travels along the 500 block of South Main Street in Middlebury Friday afternoon. The Elkhart County Health Officer is seeking to boost the number of Amish who are getting vaccinated against COVI...

LAGRANGE — An Elkhart man sentenced to prison for his role in the armed robbery of a Howe homeowner nearly five years ago was denied a plea to have his sentence modified. Joseph Phillips is one of the four people convicted of the June 2016 home invasion and armed robbery of former LaGrange resident and former LaGrange County Commissioner Phil Curtis. Phillips was with Alan Anyul, Milton Garcia, and Shandale Rogers, all of Elkhart, as they broke into Curtis’s home early in the morning,...

Credit Screenshot of Allen County Health Department Noble County is now in the yellow for community spread of COVID-19, representing a slide backwards according to the state’s two-pronged metric. Huntington, Adams, DeKalb and LaGrange counties are the only ones remaining in the “blue”, the state’s best category based on 7-day positivity rate and cases per 100,000 residents.     The 7-day positivity rate for northeast Indiana was down one tenth of a percent, to 5.9 percent. There are 6...

Credit Screenshot of the Indiana Department of Health More than 30 percent of Steuben County residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.   Most of northeast Indiana is nearing the 25 percent mark for vaccination against the illness, even as area positivity rates inch up a little bit.   One new northeast Indiana death was reported on Thursday, in Noble County. There were 157 new cases of COVID-19 reported throughout the area.   The area’s 7-day positivity rate declined by another tenth...

Panel, firm join in search for Regional Partnership CEO SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette The Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership has hired executive recruiting firm Waverly Partners to assist in the search for a new CEO, officials announced Wednesday. The economic development organization representing 11 northeast Indiana counties also announced who will serve on the eight-member search committee. The groups first tasks will include finalizing the job description and timeline. Work will b...

HOWE – Talk to Indiana Landmark’s Todd Zeiger about the organization’s latest LaGrange County project, and you can’t help but hear the excitement in his voice as he speaks about Landmark’s plans to restore the old John B. Howe homestead in Howe. Zeiger, Landmark’s Northern Regional Office director, said the history of that 1840’s Greek Revival timber framed home makes this a really special project for the Indiana not-for-profit. Despite its age — the hous...

Officers arrest 15 AUBURN — Local police officers arrested 15 people from March 30 to April 5, according to DeKalb County Jail records. Joshua Robertson, 31, listed in jail records as a homeless person, was arrested March 30 at 3 p.m. by the Garrett Police Department on an unspecified charge. Steven Strock, 74, of the 5400 block of C.R. 40, Butler, was arrested March 30 at 11:03 p.m. by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated as a Cla...

ALBION — Noble County Sheriff Max Weber told the Noble County Council Monday that he plans to ask for additional manpower when budget hearings come around this August. “I want to plan on adding a couple of officers,” Weber said. “I don’t want any less than two.” Weber provided the council with a detailed report comparing Noble County to counties with a similar population, and then compared that to the number of deputies those communities have. The Indiana counties ...