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In an email to government and health officials Wednesday night, Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood sharply criticized St. Joseph County’s health officer for renewing the county’s mask order, suggesting the move blindsided local leaders who expected the order to be downgraded to an advisory. Wood has not publicly spoken about Dr. Robert Einterz’s decision Monday to renew the order through May and has declined Tribune requests for comment. But the email, sent after 11 p.m. Wednesday, was th...

The Tribune recently wrote an editorial applauding the demise of Indiana Senate Bill 48 (Our Opinion, March 7), which would limit the amount of time a mandate by a local

SOUTH BEND — A judge has ruled against the St. Joseph County Health Department’s mask order, but the ruling has no effect on current requirements for residents to wear masks in public. The ruling brings to an end a lawsuit filed by self-described handyman John Goetz, claiming the health department’s mask order was illegal, as Indiana law does not give county health departments the power to order anyone to wear a mask. The mask requirement stays in effect, though, because the St. ...

The St. Joseph County Health Department had to scramble to come up with enough doses to keep its COVID-19 vaccination clinic open this week, after one weekly allotment from the state never arrived Feb. 12 while another was delayed until at least Monday because of weather. Donations from other providers will allow the department’s vaccination clinic at St. Hedwig Memorial Center to stay open today. But it was still unclear Thursday whether more doses would arrive in time to run the clinic a...

People move belongings across Michigan Street on May 20, 2020, from a privately owned lot to one owned by the city. South Bend Mayor James Mueller soon ordered the city lot cleared and two months later appointed a group to come up with solutions for homeless issues. The group plans to present its recommendations Monday to the common council. Tribune Photo/MICHAEL CATERINA

South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame and St. Joseph County health officials say they aren’t happy with a downtown South Bend bar’s lack of COVID-19 safety measures discovered late Wednesday night, and the county could move to shut it down if it happens again. County Health Officer Dr. Robert Einterz said he caught wind of a “100 Days Before Graduation” promotion that Finnie’s Next Door, a popular student bar at 233 S. Main St., was running from 10 p.m. to 2 a...

During its four-month slog through heated meetings, St. Joseph County’s COVID-19 mask fines ordinance stirred up controversy as businesses, already reeling from the pandemic, feared the sting if their workers and customers didn’t comply. The opposition led county public health officials to remove language from the ordinance allowing fines against customers, as well as eliminating the potential for fines against businesses because of non-complying customers. And the ordinance took effe...

The Indiana Department of Health has canceled a COVID-19 vaccination “pop-up” clinic it had planned for Saturday and Sunday at Ivy Tech Community College South Bend. Dr. Mark Fox, St. Joseph County’s deputy health officer, said Friday morning that the state agency called him at 9 p.m. Wednesday with the news, but its spokeswoman, Megan Wade-Taxter, told The Tribune late Thursday afternoon that registration was not available because “details and dates are still being finalize...

Slightly over a week into vaccinating the general population for COVID-19, St. Joseph County health officials and providers Tuesday were about a third of the way toward their goal of

Slightly over a week into vaccinating the general population for COVID-19, St. Joseph County health officials and providers Tuesday were about a third of the way toward their goal of