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No one answered the telephone at the market Friday afternoon.  During the June 17 inspection, inspectors listed repeat violations that included rat droppings upstairs throughout the establishment and live rats on a sticky tray in the basement. In the June 2 inspection, the owner had said he had contracted with Orkin Pest Control on May 26.  Inspectors also saw multiple bags of snack chips that had chewed areas on packaging. Other repeat violations included raw bacon and chicken stored in a de...

SOUTH BEND — The South Bend area could soon get a mobile response unit and crisis response center to assist those dealing with mental health emergencies and potentially replace the polices involvement in such crises.  The leaders of the city of South Bend, the sheriffs department and the St. Joseph County Commission came out Sunday saying they all support a faith groups call to use some of the federal American Recovery Act money the city and county receives for this kind of enhanced men...

Several businesses and public institutions are still deciding whether to require masks after St. Joseph County’s order was canceled, but many didn’t hesitate Friday to ditch the practice. For at least the short term, people are likely to encounter a patchwork of mask rules. University Park Mall in Mishawaka and local hospitals, for example, will keep their mask requirements for now, while many restaurants and government buildings have already abandoned theirs. In announcing his decisi...

Several businesses and public institutions are still deciding whether to require masks after St. Joseph County’s order was canceled, but many didn’t hesitate Friday to ditch the practice. For at least the short term, people are likely to encounter a patchwork of mask rules. University Park Mall in Mishawaka and local hospitals, for example, will keep their mask requirements for now, while many restaurants and government buildings have already abandoned theirs. In announcing his decisi...

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SOUTH BEND — Although more than a quarter of St. Joseph County residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, officials are concerned about a “plateau” in the number of vaccinations as fewer people are signing up to receive their shot. Health department data reported 73,284 people in the county have been fully vaccinated as of Wednesday, with 98,902 having received their first dose. Two weeks ago, data showed nearly 60,000 county residents had been fully vaccinated, with ju...

SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Council voted Friday to override a veto from the county commissioners and extend an ordinance that allows fines for some violations of the countys mask order.  The council voted 7-1 to extend the enforcement mechanism until May 27, with Richard Pfeil joining the council’s six Democrats in supporting the measure. Republican Mark Telloyan voted against overriding the veto, while Republican Mark Root was not present at the meeting. The ordinance allo...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana legislative negotiators have reached an agreement on limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials to overturn orders or enforcement actions issued during emergencies. Republican supporters say the proposal is meant to provide a “check and balance” protecting the rights of business owners following complaints about COVID-19 orders closing or limiting businesses that have been imposed over the past year. The ...

Indiana’s statewide mask mandate is no more, but what that means for the daily life of Hoosiers isn’t as simple as it may seem in the language of the new executive order. Fewer than 10 states across the nation have rescinded mask requirements established at the start of the pandemic, and as of Tuesday, Indiana now stands among them. But with Gov. Eric Holcomb’s late March announcement that the NCAA National Championship game would mark the final day of the statewide rule came fin...

Over 1.1 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Friday, according to an Indiana State Department of Health dashboard. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even fully vaccinated people should continue to wear masks in public, when gathering with unvaccinated people from more than one household and while visiting an unvaccinated person at high-risk of severe illness or death. Thats in part because health experts are still learning exa...