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Notre Dame faces new COVID challenge of regulating behavior off university grounds Carley Lanich, South Bend Tribune This is the new normal for high schoolers, nearly one year into the coronavirus pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT It happened again last week, at Monterrey Mexican Bar and Grill in Mishawaka. Hundreds of people poured into the restaurant late Friday night, with Notre Dame students rushing out of the building and scrambling in the direction of campus as police arrived on the scene. Just two weeks earlier, a local health official had admonished owners of the Finnie's...

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.m. Wanting to signal the importance of safety at the bar, Einterz said he showed up himself, rather...